Youtube’s Anti-adblock and uBlock Origin - And a Dinosaur
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Recently, YouTube has been ramping up its anti-adblock effort, and I’ve been watching this closely due to personal interest. This blog post is where I write down what I know. Some Background Here’s...

Really interesting read about the history of YouTube adblocking, how the new detection works, how uBO is responding, and how not to block the new popups.

  • millie@beehaw.orgEnglish
    15·
    1 year ago

    I’ve moved on from trying to block the ads to using a front-end and a macro to do the annoying part for me. It’s been nice. I hadn’t realized how bad youtube’s UI was until seeing a clean one. I definitely recommend using one of the less notable ones, they seem to be faster.

    • Chewy@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      That’s also how I often access YT. Libreddit is already selfhosted in the local network (+ wireguard on clients) and I’ll look into hosting something for YT.

      Sadly most people want to keep their recommendations and the UI, so they’ll stay on the official site.

    • dracul104@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Which one do you use? I’ve never heard of them until reading this post but you’ve got me interested.