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YouTube's ‘War’ on Adblockers Shows How Google Controls the Internet (www.404media.co)
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Google's anti-ad scripts are breaking browsers and privacy plugins. It could get worse because Google controls the ad market, Chrome, and the extension store.

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[–] 102 points 2 years ago (18 children)

Still having 0 problems on Firefox with just Ublock Origin and adguard. Hopefully it stays that way

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Are you logged in? Cause if not you don't get these popups.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I haven't logged out since they started this push and I don't get them with just Firefox/uBlock. I was getting them for a bit and they even blocked me completely at one point. But I just cleared my uBlock cache and updated and it's been working fine.

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    [–] 66 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Honestly, I think it's great: if it annoys people enough, they will move out from Chrome and install Firefox (or one of its forks) with good extensions for blocking ads on YouTube. It seems to be the only solution to break the monopoly of Google on browsers. So go Google, I believe in you!

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nah, most people are dumb, they will just continue to complain and assume there is nothing they can do.

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    • [–] 43 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    The irony of this post being behind a paywall

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    [–] 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    No pop-ups on NewPipe x Sponsorblock.

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    [–] 20 points 2 years ago

    It made me switch to Freetube

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    [–] 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    So far a Firefox workaround seems to be copying the URL into a fresh private browser window.

    It may not be enough to matter, but a not-insignificant number of users will simply abandon YouTube if this keeps up.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Allready done. 😃 Some puts a YouTube link, I just scroll past. Can't be that important if it's on boobtube

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    a not-insignificant number of users will simply abandon YouTube if this keeps up.

    I regetfully disagree. I think very few people will leave the platform and that the additional revenue generated from those that use adblockers but allow YouTube ads will easily cover the difference of those that do.

    I don't say this to discourage boycotting. Fuck google, do it if you want to!

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Or just use uBlock Origin? It blocks YouTube's ads (and their adblocker-blockers) right out of the gate. It's also available on Firefox for Android.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    For the moment, Youtube is managing to push ads onto me despite uBO.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago*

    Have you followed the instructions in the devs' Reddit thread? (At the bottom of the thread, they also have a section of instructions for people who've already gone through the process of purging their filters before.)

    Also, make sure nothing else (ex. another adblocker, including your browser's built-in adblocker) is causing issues.

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    • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    FreeTube works fantastic on desktop. No ads and instant playback and high quality. Amazing app.

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    • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Piped.video (on Firefox) works fine for me

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Piped is so slow for me, I'm not sure if it's a me issue or a host issue. I finally spun up viewtube to test it out since running my own piped instance seemed cumbersome.

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