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YouTube just quietly blocked Adblock Plus — the internet hasn't noticed yet, but I've found a workaround

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    Just stick with Firefox and uBlock Origin.

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      Is this a sponsored article? Bc buying yt premium doesn't seem like a workaround to me.

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        The workaround is pay for YouTube premium.

        Edit: the above is is what the article says. Not my opinion. YT can get bent. Firefox + uBlock has been my "workaround" for years.

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        Fuck youtube and their shit premium pricing

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          The workaround is pay for YouTube premium.

          Edit: the above is is what the article says. Not my opinion. YT can get bent. Firefox + uBlock has been my "workaround" for years.

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          are you paraphrasing what the article said or saying it yourself?

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            I hate when they say paying the premium is a "solution". It's worse. That's why nobody is doing it.

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            I actually have a Premium subscription, but it's kinda half assed journalism to suggest that as a solution.

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              Just stick with Firefox and uBlock Origin.

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              Especially since Adblock Plus take payment to whitelist adverts.

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                With all due respect, no the fuck it ain’t

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                With all due respect, that's exactly what the article suggests is the solution.

                Didn't read it, did you?

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                  The workaround is pay for YouTube premium.

                  Edit: the above is is what the article says. Not my opinion. YT can get bent. Firefox + uBlock has been my "workaround" for years.

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                  Don't shoot the messenger, they're just citing the "workaround" from the article. The article also mentions using uBlock but only after writing two paragraphs convincing you that Premium is totally the solution to go with.

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                    With all due respect, that's exactly what the article suggests is the solution.

                    Didn't read it, did you?

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                    The article can say that the sun is blue, that doesn't make it true - which is the point you're ignoring.

                    Because buying premium is not a workaround for an ad blocker not working, it's giving up on the broken extension.

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                      There's a name I haven't heard in years 😂

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                        Fuck youtube and their shit premium pricing

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                        I think that's fine. Let the non-tech-savvy users pay for the service. It seems like they deserve it, and also they keep YT running for "free".

                        You can keep enjoying YT with Firefox + uBO or PipePipe on your phone.

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                          The article can say that the sun is blue, that doesn't make it true - which is the point you're ignoring.

                          Because buying premium is not a workaround for an ad blocker not working, it's giving up on the broken extension.

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                          I'm not going to debate you on that, but the original commenter was saving people the effort of reading a pointless article, and getting shat on for it.

                          I didn't think that was fair.

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                            With all due respect, that's exactly what the article suggests is the solution.

                            Didn't read it, did you?

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                            I read it it comes off as an ad for premium

                            And that ain’t the solution

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                              I'm not going to debate you on that, but the original commenter was saving people the effort of reading a pointless article, and getting shat on for it.

                              I didn't think that was fair.

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                              I don't care if you want to debate it, the point of the article is wrong. The original commenter doesn't deserve the hate, but their summary of the article, while being accurate to the article, is not a real work around.

                              I didn't attack them, so I'm not in disagreement there. But you chose a rather respectful reply to be the disrespectful hill you chose to die on.

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                                Just stick with Firefox and uBlock Origin.

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                                Have you noticed uBlock Origin being a bit hit and miss on YouTube lately? I’ve had it happen a few times lately where the video won’t play, or an ad comes up but doesn’t play. I’ve had to keep refreshing until it gets to normal where it just plays the damn video.

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                                  AdNauseum still works; so do many others.

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                                    are you paraphrasing what the article said or saying it yourself?

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                                    I'm saying it yourself to them for us

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                                      Have you noticed uBlock Origin being a bit hit and miss on YouTube lately? I’ve had it happen a few times lately where the video won’t play, or an ad comes up but doesn’t play. I’ve had to keep refreshing until it gets to normal where it just plays the damn video.

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                                      I think youtube might have implemented something that prevents the server from delivering the video files until the expected duration of the ad has passed. This idea is completely unfounded, but this is what it feels like to me.

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                                        Have you noticed uBlock Origin being a bit hit and miss on YouTube lately? I’ve had it happen a few times lately where the video won’t play, or an ad comes up but doesn’t play. I’ve had to keep refreshing until it gets to normal where it just plays the damn video.

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                                        I use different shared PCs at work and this happens every time on the Windows 11 machines. Some ad plays before the video, but disappears when I refresh the page. This doesn't happen on the Win 10 machines we still have left. In forced to use Chrome there but everything has UBlock Lite enabled.

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                                          "If your adblock doesn't work, a workaround is to pay for YouTube Premium"

                                          AW NO I HADN'T FUCKING THOUGHT OF THAT

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