Poll of the Day > Adblockers are not allowed on Youtube

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uBlock is trying to "battle" Youtube's very aggressive anti-adblock. Lots of updates on their subreddit.

Ad Block Plus is still working fine for me

Johnny_Eagle posted...

Ad Block Plus is still working fine for me

I get a popup from youtube and I click okay and it works fine

Johnny_Eagle posted...

Ad Block Plus is still working fine for me

Same here.

Judgmenl posted...

uBlock is trying to "battle" Youtube's very aggressive anti-adblock. Lots of updates on their subreddit.

Begun, the Ad War has.

Those popups went away after about a day for me. Someone on this site also mentioned a Android APK that basically gives you a customizable free Youtube premium on mobile as well so now I can see even fewer ads on Youtube.

It's getting annoying how long till we have an adblocker blocker blocker?

I use uBlock Origin and have never had anything pop up.

I've had to manually update uBlock's filters a couple of times to make the popups go away, but otherwise it's been pretty smooth. Youtube's being extremely aggressive this time, but uBlock is keeping up very well.

Ublock doesn't exist on mobile so I always get an add that plays right away since Adblock Plus sucks. It's not a big deal since all I have to do is reload the video and it goes away right away.

reason posted...

I use uBlock Origin and have never had anything pop up.

I've got it as well, but every like 3rd video it pops up and I have to hit the x to close it and start the video it paused.

Revelation34 posted...

Ublock doesn't exist on mobile so I always get an add that plays right away since Adblock Plus sucks. It's not a big deal since all I have to do is reload the video and it goes away right away.

Well yeah, AB Plus is not only different from Adblock, but Plus was basically bought out by multiple companies including Google, meaning those companies' advertisements will seep through no matter what setting you adjust. When I learned of this some years ago, I stopped trusting Plus.

Revelation34 posted...

Ublock doesn't exist on mobile

It's available in Firefox for Android, if that's an option.

Looks like I've actually caught a window where Youtube is ahead and updating uBlock doesn't fix it. How bothersome.

Zareth posted...

I get a popup from youtube and I click okay and it works fine

I refresh the page and it doesn't pop up again on that video.

Oddly I only get this popup on one computer that I regularly use. It's configured the same as the other 3 so I don't know what causes it.

I have a feeling YouTube is just testing how much shit they can get away with and how much people will pay.
I've seen people post that YouTube's entirely disabled their video because of their adblocker.

Haven't gotten anything yet with uBlock Origin. I wonder if it's because I'm still using Windows 7. Maybe it makes me ineligible for certain updates.

shadowsword87 posted...

I have a feeling YouTube is just testing how much shit they can get away with and how much people will pay.

I've seen people post that YouTube's entirely disabled their video because of their adblocker

There's an incredibly common sales/PR tactic.

Let's say you are selling something to a customer for $10. One day, you raise your price to $100. The customer freaks out, refuses to pay, threatens to stop buying from you forever, etc etc. So you "compromise" and agree to lower your price to $15. The customer agrees because $15 is better than $100, and at least you showed a willingness to listen. The customers win!

...except now you're charging them $5 more than you were before. At the cost of a little bit of bad PR (that will blow over because everyone is a goldfish who can't remember more than 20 minutes ago), and maybe a few customers who actually stopped using your product. But the revenue you lost is easily offset by the revenue you gained. And will continue to gain.

It's not as effective as the "boiling frog" (making small changes over time so people don't notice or complain, and then suddenly you're charging them three times as much and they never realized it). But it's definitely a thing companies have done.

See also: How willing people have been to accept Unity's new-new pricing model.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

It's not as effective as the "boiling frog" (making small changes over time so people don't notice or complain, and then suddenly you're charging them three times as much and they never realized it). But it's definitely a thing companies have done.

https://youtu.be/vGv4e1sH1Gg?si=qh30gKxThBi8XyNI&t=3058
I don't like this guy, but literal real world example of boiling frog at the time stamp.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

There's an incredibly common sales/PR tactic.

Let's say you are selling something to a customer for $10. One day, you raise your price to $100. The customer freaks out, refuses to pay, threatens to stop buying from you forever, etc etc. So you "compromise" and agree to lower your price to $15. The customer agrees because $15 is better than $100, and at least you showed a willingness to listen. The customers win!

...except now you're charging them $5 more than you were before. At the cost of a little bit of bad PR (that will blow over because everyone is a goldfish who can't remember more than 20 minutes ago), and maybe a few customers who actually stopped using your product. But the revenue you lost is easily offset by the revenue you gained. And will continue to gain.

It's not as effective as the "boiling frog" (making small changes over time so people don't notice or complain, and then suddenly you're charging them three times as much and they never realized it). But it's definitely a thing companies have done.

I think that's price priming. You walk in and make them expect a $100 product, but low and behold, you can get it for the low low price of $15.

reason posted...

I use uBlock Origin and have never had anything pop up.

Same...

shadowsword87 posted...

I think that's price priming. You walk in and make them expect a $100 product, but low and behold, you can get it for the low low price of $15.

It's a little different. That's manipulating their expectations so you can pleasantly surprise them. This is proposing something outrageous, then when people get upset about it acting like they've convinced you to do something much more reasonable that they don't notice is significantly worse than the old status quo because they're satisfied that you "saw reason."

ParanoidObsessive posted...

It's not as effective as the "boiling frog"

Why do people keep leaving out the part where the frog is lobotomized first?

SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

Why do people keep leaving out the part where the frog is lobotomized first?

Mostly because it works as a metaphor regardless of the methodological nuances of the source material. If you gradually makes somebody's environment worse, they're more likely to not notice/mind than if it happens suddenly.

adjl posted...

If you gradually makes somebody's environment worse, they're more likely to not notice/mind than if it happens suddenly.

I would still expect people reach a breaking point. Maybe by being gradual you put off getting there. Or they don't break at the same point they would have if it were sudden. But I do not expect that they would get so accustomed to it that they don't realize they're boiling. They'll still be aware that it's the way things are going before it gets that far.

havent seen an ad on YouTube in years.dont pay for premium, dont use Adblock. Dont ask me how, i dont understand either. my account is glitched or something

adjl posted...

See also: How willing people have been to accept Unity's new-new pricing model.

Literally nobody accepted that.