Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • World
  • Users
  • Groups
Skins
  • Light
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (No Skin)
  • No Skin
Collapse
Brand Logo

agnos.is Forums

  1. Home
  2. Technology
  3. YouTube just quietly blocked Adblock Plus — the internet hasn't noticed yet, but I've found a workaround

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

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Technology
technology
271 Posts 158 Posters 0 Views
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • C [email protected]

    The internet hasn't noticed yet

    Says article on the internet shared with others on the internet and linked to from many internet places.

    Article titles are fucking garbage. At least it didn't pul the "Here's why" bullshit.

    B This user is from outside of this forum
    B This user is from outside of this forum
    [email protected]
    wrote last edited by
    #185

    Based on the other comments, the article itself is as garbage as the title.

    1 Reply Last reply
    1
    • kolanaki@pawb.socialK [email protected]

      The workaround: Switch from Adblock Plus to uBlock Origin.

      ABP has had random issues that break it often for years now. It's crap.

      ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksO This user is from outside of this forum
      ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksO This user is from outside of this forum
      [email protected]
      wrote last edited by [email protected]
      #186

      The workaround

      Quit using YouTube directly and proxy your request through an Invidious instance.

      Your requests are mixed in with everyone else’s, ad’s are blocked and most importantly only 1 machine touches YouTube directly and that’s the server hosting Invidious.

      nasi_goreng@lemmy.zipN W 2 Replies Last reply
      11
      • R [email protected]

        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?

        Z This user is from outside of this forum
        Z This user is from outside of this forum
        [email protected]
        wrote last edited by
        #187

        There's benefits to us not tweaking privacy settings. TOR explicitly discourages it. You don't (always) get fingerprinted by a single unique item, it's through an ensemble of data points that companies can identify who you are. There may be 10% of users with your same font library, and 1% who has the same monitor width, and 5% with the same time zone, and voila, when you multiply those percentages, you get close to one in a couple billion, and they've successfully fingerprinted you.

        If everyone tweaks their settings from default Firefox, you reveal more information about yourself each time. You may think you're protecting yourself, but the reality is the opposite, you're creating a one of a kind browser config. This is where Librewolf can really reign supreme, if we all just use stock Librewolf, no one will be unique, and everyone will be anonymous.

        1 Reply Last reply
        2
        • T [email protected]

          iOS and Mac users have Vinegar, if you want to spend like $2 and support an indie developer.

          J This user is from outside of this forum
          J This user is from outside of this forum
          [email protected]
          wrote last edited by
          #188

          Mac users can also use freetube

          1 Reply Last reply
          0
          • ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksO [email protected]

            The workaround

            Quit using YouTube directly and proxy your request through an Invidious instance.

            Your requests are mixed in with everyone else’s, ad’s are blocked and most importantly only 1 machine touches YouTube directly and that’s the server hosting Invidious.

            nasi_goreng@lemmy.zipN This user is from outside of this forum
            nasi_goreng@lemmy.zipN This user is from outside of this forum
            [email protected]
            wrote last edited by
            #189

            Not a solution for most people, unfortunately...

            ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksO 1 Reply Last reply
            4
            • nasi_goreng@lemmy.zipN [email protected]

              Not a solution for most people, unfortunately...

              ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksO This user is from outside of this forum
              ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksO This user is from outside of this forum
              [email protected]
              wrote last edited by
              #190

              Could you elaborate on why not?

              omegasunkey@ani.socialO bilb@lemmy.mlB L 3 Replies Last reply
              3
              • ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksO [email protected]

                Could you elaborate on why not?

                omegasunkey@ani.socialO This user is from outside of this forum
                omegasunkey@ani.socialO This user is from outside of this forum
                [email protected]
                wrote last edited by
                #191

                You see how often growing youtubers complain about more than 85% of their viewers are not subscribed to the channel, or how just some videos have more views than their main content? The issue is that Invidious doesn't have the algorithm Youtube provides to everyone, and that not a lot of people really watch their subscribed page.

                ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksO M W 3 Replies Last reply
                1
                • omegasunkey@ani.socialO [email protected]

                  You see how often growing youtubers complain about more than 85% of their viewers are not subscribed to the channel, or how just some videos have more views than their main content? The issue is that Invidious doesn't have the algorithm Youtube provides to everyone, and that not a lot of people really watch their subscribed page.

                  ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksO This user is from outside of this forum
                  ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksO This user is from outside of this forum
                  [email protected]
                  wrote last edited by [email protected]
                  #192

                  You see how often growing youtubers complain about more than 85% of their viewers are not subscribed to the channel, or how just some videos have more views than their main content?

                  I actually don’t watch a whole lot of YouTube anymore so I can’t really comment on this here.

                  The issue is that Invidious doesn't have the algorithm Youtube provides to everyone,

                  But isn’t this what people are trying to avoid when it comes to digital privacy? User data being used in less algorithms?

                  omegasunkey@ani.socialO 1 Reply Last reply
                  0
                  • ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksO [email protected]

                    Could you elaborate on why not?

                    bilb@lemmy.mlB This user is from outside of this forum
                    bilb@lemmy.mlB This user is from outside of this forum
                    [email protected]
                    wrote last edited by [email protected]
                    #193

                    I wonder what percentage of views are done with a general purpose web browser vs. YouTube apps on phones and TVs. Otherwise, yeah, if you have a web browser it is an option. And since this thread is about browser extensions, I too am wondering what they meant.

                    1 Reply Last reply
                    1
                    • A [email protected]

                      FreeTube is a FOSS youtube frontend.

