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Cemith
10/27/23 5:13:09 PM
#101:


Compsognathus posted...
I absolutely understand why YouTube is doing this. But as long as I have a free, legal and easy way to go around it, you better believe I'm doing it.



And when Brave stops working, I'll move to Firefox.

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Anteaterking
10/27/23 5:17:52 PM
#102:


I don't know where the cut off is exactly but I'd rather watch a 30 second ad than 90 seconds of black screen. That's how Hulu got me to turn it off for them back in the day.

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Necronmon
10/27/23 5:23:54 PM
#103:


Ok seriously this topic is repeated every damn day how much of a google shill are you?
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garan
10/27/23 5:34:38 PM
#104:


GunmaN1905 posted...
Firefox with AdBlockPlus still works fine.


Same, but also ublock.
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voldothegr8
10/27/23 5:42:35 PM
#105:


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008Zulu
10/27/23 5:43:49 PM
#106:


LeCh0nk posted...
Why do people expect to get everything for free?
YouTube started out free, it was free for many years. When you have been giving something for free for years, then yeah, people will continue to expect getting it for free.

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SpiritSephiroth
10/27/23 5:53:57 PM
#107:


LeCh0nk posted...
Why do people expect to get everything for free?

I don't really care if the company is being paid or not. The last thing I want is annoying ads being shoved in my face. We already have to deal with it everywhere else.

Is it wrong? Maybe. Do I care? Well if you're shoving the latest shampoo in my face purely to boost consumerism, then no I don't care.

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LeCh0nk
10/27/23 6:02:16 PM
#108:


008Zulu posted...
YouTube started out free, it was free for many years. When you have been giving something for free for years, then yeah, people will continue to expect getting it for free.
It still is free. YouTube almost always had ads though; they launched in 2005, and were only ad free for the first two years.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/08/infographic-the-history-of-video-advertising-on-youtube/242836/

Now you can argue that the ads have gotten way more annoying, and yes they have. But it if you're willing sit through them (or use ad blocker), it's still free to use.

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Cheater87
10/27/23 6:19:09 PM
#109:


Google has so much money, they own YouTube, how much more money do they need?

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Akagami_Shanks
10/27/23 6:58:45 PM
#110:


it finally clipped the ublock workaround for me just now

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Rika_Furude
10/27/23 7:10:57 PM
#111:


Cheater87 posted...
Google has so much money, they own YouTube, how much more money do they need?
Anything less than infinite growth forever is unacceptable
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LearntoRead
10/28/23 11:20:41 AM
#112:


For everyone saying this or that worked, it seems like both YouTube and adblocks are working to update and work around each other, so it seems that different apps with at different times. AdBlock has changed from working to not working a few times over the last week.

That said, Brave browser seems consistent.
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LeoRavus
10/28/23 4:37:34 PM
#113:


LearntoRead posted...
For everyone saying this or that worked, it seems like both YouTube and adblocks are working to update and work around each other, so it seems that different apps with at different times. AdBlock has changed from working to not working a few times over the last week.

That said, Brave browser seems consistent.

Yeah, even Firefox with uBlock acts funny for me at times. I tested it out yesterday. Brave is the only one that's worked 100% perfectly every time for me so far.

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-Unowninator-
10/28/23 8:45:44 PM
#114:


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Oh fuck you youtube. I shouldn't need to turn off my adblocker just to watch your videos.

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Bat178
10/28/23 8:48:37 PM
#115:


-Unowninator- posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/5/7/AAS6mKAAE-71.png
Oh fuck you youtube. I shouldn't need to turn off my adblocker just to watch your videos.
Got that too just now. It counted me refreshing a video twice as separate videos, so now I'm down to 1 before it's blocked. Heard they've been banning people who use Adblock on the site after that warning, and there are unconfirmed reports of the entire Google account being banned, so I'm just not going to go on Youtube anymore.

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-Unowninator-
10/28/23 8:51:28 PM
#116:


Bat178 posted...
Got that too just now. It counted me refreshing a video as a separate video, so now I'm down to 1. Heard they've been banning people who use Adblock after that warning, and there are unconfirmed reports of the entire Google account being banned, so I'm just not going to go on Youtube anymore.

