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[-] [email protected] 113 points 2 years ago

It's funny. Before this crackdown none of my co-workers used adblockers. To install an add-on was too much hassle. They just watched the ads.

Now suddenly they became interested after hearing about them again, and almost all are running Firefox with ublock origin now.

YouTube should have just kept quiet, I don't believe they are better off now more than before.

[-] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago

If Twitch taught us anything, this is just the beginning.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

What happened on twitch?

[-] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago

Made it more difficult to block ads than YouTube’s pathetic attempt.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

I was really surprised (and annoyed) to see some ads on Twitch yesterday.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago

Straight up the first ads I've seen in a long time were on twitch.

Then of course the first ad I see was for Narcan followed by an ad for Smirnoff.

God I fucking hate ads

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Ads need to be clearly identifiable as such here.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Twitch embeds ads directly into the stream now. They're next to impossible to block now, though I've heard some people say it's still possible.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Try ttv-lol-pro, it works for me.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I will have to try that. My way of blocking twitch ads is using my vpn. But it disconnects me from chat for a few seconds, when an ad should appear.

[-] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago

Great, let the Streisand effect bite Google in the bum.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

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[-] [email protected] 45 points 2 years ago

This is a big reason Google wanted to push the whole “web integrity” thing. There would have been no way to use an adblocker after that and they would have won the blocking wars. It’s bad enough they’re gimping Chromium with Manifest v3, but they tried for it all.

[-] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago

Welp They are still cooking it, for now only on android as to boil the frog slowly but it will come back.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Wait what are they doing on Android?

[-] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago

Or use adnauseam and fuck up their ad-tracking infrastructure beyond just blocking the ads

[-] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

I actually had to get rid of adnauseam because YT detected it pretty consistently, ublock origin as of this comment still works fine on YT though.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

From what I understand AdNauseum is built on top of uBlockOrigin so you supposed use it instead. The thing is that it isn't as frequently updated and due to recent YouTube wars this is currently required.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

A miniscule amount of tomfoolery

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

uBO + iFrame script + Clickbait Remover + YouTube NonStop, the only way to clean up the YT crap and don't want to or can use a front-end or desktop client.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Great suggestions.

I'd strongly recommend Dearrow instead of Clickbait remover now (I used to use Clickbait).

It's made by the same developer who made Sponsorblock, which I also strongly recommend (it skips over in-video sponsors, title sequences, non-music sections in music videos, etc.). Just remember to turn it off for channels whom you wish to support.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

YouTube won't work with ublock on Vivaldi...

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

Guess it time to switch to Firefox.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I can't. I use fairly PWAs regularly and Firefox is NOT great with them.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

What is a PWA?

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Progressive Web Apps. Basically websites but with icons on your desktop or app launcher.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Progressive Web Apps.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Agreed. I use Firefoxfor my braising but I install my PWAs under Samsung internet.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Oof. Samsung Internet? Damn.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I don't use PWAs enough to warrant installing another browser for them.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Valid.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Gotta disable Vivaldi's integrated Adblocker and use uBlock only, at least that's what fixed it for me.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Worked for me as well. Thanks!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I noticed that the Behind The Overlay extension in Firefox can also defeat the YouTube ad blocker pop up.

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