Current Events > youtube not fucking around: will block video playback if i dont disable adblock

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using Brave with no extensions. i dont even know how to allow yt on brave, and i thought brave had some sort of deal with yt or whatever. serious i just want to listen to music

Im sure CE has a solution

yea they might

There is a solution but it costs 14 dollars

It's war then

LiqiudusSnake posted...

Im sure CE has a solution

It does not

delete your cookies and block them on yt. use ublock but heard other people say that's not working for them. i only had 1 alert and that was with adblock turned on but generally i just watch on my tv or phone with the ads.

creativeme posted...

delete your cookies and block them on yt. use ublock but heard other people say that's not working for them. i only had 1 alert and that was with adblock turned on but generally i just watch on my tv or phone with the ads.

thanks! :3 gonna run youtube signed-out in this browser, and only sign into google for email on a different browser.

i can live without my playlists, etc.

edit: good job google, you used to get my data on this browser at least. now get fucking nothing, im using duck duck go and bing or w/e. seriously get fucked.

Lol at people who laughed at android users.
Where's your revanced on apple

The short-term fix is if you refresh the page and then hit stop pretty quickly you can then play the video and the blocker won't appear.

The more permanent fix is to use privacy badger and follow this guide:
https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/176ludf/permanent_fix_for_youtube_ads_adblocker/

Supposedly brave browser also works but I can't confirm.

I'd sooner drop dead than watch an ad on Youtube ever.

And whoever it is Youtube has frantically working at thwarting ad-blockers can go fucking delete themselves.

So disable ad block. A 15-second ad for a free service isn't gonna kill you.

s0nicfan posted...

The short-term fix is if you refresh the page and then hit stop pretty quickly you can then play the video and the blocker won't appear.

The more permanent fix is to use privacy badger and follow this guide:
https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/176ludf/permanent_fix_for_youtube_ads_adblocker/

Supposedly brave browser also works but I can't confirm.

There is no "permanent fix" because Youtube is actively updating every time the adblockers update.

Brave does work

Mearcstapa posted...

I'd sooner drop dead than watch an ad on Youtube ever.

And whoever it is Youtube has frantically working at thwarting ad-blockers can go fucking delete themselves.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/6/5/AAWhExAAE8CB.png

LiqiudusSnake posted...

Im sure CE has a solution

https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped
https://piped.video/

Amakusa posted...

There is no "permanent fix" because Youtube is actively updating every time the adblockers update.

Apparently privacy badger blocks the process that even determines if you have an ad-blocker on from the client side. That's why the reddit thread mentions the only way Google could possibly get around it is by reading client side data that would violate privacy laws.

Nice being a member of the Premium club instead of jumping through so many hoops. So relaxing.

chaos_knight posted...

Nice being a member of the Premium club instead of jumping through so many hoops. So relaxing.

Wait until they introduce a subscription service above Premium. You're fine paying for 'less' ads, right?

Opera GX master race

chaos_knight posted...

Nice being a member of the Premium club instead of jumping through so many hoops. So relaxing.

You pay $14 to give them exactly what they want and not actually get anything of value in return.

s0nicfan posted...

Apparently privacy badger blocks the process that even determines if you have an ad-blocker on from the client side. That's why the reddit thread mentions the only way Google could possibly get around it is by reading client side data that would violate privacy laws.

Or you run ads from the same video stream code as the video itself, so your browser cant tell the difference between an ad and the video.

I don't think I've ever in my life spent money because of an advertisement on avideo

variasuite posted...

So disable ad block. A 15-second ad for a free service isn't gonna kill you.

Educate yourself on the topic a little before shilling for corporations next time.

All the intrusive data collection happens because we allowed the big tech bro overlords to push forward in the name of faster progress and capitalism.

"If you're not doing anything illegal, who cares if they vacuum up your data... And sell it to anyone willing to buy ...and then you get pestered with scams texts and phone calls, and weird ads follow you...and..."

Dark_Arbron posted...

Educate yourself on the topic a little before shilling for corporations next time.

Enlighten me. You're using a free service, likely for hours at a time. If you think a 15-second ad or a skippable 30-second ad every now and then isn't worth the value you get from the service then quit using it. Not gonna do that though.

"Shilling for corporations"? Top neckbeard take there. You the same guy on the Xbox board who said he'd throw his controller through the TV if he saw a fullscreen ad that you press A to get rid of? Your types bleed together, sorry.

Torgo posted...

All the intrusive data collection happens because we allowed the big tech bro overlords to push forward in the name of faster progress and capitalism.

"If you're not doing anything illegal, who cares if they vacuum up your data... And sell it to anyone willing to buy ...and then you get pestered with scams texts and phone calls, and weird ads follow you...and..."

The nothing to hide fallacy people use to excuse anti-privacy measures has aged like milk, at least in the US. Being gay or trans and seeking confidential advice (because your parents are homophobic fucks) isnt illegal, but that getting out can pose a very real threat to your safety.

variasuite posted...

Enlighten me. You're using a free service, likely for hours at a time. If you think a 15-second ad or a skippable 30-second ad every now and then isn't worth the value you get from the service then quit using it. Not gonna do that though.

