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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.

DAMunzy ,

I’ll just stop using YouTube like I’ve stopped using Reddit.

mayo ,

I’m ready for that. When being a youtuber started looking like a job I think the site lost something.

tryptaminev ,

That is something you just cannot avoid with a new medium. Eventually there will always be professionalization. It just sucks that youtube now just gives us the same shit over and over instead of making it easy to find new creators, like it used to be.

captain_aggravated ,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

Hell I think you could make a massive improvement to the site if it could realize “Hey, I’ve been suggesting the same exact video to this user 500 times in a row, and he’s never clicked it. Maybe this user likes this creator/series, but not this specific video.”

seaturtle ,

Yeah, YouTube was better when it was a bunch of amateur cat videos.

jarfil ,

There was a sweet spot when cat videos went pro. Then the spam killed it.

mayo ,

I’d say just smaller, less scripted content. Maybe that’s what tiktok is.

captain_aggravated ,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

I remember one of the early Youtube sensations was this teen chick’s vlog that turned out to be a fictional soap opera basically. Because it hadn’t occurred to anyone to do that yet.

This was BACK IN THE DAY, around the same time Boxxy became a sensation, or that one chick who just sat still in front of the camera because the Japanese liked her huge eyes.

Laurentide ,
@Laurentide@pawb.social avatar

lonelygirl15? I remember a friend telling me about that series because she wanted to share a funny video reply (Remember those?) by somebody who managed to find the same animal plushies that the girl carries around; it was a parody episode where the plushies talk about the current situation in the story and suggest that maybe the girl should drop all the teen drama stuff so they can all focus on running for their lives instead.

captain_aggravated ,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

That’s the one, lonelygirl15. What a wild story. My internet destroyed brain immediately jumped to “Wow that was before the Youtube partner program, and it was presented as an authentic teen’s vlog at least at first…I wonder what the monetization strategy was?” And it turns out there kinda wasn’t one. They went into $50,000 worth of credit card debt to fund the series, according to Wikipedia. Like remember that episode of South Park (remember that show?) where they had the waiting room full of viral video people waiting to get their non-existent internet fame money?

GenBlob ,

Today I started getting ads with no video just audio. I didn’t get the adblocker message yet. Firefox ESR+ublock origin

snowbell ,
@snowbell@beehaw.org avatar

I had this issue but refreshed the page and it has gone away since. I’m guessing that didn’t help for you?

Killing_Spark ,

Works for a few videos and then it shows them again. Seems like the normal YouTube thing where you get ads every few videos

mayo ,

This came up on reddit and one of the members suggested adding the following filter. I don’t know if it works but may as well. (ublock > settings > my filters)

youtube.com,youtubekids.com,youtube-nocookie.com##+js(json-prune, playerResponse.adPlacements playerResponse.playerAds playerResponse.adSlots adPlacements playerAds adSlots, adPlacements.[].adPlacementRenderer.renderer.instreamVideoAdRenderer)

GenBlob ,

I haven’t come across any since yesterday but I’m putting this in just in case

Killing_Spark ,

Yep same, Firefox+ublock origin

riley0 ,

Try adding YT enhancer. I’ve got UBlock Origin and that installed. IDK which one is still blocking ads, but they’re still blocked.

zipzoopaboop ,

Firefox and ublock as usual, still good

MonkCanatella , (edited )

I have a script I used to auto download new stuff from my subscriptions using yt-dlp. I never watch videos on youtube anymore because it’s just garbage, buffering all the time or just straight up not playing content. The only thing I miss is sponsor block but I don’t care that much

here’s instructions on setting the script up if you’re interested

paris ,

I believe yt-dlp has sponsorblock integration but I haven’t used it

MonkCanatella ,

I have the script running every five minutes so I get a desktop notification telling me there’s a new video downloaded and by who. It takes some time for the sponsorblock segments to show up

rivalary ,

Mind sharing it?

kionite231 ,

ytfzf

MonkCanatella ,

reddit.com/…/auto_download_latest_youtube_videos_…

I’ll make an updated lemmy post as well but for now it’s an old reddit post of mine. There’s also some great alternatives that I think are easier to set up if you don’t mind managing a separate subscriptions list - I made this script specifically because none of the options I’d seen were able to take your subscriptions from youtube and check them.

