▲ 789 ▼ YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world (9to5google.com) submitted 2 years ago by ijeff@lemdro.id to c/technology@lemmy.world 338 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/2787773 (!google@lemdro.id)
[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 93 points 2 years ago (11 children) It isn't blocking my uBlock Origin on Firefox. permalink fedilink source hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago (7 children) Yeah, all Google accomplished with this bullshit was finally getting me to switch from Chrome to Firefox as my main browser on desktop. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] Alchemy@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (6 children) Pretty much, also encouraged me to download uBlock, and now I see how many items it blocks from pages like YouTube. Spoiler: It’s a lot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (5 children) Right? I have two tabs open...one is a site that is overtly and actively promoting products to me, with literal links to retailers where I can buy the stuff they're promoting...the other is YouTube. The promotional site's uBlock counter is at 4. YouTube's is at...139. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (4 children) Leave that YouTube tab open open for a day and see how many thousands of items uBlock has blocked. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) I see absolutely insane numbers on Google docs, 10000+ blocked. My total per year is now over 5 million. A lot more intense than a few years ago, where it took multiple years to reach 3 million. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago* Holy shit, I have multiple tabs open and have only been using Firefox as my default browser for about 1.5 3-months (August 9th). Each YouTube tab has over 10k blocks and lifetime blocks since installation is over 4.1 million! Edit: found the document I made in Obsidian to plan my move from Brave to Firefox and the created data is August 9th. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago Wow I haven't even looked for all time blocks! I'll have to look... permalink fedilink source parent [–] sweetviolentblush@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago Yup, I left youtube up on my laptop all day today and this is ublocks total. It's fucking crazy that some people don't bother with adblockers permalink fedilink source parent [–] Magister@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago It does on mine, sometimes, so I clear cache, update uBlock, restart Firefox. In general it blocks them again permalink fedilink source parent [–] MrFlamey@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Or mine on Vivaldi. It was showing me the notice the other week, but seems to have stopped now. Either they are now time limiting youtube before the ad blocking thing comes back, or uBlock upped the ante. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago* Your uBlock probably updated. uBlock has pretty much been able to successfully block YouTube's adblocker block since YouTube started blocking adblockers, so long as you kept the filters updated. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago (7 children) Yeah, all Google accomplished with this bullshit was finally getting me to switch from Chrome to Firefox as my main browser on desktop. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] Alchemy@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (6 children) Pretty much, also encouraged me to download uBlock, and now I see how many items it blocks from pages like YouTube. Spoiler: It’s a lot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (5 children) Right? I have two tabs open...one is a site that is overtly and actively promoting products to me, with literal links to retailers where I can buy the stuff they're promoting...the other is YouTube. The promotional site's uBlock counter is at 4. YouTube's is at...139. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (4 children) Leave that YouTube tab open open for a day and see how many thousands of items uBlock has blocked. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) I see absolutely insane numbers on Google docs, 10000+ blocked. My total per year is now over 5 million. A lot more intense than a few years ago, where it took multiple years to reach 3 million. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago* Holy shit, I have multiple tabs open and have only been using Firefox as my default browser for about 1.5 3-months (August 9th). Each YouTube tab has over 10k blocks and lifetime blocks since installation is over 4.1 million! Edit: found the document I made in Obsidian to plan my move from Brave to Firefox and the created data is August 9th. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago Wow I haven't even looked for all time blocks! I'll have to look... permalink fedilink source parent [–] sweetviolentblush@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago Yup, I left youtube up on my laptop all day today and this is ublocks total. It's fucking crazy that some people don't bother with adblockers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Alchemy@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (6 children) Pretty much, also encouraged me to download uBlock, and now I see how many items it blocks from pages like YouTube. Spoiler: It’s a lot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (5 children) Right? I have two tabs open...one is a site that is overtly and actively promoting products to me, with literal links to retailers where I can buy the stuff they're promoting...the other is YouTube. The promotional site's uBlock counter is at 4. YouTube's is at...139. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (4 children) Leave that YouTube tab open open for a day and see how many thousands of items uBlock has blocked. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) I see absolutely insane numbers on Google docs, 10000+ blocked. My total per year is now over 5 million. A lot more intense than a few years ago, where it took multiple years to reach 3 million. