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Solar_Crimson
11/03/25 6:49:10 PM
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Tried it in two browsers (Firefox and Edge). Only got a black space where the video is, and other parts of the site are also nonfunctional.
I disabled uBlock Origin, and everything started working fine, but then of course, the ads started appearing.

Luckily, if you update uBlock Origin to version 1.67.0, it fixes things. You may have to remove and reinstall it, since it says that it's up-to-date despite being version 1.66.4.

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DrizztLink
11/03/25 6:50:07 PM
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DuckDuckGo Player appears to still be working.

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CRON
11/03/25 6:50:40 PM
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It works fine for me in Firefox and it automatically updates extensions.

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rick_alverado
11/03/25 6:50:56 PM
#4:


It's still working for me. I'm using Firefox for reference.
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pokedude900
11/03/25 6:51:53 PM
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uBlock Origin on Firefox is working fine for me. Make sure your filters are up to date.

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BucketCat
11/03/25 6:54:37 PM
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try adblock plus

idk why they call it plus cus its free, but i've been using it for years and have never seen an ad on youtube. ublock origin sucks, the short time I used it i'd either get ads on occasion or things wouldn't load.

idk. adblock plus is like the "under the radar" one so dont tell your friends about it cus I don't want it getting ruined for me.

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AceMos
11/03/25 6:55:13 PM
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if youtube had not gotten so greedy with ads and kept forcing more and more ads on youtubers

i dont think they would be having this problem of people using ad blockers

as most people where fine with 1 ad every 30ish min in a video


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Enclave
11/03/25 6:56:55 PM
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Adblock plus is most definitely not under the radar. It used to be the main player until they started whitelisting certain ads for money.

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buddah86
11/03/25 6:58:40 PM
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Every now and then it'll take a few seconds of black loading in the player. It eventually kicks in. Be patient! ;)

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Cornmuffins
11/03/25 7:02:54 PM
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Yeah it wasn't working for me either, couldn't even load the left side with your subs/history/etc. Updated firefox and it seemed to do the trick

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Accolon
11/03/25 7:03:02 PM
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I'm using Brave on mobile, works just fine

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MonkeyBones23
11/03/25 7:14:14 PM
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I've got a current tab open, and it's working all good. If I open youtube in a new tab I get a black screen for two seconds before going away and loading fine.

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NO2_Fiend
11/03/25 7:20:24 PM
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Every time someone says this it always turns out to be untrue.

Quit jumping to conclusions folks internet doesn't always work perfectly.

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TMOG
11/03/25 7:22:22 PM
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Firefox + uBlock Origin, literally watching YouTube right now.

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Metal_Gear_Raxis
11/03/25 7:24:52 PM
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BucketCat posted...
try adblock plus

idk why they call it plus cus its free, but i've been using it for years and have never seen an ad on youtube. ublock origin sucks, the short time I used it i'd either get ads on occasion or things wouldn't load.

idk. adblock plus is like the "under the radar" one so dont tell your friends about it cus I don't want it getting ruined for me.
Thanks, that worked.

uBlock Origin didn't work for me for some reason.

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Dakimakura
11/03/25 7:25:18 PM
#17:


Works on my computer

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TuxedoCyan
11/03/25 7:26:08 PM
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On PC with Firefox v144.0.2 and uBlock Origin v1.61.2 (which is an old version)

Still works for me.

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Ivynn
11/03/25 7:26:55 PM
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rick_alverado posted...
It's still working for me. I'm using Firefox for reference.


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__starsnostars
11/03/25 7:30:50 PM
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This happened to me in Vivaldi last week but no issues in Firefox and Brave.

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I_is_smart
11/03/25 7:30:55 PM
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Anybody got a solution for twitch? Ublock origin+adblock plus on Firefox and I still get fucking ads.

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Mad-Dogg
11/03/25 7:33:50 PM
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Currently still working for me with firefox and ublock on my desktop and last I checked my phone too (I also have privacy badger installed).

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Tmaster148
11/03/25 7:34:21 PM
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I've noticed the delay before a video starts and the "experiencing interruptions?" pop up in the bottom corner lately. I run uBlock Lite on optimal.


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Umbreon
11/03/25 7:35:32 PM
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TMOG posted...
Firefox + uBlock Origin, literally watching YouTube right now.


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rick_alverado
11/03/25 7:35:53 PM
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I_is_smart posted...
Anybody got a solution for twitch? Ublock origin+adblock plus on Firefox and I still get fucking ads.

Twitch always seems to be pretty good at staying ahead of the ad blockers. Occasionally I'll find that uBlock will stop them for a day or two, then they'll be right back to the ads making it through.
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FL81
11/03/25 7:36:21 PM
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It still works for me, but sometimes there's a delay between clicking on the video, and said video actually loading up

still, faster than having to sit through ads

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Solar_Crimson
11/03/25 7:38:33 PM
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NO2_Fiend posted...
Every time someone says this it always turns out to be untrue.

