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  • @leave_it_blank@lemmy.world
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    1117 months ago

    It’s funny. Before this crackdown none of my co-workers used adblockers. To install an add-on was too much hassle. They just watched the ads.

    Now suddenly they became interested after hearing about them again, and almost all are running Firefox with ublock origin now.

    YouTube should have just kept quiet, I don’t believe they are better off now more than before.

    • finn
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      397 months ago

      If Twitch taught us anything, this is just the beginning.

      • @Vej@lemm.ee
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        117 months ago

        What happened on twitch?

        • @Nythos@sh.itjust.works
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          267 months ago

          Made it more difficult to block ads than YouTube’s pathetic attempt.

          • Björn Tantau
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            137 months ago

            I was really surprised (and annoyed) to see some ads on Twitch yesterday.

            • Gormadt
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              167 months ago

              Straight up the first ads I’ve seen in a long time were on twitch.

              Then of course the first ad I see was for Narcan followed by an ad for Smirnoff.

              God I fucking hate ads

        • @ComradeWeebelo@lemm.ee
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          97 months ago

          Twitch embeds ads directly into the stream now. They’re next to impossible to block now, though I’ve heard some people say it’s still possible.

            • Carl
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              27 months ago

              I will have to try that. My way of blocking twitch ads is using my vpn. But it disconnects me from chat for a few seconds, when an ad should appear.

  • @ramble81@lemm.ee
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    447 months ago

    This is a big reason Google wanted to push the whole “web integrity” thing. There would have been no way to use an adblocker after that and they would have won the blocking wars. It’s bad enough they’re gimping Chromium with Manifest v3, but they tried for it all.

    • @only0218@sh.itjust.works
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      267 months ago

      Welp They are still cooking it, for now only on android as to boil the frog slowly but it will come back.

        • @takeda@lemmy.world
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          77 months ago

          Adding that stuff to Android, so if you don’t have the genuine YouTube app the server won’t even serve you the videos. It is meant to kill things like ReVanced.

          • Kalkaline
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            37 months ago

            YouTube works fine in Firefox on Android with ublock origin

  • hh93
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    357 months ago

    Or use adnauseam and fuck up their ad-tracking infrastructure beyond just blocking the ads

    • @Wxnzxn@lemmy.ml
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      237 months ago

      I actually had to get rid of adnauseam because YT detected it pretty consistently, ublock origin as of this comment still works fine on YT though.

      • @takeda@lemmy.world
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        57 months ago

        From what I understand AdNauseum is built on top of uBlockOrigin so you supposed use it instead. The thing is that it isn’t as frequently updated and due to recent YouTube wars this is currently required.

    • @newjunkcity@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      67 months ago

      Great suggestions.

      I’d strongly recommend Dearrow instead of Clickbait remover now (I used to use Clickbait).

      It’s made by the same developer who made Sponsorblock, which I also strongly recommend (it skips over in-video sponsors, title sequences, non-music sections in music videos, etc.). Just remember to turn it off for channels whom you wish to support.

  • ElPussyKangaroo
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    47 months ago

    YouTube won’t work with ublock on Vivaldi…

      • ElPussyKangaroo
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        27 months ago

        I can’t. I use fairly PWAs regularly and Firefox is NOT great with them.

          • Radioactive Radio
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            47 months ago

            Progressive Web Apps. Basically websites but with icons on your desktop or app launcher.

          • SVcrossDO
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            37 months ago

            Progressive Web Apps.

        • @can@sh.itjust.works
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          27 months ago

          Agreed. I use Firefoxfor my braising but I install my PWAs under Samsung internet.

    • @Smegh@lemmy.world
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      57 months ago

      Gotta disable Vivaldi’s integrated Adblocker and use uBlock only, at least that’s what fixed it for me.

  • @Droptherock@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    27 months ago

    I noticed that the Behind The Overlay extension in Firefox can also defeat the YouTube ad blocker pop up.