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uBlock Origin VS YouTube's Anti-Adblock (beehaw.org)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I came across the stickied weekly thread at uBlock Origin's sub-Reddit. WARNING: It's a long and complicated read.

The TL;DR takeaway is thus (especially for those who use Firefox):

  1. Click the uBlock Origin icon on Firefox's menu bar
  2. You'll see a three-gear icon at the bottom right. Click this to open the dashboard.
  3. Click the "Purge all caches" button at the top.
  4. Click the "Update now" button at the top.

Note: You may have to do this several times per day since YouTube keeps changing their anti-adblock scripts. However, the diligent work, from all the volunteers at uBlock Origin, have been able to keep pace. I haven't seen any ads NOR any anti-adblock warnings in the past 48 hours.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

We are an extreme minority who really have the know-how to get around this. The majority will just give in and subscribe.

This is what happened with Netflix. Everyone thought that Netflix would lose subscribers with the crackdown on password sharing. On the contrary, they gained subscribers and is bringing even more revenue.