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Has YouTube Blocked Your Adblocker Yet??

UPDATE 2It seems that starting today, uBlock Origin is working to combat this Youtube Block. Mine started working again! Lets all thank the devs of UBO for fighting this fight!

UPDATESo as new info comes out, I’ll be posting it here. It seems as if this Rollout Has Several Parts.

Part 1

You get a popup message over top of your video, blocking the screen: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/bd0e0c67-f37d-4b82-a5b8-1703542f0af1.jpeg

  • This is the first sign. If you see this popup AND are logged into a YouTube account, your account has been selected.
  • At this stage you can likely close or block these messages with an adblocker.

Part 2

This message will change, indicating that you have 3 remaining videos to watch without ads.

Will insert photo once one has been found

  • At this stage your adblocker will imminently stop working in 3 videos time.
  • Personally using Firefox + uBlock Origin and tweaking filters and updates does not even fix it.

Part 3

None of the video loads now, everything looks blank.

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/e37261ac-cf82-4ecd-9481-bea42029a3a0.png

  • At this stage you must tred new ground to avoid ads. I have posted methods in the comments. If you want to bypass this end page, read down there.

End of Update

YouTube has started rolling out anti-adblock to users inside the United States, which means that they are preparing to roll this out to the entire country. Personally, I have been blocked already. I want to gauge how common this occurrence is.

WtfEvenIsExistence ,

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/f61fec18-10ef-4ad4-bed7-168137d1c553.jpeg

lemann ,

Admiral is the worst kind of anti adblock there is.

They buy thousands of domains at a time, with individually corresponding Google Cloud IPs to evade adblock lists. Real pain in the ass to block them, they also DMCA community blocklists containing their domains

ramjambamalam ,

Sounds like DMCA abuse to me. You can’t copyright a fact. In this case, the fact that these IPs are used by a company is a fact.

RogueBanana ,

When has that stopped anyone from abusing it anyway…

ArmokGoB ,

People should tell them to kick rocks.

hakase ,

The irony of this poll blocking access from users with a VPN.

barberousse ,
@barberousse@lemmy.ca avatar

Yep, I can’t vote because I have a VPN.

Thorny_Thicket ,

Huh… Worked for me

LoafyLemon ,

No problems with Mozilla VPN

1984 ,
@1984@lemmy.today avatar

Very good. It will be nice to be off YouTube completely.

zipzoopaboop ,

Firefox and ublock as usual, still good

riley0 ,

I got it once on Chrome. Haven’t used Chrome for YT since. No trouble with FF and UBlock Origin.

Psythik ,

Damn, I just recently switched to Ungoogled Chromium, just for YouTube (still use Firefox for everything else.) I did this for HDR and RTX Video Super Resolution, since Firefox supports neither. Looks like I’m going to have to live without now.

riley0 ,

No trouble for me using Yandex and AdGuard AdBlocker, either, fwiw.

aaaaaaadjsf ,
@aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net avatar

I use YouTube revanced, and after a quick update a few weeks ago it’s working fine again

Pinkletits ,

I too have been using Revanced but I’m not experienced with updating third party apps. How is it done?

starelfsc2 ,

reddit.com/…/revanced_manager_guide_for_dummies/ basically just follow this and uninstall any old versions of microg or revanced if you have problems.

aaaaaaadjsf ,
@aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net avatar

The same way you install revanced, you basically have to reinstall it with an updated APK and patches. At least that’s how I did it.

toiletwhole ,
@toiletwhole@feddit.de avatar

If you are on Linux you can just use freetube. Maybe it’s also available on windows but that’s something I don’t know

orvorn ,

FreeTube is available on Windows as well.

TinyPizza ,
@TinyPizza@kbin.social avatar

Thanks for the recommendation. Just downloaded (just in case) and I've gotta say, I might like this enough to switch out even if they don't mess with my browser player.

refurbishedrefurbisher , (edited )

I haven’t used youtube.com to watch YouTube in years. NewPipe x SponsorBlock (polymorphicshade) on mobile, SmartTubeNext on TV, Invidious, Piped, or FreeTube on desktop.

XYZinferno ,

Hadn’t heard of FreeTube before, thanks for mentioning it!

riley0 ,

Thanks! Freetube works great. Here are directions for importing YT subscriptions. docs.freetubeapp.io/…/importing-subscriptions/

Melody , (edited )

Here’s a rule for uBlock Origin.

Credit: lemmy.one/comment/597479 && original link: lemmy.nz/comment/446556

! Anti-Youtube Anti-Adblocker https://lemmy.one/comment/597479

youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.openPopupConfig.supportedPopups.adBlockMessageViewModel, false)

youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.adBlocksFound, 0)

youtube.com##+js(set, ytplayer.config.args.raw_player_response.adPlacements, [])

youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.hasAllowedInstreamAd, true)

Honse OP ,

This has not worked for me.

