YouTube just quietly blocked Adblock Plus — the internet hasn't noticed yet, but I've found a workaround
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Certainly a valid concern, but it's true with any software. I think enough people (techies especially) are using LibreWolf that a lack of updates would be visible quickly.
Perhaps. But a browser is something I'd prefer to just forget about and not track updates. So it's very likely that I won't check if it has gotten updates for a few months.
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I've been using IronFox since it came out and I don't think it has been out for 2 years yet... are you thinking of Mull from which it was forked when DivestOS stop being maintained?
Also, I've been using Librewolf since its early days too, and their updates are always only 1 to 2 days behind an updated Firefox. I know cuz ai update daily on my Artix Linux machine and have both browsers. Whenever Firefox is updated its usually the same day or a day later that Librewolf is also updated to the same version number.
I get the concern, but honestly the Librewolf devs have proven themselves at keeping pace with the upstream for quite a few years now. Hopefully the Ironfox devs can do the same.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Yes, mull. My bad. IronFox is the replacement that I'm using now.
And that's part of my point. Once my browser is installed, I don't really care about it, so I'm unlikely to notice it not receiving updates unless someone calls it out on SM or something.
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I’m not a contributor to LibreWolf so I can’t speak with authority on it but I can’t imagine that they are so different from Firefox that they wouldn’t be able to just merge 99% of updates from FF with minimal effort.
wrote last edited by [email protected]From looking at the repo, it looks like it's simply a set of patches that get applied to the Firefox source code. They don't maintain a fork, just a set of changes that get applied before building.
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I'm pretty tech savvy and pay for premium. It's just too good a value for my household right now.
You could save nearly a couple hundred a year in most instances. LG have a dev account path, android is relatively simple I hear and various foss apps and patching apps will cover most.
Google are undeserving of more money
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If someone is fixated on using chrome, so far there is still a workaround:
https://www.neowin.net/guides/you-can-still-enable-ublock-origin-in-chrome-here-is-how/
Other than that, just switch to Firefox.
someone fixated on using chrome
should quit using the Internet at all
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Just use LibRedirect extension to redirect to an invidious instance. Take the URL of the video you want to watch and download the video using yt-dlp. Watch it on your desktop using mpv.
On Android, use Newpipe or Tubular Fork of Newpipe to download video. Better yet, use Seal with Sponsorblock flags to download and watch without sponsor mentions. Watch using mpv.
On iOS, use Brave browser...
Brave browser is a affiliated shit. Should rather use Orion Browser with uBO. But since Tim Apple recently gave the rapist a chunk of gold, the best option is switch to Android phone with a custom ROM
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The workaround is using uBO
And Firefox.
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I'm gonna get a load of grief for this but Brave works fine...
Brave is not a privacy company. They are affiliated.
But I don't think switching to Firefox is good enough, since Mozilla is adding bloats to it. Use forks.
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I think you stopped scrolling too early
That said though, there is one ad blocker that still works. Two words: uBlock Origin. Yes, I know that Google has blocked it from its Chrome Extension store, but there is still a way to get uBlock Origin on Chrome that our how-to extraordinaire Kaycee has detailed.
They even link to what I assume is that process.
But...
It costs the same as Spotify
I used Google Play music and it was awesome, when it shuttered I tried Spotify and didn't like it.
YouTube premium is worth it just for music on your phone/car, getting YouTube ad free is kind of just a bonus. But there's a couple podcasts I watch on there, and I've found a couple really good channels for all the crazy science stuff that's been happening. Not to mention a lot of UK shows upload full episodes, and there's more than one account that somehow uploads full runs of shows after being upscaled to 4k.
I really don't understand why so many people are against YouTube premium. It makes sense if someone just pirates all their other media. But people pay for a music streamer and a couple TV streamers.... It seems like an arbitrary line.
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The article is from "toms guide" not "toms hardware".
The guide has every article like this where it reads like paid advertising. The "hardware" one is a good resource.
But yeah, pretty much anything from "tomsguide" is going to read like paid advertising for something. I legit don't know if they're affiliated or it's a ripoff site built to confuse people with the "hardware" site.
The thing about it costs about the same as Spotify is not really true. I have been using Spotify family for a long long time (maybe 10 years). I use it with 5 other "family" members and we split the costs.
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Brave is not a privacy company. They are affiliated.
But I don't think switching to Firefox is good enough, since Mozilla is adding bloats to it. Use forks.
matters little to many people they just want to see less ads
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No, author of this article, paying for premium is not a workaround.
more like walking in
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matters little to many people they just want to see less ads
You're feeding ad companies and chromium dominance by using Brave, so you're going to see more ads in the long run.
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You're feeding ad companies and chromium dominance by using Brave, so you're going to see more ads in the long run.
Again.... most people care little when Brave blocks youtube ads without any messing...
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Again.... most people care little when Brave blocks youtube ads without any messing...
Yeah that explains why "people" vote for Trump
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Who uses Adblock Plus? Isn't uBlock Origin (Lite) the shit to go to?
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You could save nearly a couple hundred a year in most instances. LG have a dev account path, android is relatively simple I hear and various foss apps and patching apps will cover most.
Google are undeserving of more money
But I don't just use it for watching videos. I also use YT music to listen to a few hours of music every day, and I also use it as off site storage for hundreds of hours of 4k video.
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there is one ad blocker that still works. Two words: uBlock Origin.
Vivaldi without any plugins also works. No ads. And I’m sure there are many more possible configurations. This article reads like the author thinks there’s only two browsers and two ad blockers.
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there is one ad blocker that still works. Two words: uBlock Origin.
Vivaldi without any plugins also works. No ads. And I’m sure there are many more possible configurations. This article reads like the author thinks there’s only two browsers and two ad blockers.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Not sure about vivaldi but brave actually pulls its filters from ublock origin
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Tom’s Hardware, Ad Block Plus, paying for YouTube Premium as a “work around”?
Guys this content was by boomers for boomers
Indeed. Tom’s Hardware for me has for long been one of the most useless tech news sites, mostly just dumb clickbaity ad articles in disguise.
If they would know anything about anything or done some actual research they would point to Firefox with a few relevant extensions that keep YouTube’s fuckery in check. Or the alternative mobile apps. Or stuff like Invidious. But guess they are too mainstream and thus afraid to upset Google in any way.
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iOS and Mac users have Vinegar, if you want to spend like $2 and support an indie developer.