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago* Holy shit, I have multiple tabs open and have only been using Firefox as my default browser for about 1.5 3-months (August 9th). Each YouTube tab has over 10k blocks and lifetime blocks since installation is over 4.1 million! Edit: found the document I made in Obsidian to plan my move from Brave to Firefox and the created data is August 9th. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago Wow I haven't even looked for all time blocks! I'll have to look... permalink fedilink source parent [–] sweetviolentblush@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago Yup, I left youtube up on my laptop all day today and this is ublocks total. It's fucking crazy that some people don't bother with adblockers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (5 children) Right? I have two tabs open...one is a site that is overtly and actively promoting products to me, with literal links to retailers where I can buy the stuff they're promoting...the other is YouTube. The promotional site's uBlock counter is at 4. YouTube's is at...139. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (4 children) Leave that YouTube tab open open for a day and see how many thousands of items uBlock has blocked. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) I see absolutely insane numbers on Google docs, 10000+ blocked. My total per year is now over 5 million. A lot more intense than a few years ago, where it took multiple years to reach 3 million. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago* Holy shit, I have multiple tabs open and have only been using Firefox as my default browser for about 1.5 3-months (August 9th). Each YouTube tab has over 10k blocks and lifetime blocks since installation is over 4.1 million! Edit: found the document I made in Obsidian to plan my move from Brave to Firefox and the created data is August 9th. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago Wow I haven't even looked for all time blocks! I'll have to look... permalink fedilink source parent [–] sweetviolentblush@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago Yup, I left youtube up on my laptop all day today and this is ublocks total. It's fucking crazy that some people don't bother with adblockers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (4 children) Leave that YouTube tab open open for a day and see how many thousands of items uBlock has blocked. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) I see absolutely insane numbers on Google docs, 10000+ blocked. My total per year is now over 5 million. A lot more intense than a few years ago, where it took multiple years to reach 3 million. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago* Holy shit, I have multiple tabs open and have only been using Firefox as my default browser for about 1.5 3-months (August 9th). Each YouTube tab has over 10k blocks and lifetime blocks since installation is over 4.1 million! Edit: found the document I made in Obsidian to plan my move from Brave to Firefox and the created data is August 9th. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago Wow I haven't even looked for all time blocks! I'll have to look... permalink fedilink source parent [–] sweetviolentblush@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago Yup, I left youtube up on my laptop all day today and this is ublocks total. It's fucking crazy that some people don't bother with adblockers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) I see absolutely insane numbers on Google docs, 10000+ blocked. My total per year is now over 5 million. A lot more intense than a few years ago, where it took multiple years to reach 3 million. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago* Holy shit, I have multiple tabs open and have only been using Firefox as my default browser for about 1.5 3-months (August 9th). Each YouTube tab has over 10k blocks and lifetime blocks since installation is over 4.1 million! Edit: found the document I made in Obsidian to plan my move from Brave to Firefox and the created data is August 9th. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago Wow I haven't even looked for all time blocks! I'll have to look... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago* Holy shit, I have multiple tabs open and have only been using Firefox as my default browser for about 1.5 3-months (August 9th). Each YouTube tab has over 10k blocks and lifetime blocks since installation is over 4.1 million! Edit: found the document I made in Obsidian to plan my move from Brave to Firefox and the created data is August 9th. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago Wow I haven't even looked for all time blocks! I'll have to look... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sweetviolentblush@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago Yup, I left youtube up on my laptop all day today and this is ublocks total. It's fucking crazy that some people don't bother with adblockers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Magister@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago It does on mine, sometimes, so I clear cache, update uBlock, restart Firefox. In general it blocks them again permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MrFlamey@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Or mine on Vivaldi. It was showing me the notice the other week, but seems to have stopped now. Either they are now time limiting youtube before the ad blocking thing comes back, or uBlock upped the ante. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago* Your uBlock probably updated. uBlock has pretty much been able to successfully block YouTube's adblocker block since YouTube started blocking adblockers, so long as you kept the filters updated. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago* Your uBlock probably updated. uBlock has pretty much been able to successfully block YouTube's adblocker block since YouTube started blocking adblockers, so long as you kept the filters updated. permalink fedilink source parent