YouTube just quietly blocked Adblock Plus — the internet hasn't noticed yet, but I've found a workaround
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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.
Edit:
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.
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iOS and Mac users have Vinegar, if you want to spend like $2 and support an indie developer.
When I had an iPhone, Vinegar was the best few quid I ever spent. Between that and the adblocker I used, I got ad free YouTube with the default iOS video player. Glorious.
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ABP hasn't been relevant for years, because they started on "acceptable ads" back in 2011.
Anyone with sense has long since moved on.
Acceptable Ads is the very reason I'm still using Adblock Plus. What's the problem with it? It's an optional feature, just turn it off and you don't have to deal with it at all.
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Honest question, but what makes librewolf BETTER?
In firefox you can easily toggle off the studies telemetry bullshit in the settings. Librewolf is just firefox with those things ripped out right?This is what makes Librewolf better.
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Ublock Origin and NextDNS FTW.
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Who uses Adblock Plus? Isn't uBlock Origin (Lite) the shit to go to?
wrote last edited by [email protected]I'm using Adblock Plus, because of their Acceptable Ads system. Imo it's far more ethical to regulate ads than to ban them entirely. Websites have to make money to sustain themselves, and ads are the least intrusive way this can be done besides donations (and let's be honest, most websites can't support themselves on donations alone). I'd rather have an ad or two at the end of an article than a paywall.
I would love to switch to a different adblocker, ABP has quite enshittified over the years imo. But it would have to be one with Acceptable Ads support.
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What if people just learned to use Firefox or NewPipe?
I use FreeTube on my laptop. It can lose functionality at times (due to shenanigans on the part of yt), but they're pretty good about releasing updates that make it work again.
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Ublock was leading to errors when a YouTube link was clicked for me, but refreshing the page just loaded the video. It seems that doesn't happen anymore today. Am I the only one?
