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Revisiting YouTube's Anti-Ad blocker Message (beehaw.org)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The original post I made about this is here.

At first, I implemented the uBlock Origin method, recommended by @[email protected], and it seemed to work at first.

Today, I got another Anti-Ad blocker message and decided to try the method described by @[email protected] and, again, this seemed to work at first.

Later today, neither of these methods work when trying to use YouTube itself. The redirect methods, probably, work fine if you are NOT using YouTube itself.

Does anyone else have another solution?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I haven't gotten any YouTube Adblock message on safari or Firefox on desktop or mobile. I wonder if it is because I don't use a YouTube account. I read that this is affecting YouTube accounts, and people had luck after logging out. Haven't been doing anything special other than Ublock Origin.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

I am using a YouTube account, so that may have something to do with it. Thanks for bringing this up.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Same. Haven't seen this yet. Not using an account. Using freetube on desktop, clipious on Android. Sometimes the web version with ublock default. Have a pi-hole but it hasn't blocked a YouTube ad since 2018 lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'll need to check out free tube again. When I last used it several months ago it wasn't very reliable in loading videos right away.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

if thats a problem, change your invidious instance freetube is pointed at. :) I had the same problem before.