You've got to be fucking kidding me. I've said it before, I'll say it again: I'd rather watch an unskippable 30 second black loading screen than a stupid ad. Anyway, thanks for warning me about that ban thing.

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dave_is_slick
10/28/23 8:53:06 PM
#117:


-Unowninator- posted...
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Oh fuck you youtube. I shouldn't need to turn off my adblocker just to watch your videos.
Don't. Someone suggested this to me and its been working:
  • Go to ublock settings
  • Purge and update the cache
  • Clear cookies on Firefox
You'll of course have to log back in to anything that was logged in and you may have to repeat this process again but I don't think they can actually stop this method.

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projectpat72988
10/30/23 5:16:39 AM
#118:


Bat178 posted...
Got that too just now. It counted me refreshing a video twice as separate videos, so now I'm down to 1 before it's blocked, and after closing the warning and watching the video, I just closed Youtube entirely. Heard they've been banning people who use Adblock on the site after that warning, and there are unconfirmed reports of the entire Google account being banned, so I'm just not going to go on Youtube anymore.

Where are people actually hearing this from? I haven't been able to find aything about this.
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Bat178
10/30/23 7:13:46 AM
#119:


projectpat72988 posted...
Where are people actually hearing this from? I haven't been able to find aything about this.
Reddit.

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YugiNoob
10/30/23 7:55:49 AM
#120:


uBlock Origin still works on Chrome though :3

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Steffenfield
10/30/23 8:29:06 AM
#121:


Not sure if anyone has already mentioned this.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fadblock-friendly-adblock/mdadjjfmjhfcibgfhfjbaiiljpllkbfc

That's the easiest solution on laptop or PC. :)
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daftpunk_mk5
10/30/23 11:40:54 AM
#122:


Just got a 3:30 unskippable ad for genshin impact. They're really just trying to make YouTube completely unusable without premium.

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LeoRavus
10/30/23 1:08:20 PM
#123:


Steffenfield posted...
Not sure if anyone has already mentioned this.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fadblock-friendly-adblock/mdadjjfmjhfcibgfhfjbaiiljpllkbfc

That's the easiest solution on laptop or PC. :)

I tried this and it seems to work as long as you disable adblock+.

I think youtube will ultimately fail with this. There are too many computer nerds out there who will come up with new things to override their bullshit from here to eternity. They can't outsmart the internet

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ai123
10/30/23 1:15:41 PM
#124:


Every day I check.

Every day so far, no problems with FF/uBlock/not logging in.

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Airhammy
10/30/23 6:56:51 PM
#125:


I'm getting an ad for an adblocker on a site that blocks adblockers.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/0/9/AAIagbAAE_Sh.jpg

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Steffenfield
10/31/23 7:37:05 PM
#126:


LeoRavus posted...
I tried this and it seems to work as long as you disable adblock+.

I think youtube will ultimately fail with this. There are too many computer nerds out there who will come up with new things to override their bullshit from here to eternity. They can't outsmart the internet
Yeah.

I guess the way it works is that Fadblock actually loads their advertisements so you're fully good there.

However, it plays them all in about 50 microseconds. *lol*
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Sansoldier
10/31/23 7:42:10 PM
#127:


Ahh, I was wondering why some videos were taking longer to load. I don't get that screen, but I think I am getting throttled in some way.

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HylianFox
10/31/23 7:52:14 PM
#128:


I've tried the old "purge and update" uBlock thing but it doesn't work

I've added PrivacyBadger but forgot what I'm supposed to do with it, it's not helping so far

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dave_is_slick
10/31/23 8:19:36 PM
#129:


HylianFox posted...
I've tried the old "purge and update" uBlock thing but it doesn't work

I've added PrivacyBadger but forgot what I'm supposed to do with it, it's not helping so far
Have cleared your cookies?

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RetsuZaiZen
10/31/23 8:35:29 PM
#130:


YouTube has ads?

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rideshort
10/31/23 8:37:27 PM
#131:


Y'all are spoiled. Cable with commercials are much worse than what YouTube or streams put out in seconds than what was with minutes.

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Tsukasa1891
10/31/23 9:13:14 PM
#132:


rideshort posted...
Y'all are spoiled. Cable with commercials are much worse than what YouTube or streams put out in seconds than what was with minutes.
Cable also has DVR and you can fast forward the commercials.

