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Re: Ads on YouTube

dummy@example.com (boughtonp) — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 13:52:53 +0000

Allowing the existing filter lists to update seemed to have solved the problem here - no upgrading nor adding new filters required.

Re: Ads on YouTube

dummy@example.com (brocashelm) — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 20:17:21 +0000

You should ideally use an Invidious instance. It works well on Firefox- and Chromium-based browsers.

You can also browse YouTube through the command line by installing ytfzf.

What I like to do with my personal YouTube channel subscriptions is add their RSS feeds to Newsboat and pipe them through Mpv. Saves me the trouble of having to use that bloated Web site.

Re: Ads on YouTube

dummy@example.com (Duke Nukem) — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 15:57:13 +0000

boughtonp wrote:

Duke Nukem wrote:
I will stop using YT is this goes on.
Statements like that are meaningless. Even if YouTube saw it, they don't care.

It is just a statement of fact, and means no more and no less than that. Yes, I'm sure YT won't care.

Re: Ads on YouTube

dummy@example.com (aluma) — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 12:35:55 +0000

Firefox, uBlock Origin v. 1.52.0, latest update
September 13, 2023.
There are no advertisements on YouTube.

P.S. Maybe you need to enable filters in uBlock Origin, or add them.

Re: Ads on YouTube

dummy@example.com (boughtonp) — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 12:00:04 +0000

Duke Nukem wrote:

Anyone else found this? Perhaps there is a uBlock Origin update to counter it?

Yes, but not all videos - black screen appears; I mute the audio (shortcut M) until the skip button appears (after 5 seconds).

Searching the uBlock Origin issue tracker reveals it to be a common issue:
//github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues?q=youtube

It isn't clear from the "ALL youtube.com issues #7636" whether it needs a fix via uBlock Origin or via the filters or both.

I will stop using YT is this goes on.

Statements like that are meaningless. Even if YouTube saw it, they don't care.

Irrespective of what happens in the browser, you can always use yt-dlp to download the videos, bypassing any in-browser advertising, and play the video offline.

Re: Ads on YouTube

dummy@example.com (yemuyin) — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 11:07:04 +0000

I don't use Firefox, I use Chromium and Vivaldi, Chromium stops everything with almost any blocker that you put as an extension and Vivaldi brings one that works perfectly and stops everything too.
All the best

Re: Ads on YouTube

dummy@example.com (Andre4freedom) — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 10:29:00 +0000

That is absolutely and intentionally made by Google/Youtube:
They want you to sign up for them to get some monthly fee, and this would stop all ads.
If you don't, you will have to do with the ads.
There was an announcement from Youtube recently.

Ads on YouTube

dummy@example.com (Duke Nukem) — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:29:49 +0000

In the last couple of days I have had ads showing up at the start of YouTube videos (I use YT quite a lot). By using uBlock Origin on Firefox I have not seen ads for a long time, so I guess YT have recently upped their anti-adblocking game. There are usually two ads and can last up to a minute. In fact I hear the ad but the screen is black so I guess uBlock is half-working.

Anyone else found this? Perhaps there is a uBlock Origin update to counter it? I will stop using YT is this goes on.