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YouTube’s ad blocker problems are just an AdBlock Plus bug (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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That would explain why I didn't have any problems with Youtube and uBlock Origin.

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Normies still be using anything other than ublock :( when will they learn

[–] [email protected] 43 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Anyone and Everyone with the slightest of computer knowledge but paid shills are plugging ublock origin everywhere and anywhere they can , and yet people still choose other garbages. You'd think that maybe they'll see that tiny 'sponsored' text on top of the search result when looking for an adblock and go " why an adblock would advertise itself on search engines? this reeks of garbage, data siphoning bullshit adblock " but no, they even go as far as to defend it. I can't even bother with these people anymore.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Adblock Plus was the only decent adblocker available for Internet Explorer 11 a couple of years ago. Only reason I used it.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure you know what a couple is. Also, arguing with IE of all browsers is not going to make a strong case either.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Point at the case, because mine was an affirmation that it wasn't good as I reluctantly used it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

I miss when people trusted nerds instead of corporations. Applies to a variety of fields.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I think part of the problem is that we refer to these as "ad blockers" so AdBlock is the first one people find when they look.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah we should start calling them ublockers

[–] DJDarren 2 points 9 months ago

No ublock for Safari, which, yeah, is Apple’s fault for being dicks, but it still sucks.