"Shilling for corporations"? Top neckbeard take there. You the same guy on the Xbox board who said he'd throw his controller through the TV if he saw a fullscreen ad that you press A to get rid of? Your types bleed together, sorry.

Google makes enough money selling my data and dodging taxes. Plus, ads are a security risk and blocking them is a basic cybersecurity move that even IT professionals themselves do. Plus VPNs.

And Ive never been to the Xbox board, so

Firefox
Install ublock, close tabs of youtube
Go to filter settings
Purge cache
Update lists
Close and reopen browser

Dark_Arbron posted...

The nothing to hide fallacy people use to excuse anti-privacy measures has aged like milk, at least in the US. Being gay or trans and seeking confidential advice (because your parents are homophobic fucks) isnt illegal, but that getting out can pose a very real threat to your safety.

Jesus fuckin' Christ, never mind. Don't bother responding to me, I'm not getting in the weeds with you.

variasuite posted...

Jesus fuckin' Christ, never mind. Don't bother responding to me, I'm not getting in the weeds with you.

That post had nothing to do with you.

Also, are you the original owner of that account? Seems to have suspiciously low karma given its age

Youtube can fuck themselves, people will quickly get around their bullshit like they always do (looking at the thumbs down icon on my extensions bar)

Ads is how people get paid. Watching stuff for free is entitlement

JuanCarlos1 posted...

Ads is how people get paid.

False.
And youre already paying by having your data sold.

JuanCarlos1 posted...

Ads is how people get paid. Watching stuff for free is entitlement

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/9/6/AAOGfWAAE8Cg.jpg

Umbreon posted...

Wait until they introduce a subscription service above Premium. You're fine paying for 'less' ads, right?

Yeah I use mobile brave for YT and it works perfectly fine.

Dark_Arbron posted...

False.
And youre already paying by having your data sold.

Those things aren't separate from one another. The same people buying ad space are the ones buying your data so they can deliver more efficiently targeted ads.

You're the product not the consumer.

variasuite posted...

So disable ad block. A 15-second ad for a free service isn't gonna kill you.

If YouTube would guarantee me that their ads would cap at like, 1 or 2 minutes per video I'd be fine tbh.

But when I started getting 45-minute videos as "ads" and had to repeatedly change tabs to skip them I finally had enough.

Maybe they got rid of them, it's been years. But I'm not going to put in the effort to find out until I'm literally out of options at this point lol

Kim_Seong-a posted...

If YouTube would guarantee me that their ads would cap at like, 1 or 2 minutes per video I'd be fine tbh.

But when I started getting 45-minute videos as "ads" and had to repeatedly change tabs to skip them I finally had enough.

Maybe they got rid of them, it's been years. But I'm not going to put in the effort to find out until I'm literally out of options at this point lol

They haven't. Even just Ads for 40 second shorts range from 5-15 seconds. You could consume 40 seconds of content 45% of it is ads.

Kim_Seong-a posted...

If YouTube would guarantee me that their ads would cap at like, 1 or 2 minutes per video I'd be fine tbh.

But when I started getting 45-minute videos as "ads" and had to repeatedly change tabs to skip them I finally had enough.

Maybe they got rid of them, it's been years. But I'm not going to put in the effort to find out until I'm literally out of options at this point lol

I have never once seen an ad longer than 30 seconds that wasn't skippable. I get a 2 minute+ movie trailer every now and then and it's always skippable. Only got a 30+ minute ad once ever and it was skippable.

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I don't know what else to tell you lol. I've literally gotten ads that ranged from 40 minutes to over an hour.

The "hoops" I described were just tabbing over to it to hit the "skip" button since I like to run YouTube in the background. If the ads were if reasonable length I wouldn't bother to skip and just let them play.

But again, this happened a few years ago so it's possible they cracked down on those. In any event, it happened enough to me that it incited me to get uBlock and not look back. >_>

Of all the websites that might deserve your money (original journalism and Wikipedia come to mind), YouTube is one of the least.

It originates no content. Every reason to watch YouTube is provided to YouTube for absolutely free. (Imagine that working in other industries, creative or otherwise). They then monetize that content by scraping and selling your data, and showing ads to the majority of viewers.

It's a very, very sweet deal for them in every possible way. They don't even have the legal responsibilities of a publisher.

Do I blame them for trying to stop adblocking? No not really, it's inevitable that they will do so. Do I think it's fucking idiotic to try and shame people for using adblockers? Very much so. They are a completely legal tool, so there is no argument for 'theft' or 'piracy', which are both against the law.

As long as I have the means, I will control what I see on my devices, and the billion dollar corporations will just have to get by as best they can without me.

variasuite posted...

Jesus fuckin' Christ, never mind. Don't bother responding to me, I'm not getting in the weeds with you.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/2/0/AAF_UPAAEzmQ.jpg

You updated to the newest OS build. That was mistake #1

Im running windows and I am already using Brave browser.

YT rolls out changes slowly. I'm laughing at the ppl who think they just have to close the "ad blocks are not allowed" window. They'll shut you down too within weeks.

The short term fix was to sign out of google on this browser.

Edit: the only reason YT exists is b/c they quashed the competetion by allowing piracy in the early days. They already sell all our data. YT doesn't even make the content on YT. Google/Alphabet is already super rich, dodge taxes, sell my data. They can get fucked.