May be worth trying to set up with one of the alternative youtube frontends that have been popping up so you can use those accounts. I think it depends on if yt-dlp allows it as that’s what’s doing all the work here.

rivalary ,

Awesome, thanks!

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.

jaschen ,

YouTube algorithm has been garbage for months now. There’s literally no good content.

mortrek ,

The site has plenty of good content, just no way to find it.

kionite231 ,

Some youtuber link other channels with similar topic/content. I found few new channels that way.

jarfil ,

Sounds like the death knell for YT… what’s the point of a centralized platform, if we’re back to links to discover content. They could link to PeerTube.

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.

Faceman2K23 ,
@Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Just a tip for those of you that do cave to pressure and go with the paid premium option. or already have one but dont want to pay for more accounts or a family account.

You can set up channels or brand accounts as sub-accounts on a premium subscription and they will act like separate accounts with the advantages of premium, so if you have a large family and don’t want to pay for the full family subscription (which only has 5 slots anyway) you can set up a few sub-accounts that each get their own subscriptions, recommendations, settings and all have the premium features.

So if you want to make a premium account for a parent or child, you can do that with one single subscription if you can take the caveat of them being brand accounts rather than fully their own thing.

This works on things like Android TV or Google TV, but you need to log into the main account then switch to a sub account in the app, however, there is no authentication to switch between channel accounts this way, so it’s really only useable for families only. I use this at home to run 4 separate nvidia shield youtube apps with their own subscriptions and recommendations on one single premium payment.

I expect they will change how that works in the future to remove the loophole, probably by charging for channel accounts or having it locked behind some kind of overpriced professional usage tier, but for now, it might be a good option for some.

Thorny_Thicket ,

Many people have also said if you set your location to for example India when signing up for premium you’ll get it basically for free compared to what it’ll cost in europe and it’ll keep working even if your location is elsewhere from there on.

Faceman2K23 ,
@Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Yes indeed, and google get less money. however there are some signs that companies are starting to crack down on that.

briongloid ,
@briongloid@aussie.zone avatar

I use Turkey, it’s around $2.50 per month for the 6-person plan.

DrQuint ,

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

HawlSera ,

Ublock Origin still works for me

henfredemars ,

This is such a better use of their time and dollars versus improving their service to make it more attractive to customers.

If this is the change that really sets them financially straight, then I would say they have a failing business model.

jabberati ,
@jabberati@social.anoxinon.de avatar

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    01189998819991197253 ,
    @01189998819991197253@infosec.pub avatar

    From what I read on their own report, less than 2% use adblocks.

    snowbell ,
    @snowbell@beehaw.org avatar

    That is depressing

    01189998819991197253 ,
    @01189998819991197253@infosec.pub avatar

    Agreed. Sadly, agreed.

    Landrin201 ,
    @Landrin201@lemmy.ml avatar

    If premium cost $5per month I’d pay for it, u use YouTube all the time

    No way in hell it’s worth $15 a month though, their pricing is completely brwindead

    IIIIII ,

    I agree. It’s around $22 NZD and that is just too steep. They have a slightly cheaper one but you can’t background play with it. I’m sick of being nickel and dimed at every possible opportunity and then hearing about how these companies are making record profits.

    kionite231 ,

    I won’t give a penny to the evil google.

    Petter1 ,

    Just make a (digital) trip to India and get family of 5 accounts for about 1$ a month per account. This the way I did it.

    charles ,

    It’s $25/mo for family. I hate that I pay for it, but I use music, and I mostly watch YouTube on a streaming device, so I’ve never been able to use ad blockers. $15 for the fam felt worth it, but $25 has me rethinking. Maybe I can configure YT-DL to get the shows I care about on my Plex

    TwoCubed ,

    Any android based streaming device can run SmartTube (formerly SmartTube next). On an Android phone you can patch the YouTube apk with revanced, which also gives you full access to yt music.

    skullgiver , (edited )
    @skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl avatar

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    PipedLinkBot ,

    Here is an alternative Piped link(s): piped.video/premiumlite

    Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

    I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.

    Landrin201 ,
    @Landrin201@lemmy.ml avatar

    Nope, not available her ein the states.

    splendoruranium ,

    This is such a better use of their time and dollars versus improving their service to make it more attractive to customers.