Quit jumping to conclusions folks internet doesn't always work perfectly.

https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1nf7heb/youtube_ads_detection_breakages_2025_megathread_2/nmxwk4w/

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FL81
11/03/25 7:38:42 PM
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I_is_smart posted...
Anybody got a solution for twitch? Ublock origin+adblock plus on Firefox and I still get fucking ads.
https://github.com/pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions
TTV LOL PRO and Purple AdBlock from that list are the only ones that have worked for me. Although, Twitch is always updating their anti-adblock, so you'll often have to switch between these extensions in order to get a working solution, in my experience.

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Umbreon
11/03/25 7:51:29 PM
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Tmaster148 posted...
I've noticed the delay before a video starts and the "experiencing interruptions?" pop up in the bottom corner lately. I run uBlock Lite on optimal.

Yeah, they like to do that with ublock

"Teehee, try turning off your adblocker for better connection" :)

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Cornmuffins
11/03/25 7:59:16 PM
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I_is_smart posted...
Anybody got a solution for twitch? Ublock origin+adblock plus on Firefox and I still get fucking ads.


Ditch adblock plus imo, having two might have them conflict with each other. As mentioned, you just needed to update the filters, which in my case firefox did for me

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MNThunder
11/03/25 8:00:03 PM
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Metal_Gear_Raxis posted...
Thanks, that worked.

uBlock Origin didn't work for me for some reason.

There is an update for uBlock that didn't show for me on firefox. Uninstalling and reinstalling uBlock fixed it.
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Robot2600
11/03/25 8:03:32 PM
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ublock automatically updated for me. everything working fine.

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garan
11/03/25 8:07:05 PM
#33:


TMOG posted...
Firefox + uBlock Origin, literally watching YouTube right now.


Same.
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ssjevot
11/03/25 8:09:16 PM
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Yeah, I tested with the same combination of YouTube and uBlock and it works fine.

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DuneMan
11/03/25 8:16:54 PM
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BucketCat posted...
try adblock plus

idk why they call it plus cus its free, but i've been using it for years and have never seen an ad on youtube. ublock origin sucks, the short time I used it i'd either get ads on occasion or things wouldn't load.

idk. adblock plus is like the "under the radar" one so dont tell your friends about it cus I don't want it getting ruined for me.
I've used that one for years and years, even as everyone else called for Ublock Origin. The only hiccup I've ever seen with Youtube is if you leave a tab open and unattended for a long and then play a video it might play an ad, but refreshing the page fixes that.

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RedGenki
11/03/25 8:17:58 PM
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Videos work for me, but they always take like, 5-10 seconds to actually load when I have Adblocker up. Dunno if anyone has anything similar.
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NightRender
11/03/25 9:29:44 PM
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Just got home and tried a few videos. All are working for me. Didn't even get a 5 sec "Experiencing disruptions?" delay.

Chrome with Ublock Origin Lite.

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monkmith
11/03/25 9:32:55 PM
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it happens periodically, ublock origin fixes it pretty quickly.

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EmbraceOfDeath
11/03/25 9:32:55 PM
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I use Adblock and Chrome. Some videos have a delay of a few seconds, some start immediately. It happens every once in a while when Youtube updates, but usually Adblock gets updated shortly after, so I expect it will be fixed soon enough.

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creativeme
11/03/25 9:35:24 PM
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wait...so people don't use multiple? i've used adblock plus for like 15 years or whenever it was first getting known. then i've used ublock origin for like a decade. also have the standard adblock on here which is most likely redundant but never felt the need to remove it. still not getting any ads on edge.

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UnholyMudcrab
11/03/25 9:38:01 PM
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creativeme posted...
wait...so people don't use multiple? i've used adblock plus for like 15 years or whenever it was first getting known. then i've used ublock origin for like a decade. also have the standard adblock on here which is most likely redundant but never felt the need to remove it. still not getting any ads on edge.
There's no real benefit to using multiple, and quite a few potential downsides in the event that they conflict with each other.

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-Crissaegrim-
11/03/25 9:52:55 PM
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Im using Brave browser on mobile and it's playing videos just fine.

It was being a little fucky by not playing videos in background earlier but it seems to be working again now.

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maling2000ayam
11/03/25 10:11:49 PM
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Ff ubo never fail me
Also smartube working fine

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ProfessorKukui
11/03/25 11:23:30 PM
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ghostery. chrome disabled ublock but not ghostery

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Slayer1030
11/03/25 11:26:35 PM
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simply not true, I use an ad blocker and its working fine

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voldothegr8
11/03/25 11:31:09 PM
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It happened to me but I just reset Firefox and it came back fine. I only use uBlock Origin.

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Dark_twisted
11/03/25 11:32:41 PM
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Works fine for me

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