NumbersCanBeFun ,
@NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social avatar

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    glad_cat ,

    You can save comments too.

    Teppic ,
    @Teppic@kbin.social avatar

    They are on kbin which doesn't support saving comments (yet).

    NumbersCanBeFun ,
    @NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social avatar

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    quirzle ,
    @quirzle@kbin.social avatar

    Just upvote or boost? Aren't you having to go to your profile to find it either way?

    NumbersCanBeFun ,
    @NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social avatar

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    quirzle ,
    @quirzle@kbin.social avatar

    Looks like you comment more than you boost though.

    PelicanPersuader ,
    @PelicanPersuader@beehaw.org avatar

    Doing the lord’s work. Thank you!

    pdqcp ,

    I feel dumb, do I need to do anything else besides pasting it to my rules > temporary rules > save?

    wolfshadowheart ,
    @wolfshadowheart@kbin.social avatar

    Isn't it just rolling out for Chrome users? Won't Firefox be unaffected?

    Honse OP ,

    No, im using Librewolf and i am blocked currently.

    wolfshadowheart ,
    @wolfshadowheart@kbin.social avatar

    Ah I see. It begins I guess :(

    WtfEvenIsExistence ,

    I recommend downloading every youtube video you enjoyed watching and start reuploading them to peertube (although, I fear that youtube might just file copyright claims against the peertube instance).

    QuazarOmega ,

    I believe most videos aren’t licensed for unrestricted redistribution, you’re putting yourself and/or your instance owner at risk by uploading content you don’t own.
    However I support the general idea, I just don’t know what the best way to share the content safely would be

    DrQuint ,

    Freaking ironic that I get an ad on strawpoll stopping me from seeing the results.

    entropy ,
    @entropy@not.alazy.dev avatar

    pi-hole means no ads anywhere!

    eleqtric-conjurer ,

    If your pihole can block YouTube ads please tell me how!

    Barky ,

    This doesn’t prevent YouTube ads. Source: have a pi-hole

    Poggervania ,
    @Poggervania@kbin.social avatar

    Actually not true, the way YouTube ads show up is more or less almost impossible for pi-holes to catch. There’s been some successes in the past, but then YouTube ads somehow find another way to circumvent it.

    Source: have pi-hole

    Chewy7324 ,

    Unless the ad is served on the same domain as the video. There’s no way to block the ad through DNS without blocking the video too.

    HawlSera ,

    Ublock Origin still works for me

    Kbin_space_program , (edited )

    Yes. It's hyper super bestest ever effective. There are unfortunately absolutely no way around their rock solid implementation.

    sour ,
    @sour@kbin.social avatar

    does logging out work

    elouboub ,
    @elouboub@kbin.social avatar

    Can't you just open a new private tab or window for every video that you watch?

    Kbin_space_program , (edited )

    Absolutely you can. There are absolutely no other, easier ways to circumvent it and this is absolutely not a failed attempt at sarcasm at how laughable their malware attempt is.

    Even the "endgame" one is laughably easy to circumvent. I'm not giving them any hints though because Fuck Google.

    twena ,

    Not from US but my uBlock has a problem with YouTube since yesterday. It blocks the ad video but the sound of it is still audible.

    mah ,
    @mah@hexbear.net avatar

    true

    twena ,

    glad i’m not the only one

    JelloBrains ,
    @JelloBrains@kbin.social avatar

    I followed this from Ublock's Reddit page, it's working for now.

    Current anti-adblock status: Latest fixed (ID: 462a8d5d)*

    Please, remember these 3 steps:

    Force update all your filter lists (click uBO icon > ⚙ Dashboard button > Filter lists pane > 🕘 Purge all caches > 🔃 Update now)
    Turn off all other extensions AND browser's built-in blockers
    Remove all your current custom filters AND custom filter lists that you have enabled / added manually (Adguard lists...)
    It might be quicker to make a backup of your config and restore to defaults before proceeding to step 1.

    Fixing anti-adblock can cause ads slipped. If you see any ads slipped, please report back the EXACT URL and your country when accessing the URL so volunteers are able to investigate.

    The filter lists can be updated multiple times a day, so please always do step 1 before reporting.

    • About the ID above, it's the ID of YouTube's script that's used for anti-adblock, you can monitor it via this link: https://pastefy.app/G1Txv5su/raw (top to bottom is oldest to latest). It means that the current fix is matched with the script with corresponding ID.

    If the latest ID (the last line) does not match the current one written above, it means YT has updated the new one and it might cause anti-adblock again. If it matches and you still get anti-adblock, kindly check the 3 steps above. Thank you.

    twena ,

    I will definitely try this. Thank you really

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