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YouTube rolls out more unskippable ads that make viewers wait even longer to watch videos - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)
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[–] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I've been ad-free youtubing since it came out in '06 or whenever that was. It's a shame that they disabled uBlock on Chrome, I used to really enjoy my chromebook before it became spam cancer

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    there is mv3 version of ubo here:
    https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home

    dunno how well it works on yt, though. i use dlp on a pc for the time or two a month i 'need to' look at a yt vid.

    adguard's free browser extension is also mv3 compliant (for chrome). i think the old adblockplus (disable 'acceptable ads' and ignore offer to 'upgrade' to a paid version) is, too.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    "Not as well as uBlock Origin" is the answer to that.

    I got warnings to disable my ad blocker on my Chromebook recently, but did not get the same on my Linux desktop using Firefox.

    I really ought to get away from the default software on the Chromebook (Firefox via Crouton or Android or something), but it didn't work well last time I tried.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Is there support for blocking individual elements of a page in v3 version of uBlock Origin? (I won't be surprised if it lacked it). I usually block various other elements of page like useless headers/footers/comment sections on some sites I routinely visit on Firefox.

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