    Making their service more attractive to customers is precicesly what they’re trying to do.

    It’s just that an advertising agency’s customers are not the folk who watch, read or hear the ads, it’s the folk who pay for the ads.

    tryptaminev ,

    I am not sure if it will work out like this though. The amount of ads they are forcing down peoples throat is isane. Eventually it will make people consume less videos and with that less ads overall.

    BlueBockser ,

    And thus the enshittification cycle completes

    splendoruranium ,

    I am not sure if it will work out like this though. The amount of ads they are forcing down peoples throat is isane. Eventually it will make people consume less videos and with that less ads overall.

    Sure, could be - but keep in mind that they have all the relevant usage data at hand. Any decrease in service popularity among users (or indeed any kind of user behavior) is immediately visible to them. They have the means to know exactly what annoyances the market will bear.

    And considering that YouTube still holds a de-facto monopoly on video discoverability within the entire anglophone internet I feel like it’s safe to say that the market will likely bear a lot more annoyances :P

    doggle ,

    You are not the customer. You are the product.

    theshatterstone54 ,

    Yes, but if they destroy their products (aka drive users away) their real customers (ad companies) will pull out.

    machinya ,

    capitalism (or at least the weird version of it used in the tech world) is about short term profit. if they get good numbers from this, they can make future projections of an imaginary increase over the years and make the ad companies happy for a while. they do not care about breaking the product in the long term

    theshatterstone54 ,

    I know. This was just the intelligent person view. In reality, as you said, they only care about short term profit, and can you blame them? Things can change overnight in the tech world. Google (as a product) was undisputed until ChatGPT was released and integrated into Bing, now Alphabet is falling vehind and losing its dominance on the market.

    ours ,

    Just ask Twitter/X or what’s left ot it.

    skullgiver , (edited )
    @skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl avatar

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    theshatterstone54 ,

    Less viewer numbers to show to advertisers.

    gravitas_deficiency ,

    So you know that the people watching YouTube aren’t really considered “customers” by google in the traditional sense, right?

    FeelThePower ,
    @FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

    I load the old 2014-2017 layout locally from my C drive as my localhost and proxy it to load when i type in youtube dot com. avoids ads, increases performance, and looks better as a layout all in one.

    lemmyvore ,

    I sincerely doubt the 2017 API still works today. Apps like NewPipe have to update every month to keep up with it, and old YouTube mobile app versions don’t work anymore.

    FeelThePower ,
    @FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

    look up rehike for youtube if you are curious. It works for me and many people.

    HumanPerson ,

    I only watch Rossmann’s channel anymore so I will probably just quit if they block mine. I use uBlock Origin + Librewolf + VPN + pihole + a random user agent extension. When I set my VPN to USA it still doesn’t say anything.

    DARbarian ,
    @DARbarian@artemis.camp avatar

    I have almost the exact same setup! But please tell me more about this random user agent extension

    HumanPerson ,

    This is it: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/…/random_user_agent/

    It breaks some sites but is very configurable and you will probably be able to get it to work. I believe it is GPL but it may be Mozilla license.

    Drewski ,

    Louis Rossman is also on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a

    HumanPerson ,

    Yay I can quit google completely!!!

    theshatterstone54 ,

    YES! One of the creators I can keep on watching when I quit (by the end of the week probably, or when they kill off newpipe)

    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

    speq ,

    For those who don’t know: VLC also takes a YouTube video address as input (in the menu: Media | Open Network Stream…).

    snowbell ,
    @snowbell@beehaw.org avatar

    Strange, that doesn’t work for me

    lemann ,

    Update your VLC player if you haven’t already.

    There is also a way to individually update just the extractor LUA script that VLC uses to play YT videos, but I haven’t messed with that in so long I’ve forgotten how to do it

    can ,

    VLC is so damn good

    determinism2 ,

    This has not worked for me in a very long time.

    Venus ,
    @Venus@hexbear.net avatar

    Your vlc is probably busted and could use a reinstall. Happened to me once. It still works.

    commie ,

    i thought maybe this would work for me: nope. it was awesome when it worked but it’s completely broken afaict.

    mariah ,

    Mpv works just fine for me

    meteokr ,
    @meteokr@community.adiquaints.moe avatar

    You can also pipe yt-dlp into vlc if that suits your fancy.

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