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rideshort
10/31/23 9:28:11 PM
#133:


Tsukasa1891 posted...
Cable also has DVR and you can fast forward the commercials.

You sure you can fast forward when it's live or when it's on the exact time?

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superbot400
10/31/23 10:26:55 PM
#134:




Airhammy posted...
I'm getting an ad for an adblocker on a site that blocks adblockers.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/0/9/AAIagbAAE_Sh.jpg

Google doesnt care because they just want ads by any means.

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LeoRavus
11/01/23 12:10:13 AM
#135:


Steffenfield posted...
Yeah.

I guess the way it works is that Fadblock actually loads their advertisements so you're fully good there.

However, it plays them all in about 50 microseconds. *lol*

I just watched a 2 hour video using it. I'd see a split second of an ad every once in a while then it would go right back to the video. I can live with that.

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xlr_big-coop
11/01/23 12:54:56 AM
#136:


rideshort posted...
You sure you can fast forward when it's live or when it's on the exact time?
The point is that most YouTube content is technically not live so it's more akin to dvr.

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variasuite
11/01/23 1:09:09 AM
#137:


I'm just watching and skipping ads when I can. Defeated, sure, but YT gives me enough entertainment to warrant it.

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Krojen
11/01/23 1:19:53 AM
#138:


I get a black screen with the audio of the exact same Geico ad every time only when watching the NBC NFL channel. Ublock on Chrome.

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Tsukasa1891
11/01/23 7:57:59 AM
#139:


rideshort posted...
You sure you can fast forward when it's live or when it's on the exact time?
If you're watching it live, then you're not using the DVR.

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Avirosb
11/01/23 7:59:58 AM
#140:


rideshort posted...
Y'all are spoiled. Cable with commercials are much worse than what YouTube or streams put out in seconds than what was with minutes.
I was never so spoiled as to have cable.

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discodancer77
11/01/23 12:43:43 PM
#141:


Is this why I started getting ads on my iPhone YouTube app? I never used to before.

but I also dont ever remember downloading an adblocker on my iPhone (are you even able to?)


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FL81
11/01/23 1:50:14 PM
#142:


ayyy someone made a website to track if the current uB0 filters are up-to-date with YouTube's shenanigans
https://drhyperion451.github.io/does-uBO-bypass-yt/

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LeoRavus
11/01/23 5:14:39 PM
#143:


FL81 posted...
ayyy someone made a website to track if the current uB0 filters are up-to-date with YouTube's shenanigans
https://drhyperion451.github.io/does-uBO-bypass-yt/

lol. I wonder how much youtube is paying someone to try and combat the adblockers. They probably have a whole team dedicated to it.

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lucariopikmin
11/01/23 6:38:09 PM
#144:


LeoRavus posted...
They probably have a whole team dedicated to it
Which is why it'll eventually die down, they're just wasting resources for no real profit on something that gets outdone in a matter of hours.

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Hornezz
11/02/23 4:09:57 PM
#145:


Youtube is now raising Premium prices in several countries. In some cases nearly doubling the price:

https://9to5google.com/2023/11/01/youtube-premium-international-price-increase/

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HylianFox
11/02/23 4:15:23 PM
#146:


HOLY SHIT

I can watch videos again (for now)

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FL81
11/02/23 7:48:31 PM
#147:


uBlock Origin for Firefox just updated

get it now

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Rika_Furude
11/02/23 7:50:45 PM
#148:


lucariopikmin posted...
Which is why it'll eventually die down, they're just wasting resources for no real profit on something that gets outdone in a matter of hours.
Google is a company built on ads. Theres no chance they are simply dropping it until theyve made it too hard to block ads for the average person
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Bat178
11/02/23 7:57:48 PM
#149:


Hornezz posted...
Youtube is now raising Premium prices in several countries. In some cases nearly doubling the price:

https://9to5google.com/2023/11/01/youtube-premium-international-price-increase/
In case it wasn't obvious the whole anti-Adblocker thing is just pure greed.

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LeoRavus
11/02/23 9:39:32 PM
#150:


Hornezz posted...
Youtube is now raising Premium prices in several countries. In some cases nearly doubling the price:

https://9to5google.com/2023/11/01/youtube-premium-international-price-increase/

Argentina? Aren't they struggling to eat over there? They should be glad anyone's willing/able to pay for premium at all.


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