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Does anyone know of an ad blocker blocker blocker?
I use pipe pipe on android, haven’t had any issues and works great. Freetube on the PC, works great!
Woot woot, added that to my arsenal.
Vanced, new pipe, free tube, tubular, pipe pipe, mobile brave, yt-dlp->jellyfin, laptop->HDMI splitter-> capture card +comskip
The spice will flow.
PipePipe my beloved. Never had any problems with it either.
this happens for a short time about every six months
if you haven’t already, make sure ublock is updated, then toggle “quick fixes” (if it’s on, turn it off, if it’s off, turn it on)You can hit the x and continue. This just a stern warning with no consequence for now
This.
I get this pop up once or twice every couple of months maybe? I just click through and nothing happens / changes.
For mobile I use the grayjay app.
I got this with Firefox + uBlock Origin yesterday but was gone a couple videos later, uBlock must have updated.
Use a front-end like Piped or Invidious and be happy.
Negative comments and dislikes incoming in 3, 2, 1…
Why do you think you’ll be downvoted for that? I see people recommend them literally all the time on similar posts
Firstly. People don’t like Piped or Invidious because they often gets broken due to Google’s work to try shut them down completely.
Invidious is basically all broken already because of this. And it can be hard to find a good Piped instance that works.
I have Piped installed on my server and it happens that I get “login to prove you’re not a bot” or what the error message is.
And secondly. People tend to be very mean online and I don’t trust any people until they have proven they are indeed nice and not mean in any way (like judging or trolling).
Lastly. I am in a very bad mood which boosting the second reason.
Ah alright that makes sense. (Also just to make sure, wasn’t meaning any like rudeness in my reply, im autistic so if I did sorry)
Yep. Got this yesterday (UK).
I had a couple of adverts make it through yesterday in the UK, just closed the tab and went to some locally hosted content instead. Seems like its working again today. I don’t log into youtube at all.
Is this with Firefox + ublock origin? Things are still fine on my side.
Not OP but I’ve had it happen to me today with Firefox + ublock origin
It’s already happening on librewolf.
heck. I’ve not had it so far in Firefox. Will keep an eye on it I guess
Give it a minute. Librewolf comes with ublock origin preinstalled.
Thank you for the heads up!
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It happened to me for the first time today and that’s what I use.
I literally just clicked the x and played the video so it didn’t effect anything though.
Just be patient for the inevitable uBlockOrigin update that will fix it.
True aha. yt-dlp still works mostly, so I suppose I could just use it to download my subscribed and watch offline. There’s always a way
With or without cookies?
I’ve recently been told to sign in when trying to access YouTube videos not just on a VPN, but now at my own residential location
you can add “–cookies-from-browser firefox” or whatever browser you use, to the end of the yt-dlp target
I’m personally just not that excited about needing a YouTube account to be signed in, in order to view/download videos. I imagine they wouldn’t take too kindly to that if they caught me. My existing account kind of matters, and apparently now you need a phone number to register a new one
and apparently now you need a phone number to register a new one
🏴☠️
Downloading a video is functionally identical to watching the video. I’m not 100% sure they can’t tell, but they certainly shouldn’t care… You’re not circumventing anything by downloading a streamed video, they just obfuscate the download functionality.
I imagine they might care because advertisements are their source of revenue on that platform, which I believe loses money regardless. They’re also getting increasingly adamant about breaking people’s ad blockers.
It also appears to me that every combination of functional use requires some form of identification:
- If you’re logged out, they’re okay with you browsing from an identifiable home IP address.
- If you’re on a VPN, they’re okay with showing your videos if you log in so they can track your viewing habits.
- If you’re on a VPN and make a new account, they want your phone number so they can tie your identity to an actual human being.
It might be a bit paranoid, but these factors combined suggest that Google does not want us to watch videos without providing some form of (inferrable) personal identification. And if Google can’t get what it wants, specifically data and ad revenue, they might be very willing to terminate an account that’s draining their coffers.
you need a phone number to register a new one
So what has worked for me in the past is: Get a cheap android/ChromeOS device (or power-wash one that you’re not using any more) and ensure that there’s not a working SIM card in it. When you power it up and it goes through the first-time-user setup, it asks you for your Google account, and provides you with the option to create one if you (claim you) don’t have one. Since there’s no SIM card, the newly created Google account has no phone number attached.
I imagine that you could copy down the info about this newly-created account (after making sure it has a password and you know what it is), and then wipe/power-wash the phone/tablet/Chromebook and do the process all over again and create another Google account.
Every google-OS-running device I’ve ever owned has gotten a new Google account created for it.
That is sneaky. I might need to give that a shot… Although I have the feeling it might not like whatever VP and I sign onto first
Freetube is patched often and remains usable 99% of the time for an ad(and sponsor, if wanted) free experience.
As Youtube makes changes solely to break these players, they are quick to jump through the new hoops.
Freetube also has DeArrow built in to replace clickbait thumbnails and titles!
What browser are you using?
Not OP but I get the same thing on Firefox with ublock origin
Is it less buggy now? I tried it a while back and gave up.
Mobile app is awesome though.
yeah they have a flatpak now, I should of directly linked to that:
Awesome. Thanks for that, will have a look later.
no worries, have a good day
VPN to Europe? Otherwise not sure how the UK was ever “safe” from this.
VPN to Albania or Monaco since they don’t have ads on youtube at all.
First i hear of it, is there some sort of diplomatic situation that leads to this?
Not sure. I always just thought it was due to laws in those countries.
In the case of Albania it seems that it’s just as simple as youtube not being present in the country at all, and that Albania has just been allowed access to youtube despite being a money drain and them not helping pay for server costs via ads.
Content isn’t free…
Nobody wants to acknowledge this truth and it drives me insane. YouTube piracy hurts small creators. How you feel about this moral quandary is entirely up to you, but this is just a fact.
Google is doing fine. They don’t need more funds.
Right like poor Google, they’re raking billions and billions from gathering user data and selling it, but line must go up and the “it costs money folks” are too naive to understand what’s really happening.
You go you naive fool, help Google increase they’re worth. They need all the help they can get, maybe donate, for just the cost of a coffee a day a month can save a multi billion dollar corporation.
Ahh, how could I forget the start of every elementary school day.
I pledge allegiance, to the Brand ™️ , that best represents my interests. And to the echo chamber, where I get my ideas,
Etc etc
I’d be fine with ads if it were one every couple videos, but these days YT serves as much/more ad content than the amount of time the video is running, and on top of that many videos contain ads themselves. That’s simply too much.
I saw this with firefox and ublock origin installed. Dismissed it and continued not seeing any ads.
I just refresh the page and it works fine
You just close the window. I’ve seen this twice in the last three years and never experienced any actual change – still no ads or even black screens where ads should be.
