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[-] [email protected] 411 points 1 month ago

Just stick with Firefox and uBlock Origin.

[-] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago

Or even better, Librewolf.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

Honest question, but what makes librewolf BETTER? In firefox you can easily toggle off the studies telemetry bullshit in the settings. Librewolf is just firefox with those things ripped out right?

[-] [email protected] 52 points 1 month ago

In firefox you can easily toggle off the studies telemetry bullshit in the settings.

They're abusing the default and making privacy settings require user intervention rather than defaulting to the most private settings and allowing the option of opting in.

It's abusing consent, so people move to browsers where privacy is the default option.

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[-] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago

This is what makes Librewolf better.

[-] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago

Yes. I consider it better because it's preconfigured for privacy, includes UBlock Origin by default, and rips Mozilla's telemetry out. So you never have to worry about them sneaking something new in a later update.

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[-] [email protected] 163 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The workaround: Switch from Adblock Plus to uBlock Origin.

ABP has had random issues that break it often for years now. It's crap.

[-] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago

Wasn't adblock plus bought by some ad agency? I thought they were long gone...

[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

I don't know about that but they do have a program where advertisers can pay them in exchange for their ads being allowed past the block.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

ABP has also been owned and run by a shady investment firm for the past decade.

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[-] [email protected] 159 points 1 month ago

Is this a sponsored article? Bc buying yt premium doesn't seem like a workaround to me.

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[-] [email protected] 115 points 1 month ago

Tom’s Hardware, Ad Block Plus, paying for YouTube Premium as a “work around”?

Guys this content was by boomers for boomers

[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

Indeed. Tom’s Hardware for me has for long been one of the most useless tech news sites, mostly just dumb clickbaity ad articles in disguise.

If they would know anything about anything or done some actual research they would point to Firefox with a few relevant extensions that keep YouTube’s fuckery in check. Or the alternative mobile apps. Or stuff like Invidious. But guess they are too mainstream and thus afraid to upset Google in any way.

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[-] [email protected] 86 points 1 month ago

I hate when they say paying the premium is a "solution". It's worse. That's why nobody is doing it.

[-] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago

I actually have a Premium subscription, but it's kinda half assed journalism to suggest that as a solution.

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[-] [email protected] 73 points 1 month ago

No, author of this article, paying for premium is not a workaround.

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[-] [email protected] 69 points 1 month ago

"If your adblock doesn't work, a workaround is to pay for YouTube Premium"

AW NO I HADN'T FUCKING THOUGHT OF THAT

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[-] [email protected] 65 points 1 month ago

That said though, there is one ad blocker that still works. Two words: uBlock Origin. Yes, I know that Google has blocked it from its Chrome Extension store, but there is still a way to get uBlock Origin on Chrome that our how-to extraordinaire Kaycee has detailed.

Or..... You could just ditch Chrome altogether!

I don't know why people are so fixated on using Chrome. It's a crippled browser made by an evil company that is actively looking to screw the user at every turn.

I switched to Firefox when Google essentially killed uBlock Origin on their browser. At first I ran into some problems with some sites not rendering correctly. But it seems like that's become much less of an issue with later updates. And the best thing is that there are some phenomenal extensions for blocking ads - like a fully-fledged uBlock Origin to name just one. I don't even see sponsor promotions in YT videos now.

And if you don't want to deal with Mozilla directly you can use Waterfox instead.

All this dancing around and jumping through hoops to get uBlock Origin working on Chrome is kind of absurd. Just ditch Chrome (and all Blink-based browsers) altogether where you can (I get that corporate environments are often off the table for this).

Collectively we should be sending a message to Google whenever we can that we are done with their browser bullshit.

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[-] [email protected] 61 points 1 month ago

The workaround is using uBO

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[-] [email protected] 52 points 1 month ago

Stop using Adblock Plus and start using Firefox with uBlock Origin.

If you’re on iOS, swallow your pride and install Brave and just turn off the crypto features. You’ll thank me later.

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[-] [email protected] 50 points 1 month ago

The internet hasn't noticed yet

Says article on the internet shared with others on the internet and linked to from many internet places.

Article titles are fucking garbage. At least it didn't pul the "Here's why" bullshit.

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[-] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago

"I've found a workaround"

Workaround (according to article): "First of all, YouTube Premium"

The actual workaround (according to article): "Two words: uBlock Origin. Yes, I know that Google has blocked it from its Chrome Extension store, but there is still a way to get uBlock Origin on Chrome"

Seems like they are being paid by Google. Actual workaround should be to drop Chrome.

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[-] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Damn sure was clickbaity. No ads? Buy YT Premium they say.

Whoopee. Saved you a click.

I stopped using ABP years ago and switched to uBlock Origin. That and some *Monkey scripts.

[-] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago

Bah, This is just an add for a YouTube premium subscription

[-] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago

"Adblock Plus" Me: WHAT YEAR IS THIS?

[-] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

FreeTube with an ipv6 rotator and Invidious will make sure you never have to deal with this.

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[-] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago

ABP hasn't been relevant for years, because they started on "acceptable ads" back in 2011.

Anyone with sense has long since moved on.

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[-] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago

Imagine using Adblock/Adblock plus in 2025.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The workaround is pay for YouTube premium.

Edit: the above is is what the article says. Not my opinion. YT can get bent. Firefox + uBlock has been my "workaround" for years.

[-] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago

With all due respect, no the fuck it ain’t

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[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

Don't shoot the messenger, they're just citing the "workaround" from the article. The article also mentions using uBlock but only after writing two paragraphs convincing you that Premium is totally the solution to go with.

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[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

Who uses Adblock Plus? Isn't uBlock Origin (Lite) the shit to go to?

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[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

I mean, Firefox + uBlock Origin + SponsorBlock makes YouTube usable without giving Google more money

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[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

Ublock Origin and NextDNS FTW.

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[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

What if people just learned to use Firefox or NewPipe?

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[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

If someone is fixated on using chrome, so far there is still a workaround:

https://www.neowin.net/guides/you-can-still-enable-ublock-origin-in-chrome-here-is-how/

Other than that, just switch to Firefox.

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