Since May, YouTube has ramped up its block of ad blockers and the company has now fully launched this policy worldwide...
  • hiddengoat@kbin.social
    70·
    11 months ago

    Fully blocking only if you aren’t using uBlock Origin, which you just have to update the filters on.

    Complete waste of effort.

    Alphabet needs to be broken up.

    • Pamasich@kbin.social
      9·
      11 months ago

      Fully blocking only if you aren’t using uBlock Origin

      Not even that, I use Adblock Plus and have no trouble accessing Youtube and watching videos. Didn’t even need to update any filters, it just keeps working as-is.

    • Tibert@jlai.lu
      1·
      11 months ago

      Don’t know, not using ublock origin. I use enhancer for YouTube on Firefox, and still not seeing any pop up.

      Tho I have it set to allow ads for subscribed channels. Tho the setting seems bugged as a feature where most video ads get blocked, but some of them still run sometimes at the start of the video. The square adds on the side aren’t blocked either, but they are not a hindrance.

      • hiddengoat@kbin.social
        5·
        11 months ago

        “I have my ad blocker set to not block ads and Google isn’t complaining about me blocking ads.”

        rilly.

  • Cyv_@kbin.social
    53·
    11 months ago

    Ublock origin on firefox. Never forced an update, never did any fiddling with block lists. Never got a single warning or notification, still works perfectly. Huh.

    • Tweed@lemmy.studio
      6·
      11 months ago

      Could just be luck of the draw. I’m using the same setup and sometimes I get it, sometimes I don’t

    • Sina@beehaw.org
      4·
      11 months ago

      I’m also using ublock on Firefox, I had plenty of notifications over the past two weeks, I have even an Invidious redirect set up, though admittedly ublock is winning RIGHT NOW.

      • Devi@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        I was told to install it fresh and turn off any updates, that seems to work

    • Rayspekt@kbin.social
      3·
      11 months ago

      I did get the splash notification about adblockers a few times ago on a linux garuda system with firefox and ublock, but after popping up on two videos it was gone.

  • Pamasich@kbin.social
    46·
    11 months ago

    around the world

    fully blocking ad blockers

    One of those two has to be false, because I’m still not seeing any anti-adblocker measures on my end.

    • Deemo@bookwormstory.socialEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      Only time I every encountered the popup was when I used orion with its built in adblocker. And even then I gat one warning (no metion of 3 strike policy). Only change now is the added a 3 second timer to the dismiss button.

      Edit: Ublock origen and firefox as usual no issue

  • Stillhart@lemm.ee
    31·
    11 months ago

    So fully blocking ad blockers other than the most popular one? I guess we should be glad they weren’t this bad at programming 18 years ago when they launched Youtube…

    • Pamasich@kbin.social
      8·
      11 months ago

      I’m not using the most popular one (I use Adblock Plus, which iirc most people hate) and I can also freely use Youtube with it turned on. So it’s not about ublock.

      • Stillhart@lemm.ee
        13·
        11 months ago

        I don’t hate ABP, it used to be the main one everyone used, including me. Problem is it stopped working well at some point so we all switched to uBlock Origin. I’m glad ABP is working well again, but I’ll keep recommending uBlock Origin as long as it keeps working.

    • 4dpuzzle@beehaw.orgEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      I have seen it just once so far. However, this isn’t the end. YouTube is rolling this out gradually - perhaps to avoid a massive backlash. I’m sure that even uBO won’t be good enough soon.

      • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
        2·
        11 months ago

        i was being cheeky, but seriously, ive moved on from youtube. i dont need the content that bad, and i am comfortable drawing a line in the sand. so it does not matter what they do it does not affect me.

  • unix_joe@lemmy.sdf.org
    18·
    11 months ago

    I got the popup all the time for a few weeks with Firefox and uBlock Origin. As a YouTube Premium subscriber. The paid service. The whole reason they were pushing back on ad blockers to begin with.

    Fuck these guys, I let the subscription lapse.

  • Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    16·
    11 months ago

    So kind of Google, always putting out new fun challenges to encourage people to get their hands dirty with hacking their crap :)

    • PenguinTD@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      11 months ago

      Lol, Microsoft played that game so long and just give up and just get paid by pressure/bundle sale to the business. Let’s see how long Google can keep up with the milking game.

  • sparklepower@beehaw.orgEnglish
    11·
    11 months ago

    i just kept pushing the x in the top right corner for a few weeks, then it gave me the 3-2-1 countdown, and then finally it blocked me from viewing any more videos until i disabled my ad blocker. i disabled uBlock origin, refreshed, re-enabled it again. no more ads since i did that.

  • leftzero@lemmynsfw.com
    9·
    11 months ago

    No it’s not.

    I mean, maybe it’s trying, I don’t know, but I’m not even trying to keep ublock origin up to date (maybe it updates itself in the background?) and I haven’t noticed any difference (or ads) other than the normal progressive enshittification of both platform and channels, and I’m pretty certain I live in the world… EDIT: And before anyone asks, I am logged in, I mostly use YouTube through the subscriptions page, so being logged in doesn’t seem to be causing any problems for me either.