YouTube intensifies fight against ad blockers showing pop-ups, and users are frustrated | Blocking ad-block users

Fuck YouTube

I was using newpipe x Sponsorblock on Android exclusively, and now on desktop I've moved to freetube. Never did get the pop up telling me to remove Adblock but decided to make the jump early.

They have pissed 4channers. You do not piss 4channers. The last time that happened, Trump got elected.

Use Firefox, update the uBlockOrigin extension, update the filters, remove any other adblocking extension in case you have it. Should work just fine then.

Fuck it. I'll just say this instead. It's time to break up the tech monopolies. Google, Microsoft, etc.

87.7% of the users watch on mobile, they are this mad about 12.3% possibly having access to an adblock.

I was fine with ads a couple years ago, but the number, length and frequency of them keeps ramping up. This wouldn't need to be such a struggle if they just were reasonable about it.

Lol look at me change to piped

I installed a userscript today that plays ads in muted embeds hidden behind the actual player so that it effectively and quite literally blocks them while still leaving actual ublock disabled on the site. works pretty well.

EDIT: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/477464-beta-youtube-no-preroll-ads-undetectable

Revanced still going strong on mobile, which is where I watch YouTube 99% of the time.

Firefox and UBO still block all ads for me on YT and I'm not being blocked.

....what? This headline makes no sense.

Users complain but 99% of the 0,01% that actually use adblockers will just continue, just like how internet "boycotts" always end, by going back to the dystopian status quo

Really hoping some IPFS alternative takes off. Youtube has already been tanking in quality but no one changes because its a monopoly on online videos.

And if Twitter has shown us anything, it's that people legitimately won't leave a crappy platform unless there's a significant popular and better alternative that can scale immediately to demand.

I was annoyed by this. Check out FREETUBE which is a private youtube client for pc, mac and linux. No ads and 100% private - take that google

It appears YT is the new cable television. Let's see if it follows it to the grave.

I'll watch from the sidelines, enjoying my subscription to nebula.

Grayjay.app is the way forward

Anyone used Odyssey? Louis Rossman recently made a video where he said he had a channel on Odyssey but not many users use it

They could have fixed it with 1 word: "YouTube intensifies fight against ad-blockers BY showing pop-ups and users are frustrated."

If you have any stored payment methods on Google Pay, I'd remove them. Whose to say they won't try to sneak some clause in their TOS that says if you use an ad blocker, they will charge you for Premium. removes tinfoil hat

I'm still not seeing ads in brave browser, just in case anyone didnt know. On Android Newpipe also works and freetube for desktop too.

EDIT: I dont care about meaningless internet points but that being said. I have provided 3 options here. None of which have been refuted on technical grounds and have been hivemind downvoted.

If you have legitimate claims besides the usual "crypto scams" then please post the links. I'm happy to reevaluate my choices based on new information.

I would need to see evidence of data sharing between brave and third parties that I have not explicitly consented to or packet captures showing data being sent where it shouldn't, commits pointing to malicious code etc...

Something that holds water.

For as many hours of YouTube I watch 4+ daily at least. I don't mind paying for Premium to avoid the hassle. Plus I get music with it.

Edit: haters can ligma. Down vote all you want!

I'll look forward to reading this yet again next week, alongside all the entitlement in the comments section that seem to think running YouTube is free and recommending trash alternatives which have less than 1% of YouTube's content and don't even work.

See you next week!