                      FreeTube occasionally has issues on videos with preroll ads where the video fails to play because the ad won't be fetched. This can sometimes be mitigated by running an ipv6 rotator script and blocking freetubes access to ipv4. The one I run reassigns my ipv6 address once every 5 seconds to a new randomly generated valid address.

                      Sometimes even this doesn't block the ads (again causing the video to fail to play) in which case selecting the share icon from the freetube interface and clicking "open invidious link" will open a web browser pointed to whichever invidious instance is set to your default.

                      The freetube folks are working on implementing DASH, which should eliminate the need for these workarounds once successful.

                      bilb@lemmy.mlB This user is from outside of this forum
                      bilb@lemmy.mlB This user is from outside of this forum
                      [email protected]
                      wrote last edited by
                      #194

                      Why not just use the invidious instance directly?

                      A 1 Reply Last reply
                      0
                      • bilb@lemmy.mlB [email protected]

                        Why not just use the invidious instance directly?

                        A This user is from outside of this forum
                        A This user is from outside of this forum
                        [email protected]
                        wrote last edited by
                        #195

                        I like freetube ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

                        bilb@lemmy.mlB 1 Reply Last reply
                        3
                        • A [email protected]

                          I like freetube ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

                          bilb@lemmy.mlB This user is from outside of this forum
                          bilb@lemmy.mlB This user is from outside of this forum
                          [email protected]
                          wrote last edited by [email protected]
                          #196

                          Fair enough! I do wish that invidious had the "full window" option.

                          1 Reply Last reply
                          1
                          • F [email protected]

                            Yeah that explains why "people" vote for Trump

                            3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com3 This user is from outside of this forum
                            3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com3 This user is from outside of this forum
                            [email protected]
                            wrote last edited by
                            #197

                            Not here I'm in the UK

                            F 1 Reply Last reply
                            0
                            • kolanaki@pawb.socialK [email protected]

                              The workaround: Switch from Adblock Plus to uBlock Origin.

                              ABP has had random issues that break it often for years now. It's crap.

                              Z This user is from outside of this forum
                              Z This user is from outside of this forum
                              [email protected]
                              wrote last edited by
                              #198

                              ABP has also been owned and run by a shady investment firm for the past decade.

                              1 Reply Last reply
                              18
                              • omegasunkey@ani.socialO [email protected]

                                You see how often growing youtubers complain about more than 85% of their viewers are not subscribed to the channel, or how just some videos have more views than their main content? The issue is that Invidious doesn't have the algorithm Youtube provides to everyone, and that not a lot of people really watch their subscribed page.

                                M This user is from outside of this forum
                                M This user is from outside of this forum
                                [email protected]
                                wrote last edited by [email protected]
                                #199

                                more than 85% of their viewers are not subscribed

                                Why would you have an account in that hellhole?

                                L 1 Reply Last reply
                                2
                                • 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com3 [email protected]

                                  Not here I'm in the UK

                                  F This user is from outside of this forum
                                  F This user is from outside of this forum
                                  [email protected]
                                  wrote last edited by
                                  #200

                                  I don't mean you voted for Trump. I'm just being sarcastic for those who don't care much about things

                                  3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com3 1 Reply Last reply
                                  0
                                  • F [email protected]

                                    I don't mean you voted for Trump. I'm just being sarcastic for those who don't care much about things

                                    3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com3 This user is from outside of this forum
                                    3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com3 This user is from outside of this forum
                                    [email protected]
                                    wrote last edited by
                                    #201

                                    Oh I know... but my point is that the average person cares little about a browser but cares a lot about getting rif of youtube ads

                                    1 Reply Last reply
                                    0
                                    • spacecadet@feddit.nlS [email protected]

                                      Guys this content was by boomers for boomers

                                      Tom's Hardware sold out looong ago, sold in 2007 to some faceless consortium. The original "Tom", Thomas Pabst, who is GenX and not a boomer btw, has had nothing to do with the site since.

                                      The editor of this article looks to be a millennial btw.

                                      rickyrigatoni@retrolemmy.comR This user is from outside of this forum
                                      rickyrigatoni@retrolemmy.comR This user is from outside of this forum
                                      [email protected]
                                      wrote last edited by
                                      #202

                                      boomer is a state of mind

                                      1 Reply Last reply
                                      5
                                      • moe90@feddit.nlM [email protected]
                                        This post did not contain any content.
                                        W This user is from outside of this forum
                                        W This user is from outside of this forum
                                        [email protected]
                                        wrote last edited by
                                        #203

                                        I noticed yesterday and it’s also affecting other sites where Google serves ads, like Reddit.

                                        W 1 Reply Last reply
                                        3
                                        • kolanaki@pawb.socialK [email protected]

                                          The workaround: Switch from Adblock Plus to uBlock Origin.

                                          ABP has had random issues that break it often for years now. It's crap.

                                          W This user is from outside of this forum
                                          W This user is from outside of this forum
                                          [email protected]
                                          wrote last edited by
                                          #204

                                          No uBlock on my phone. 😞

                                          blackmist@feddit.ukB K jackbydev@programming.devJ 3 Replies Last reply
                                          0
                                          Reply
                                          • Reply as topic
                                          Log in to reply
                                          • Oldest to Newest
                                          • Newest to Oldest
                                          • Most Votes


                                          • Login

                                          • Login or register to search.
                                          • First post
                                            Last post
                                          0
                                          • Categories
                                          • Recent
                                          • Tags
                                          • Popular
                                          • World
                                          • Users
                                          • Groups