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

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    I don’t use Chrome so whatever they did is affecting Adblock elsewhere too.

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      No uBlock on my phone. 😞

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      Firefox on Android has it.

      But if you're on iOS you'd better speak to Tim Apple about it, assuming he's finished noshing off Trump.

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      • blackmist@feddit.ukB [email protected]

        Firefox on Android has it.

        But if you're on iOS you'd better speak to Tim Apple about it, assuming he's finished noshing off Trump.

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        You can have it on iOS as well. Use Orion browser instead of safari and install UBO from the firefox addons store 😉

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          No uBlock on my phone. 😞

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          As much as I hate to say it, if on iOS use Brave. You can disable the crypto shit, but it’s got the best adblocking on iOS, and paywall bypass built in.

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            You can have it on iOS as well. Use Orion browser instead of safari and install UBO from the firefox addons store 😉

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            It doesn’t work properly… Orion still really falls short. I use Brave on iOS just because of Adblock and paywall bypass.

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              Stop using Adblock Plus and start using Firefox with uBlock Origin.

              If you’re on iOS, swallow your pride and install Brave and just turn off the crypto features. You’ll thank me later.

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                It doesn’t work properly… Orion still really falls short. I use Brave on iOS just because of Adblock and paywall bypass.

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                Oh, well I haven't had problems so far with Orion+UBO!

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                  ublock origin non-lite is the shit to go to

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                  Lite was delibaretly in brackets 🙂

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                    Oh, well I haven't had problems so far with Orion+UBO!

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                    Even YouTube? The last time I tried (a couple months ago) on both mobile and desktop Orion it’s totally unusable, most of the time it just gets stuck on a black screen for 10-60 seconds where the ads should be.

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                      lol chrome

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                      • K [email protected]

                        Stop using Adblock Plus and start using Firefox with uBlock Origin.

                        If you’re on iOS, swallow your pride and install Brave and just turn off the crypto features. You’ll thank me later.

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                        So my parents use chrome even though I constantly install Firefox and hide chrome. Problem there is they end up with Edge so I stopped doing that. (Didn't windows get in trouble for this kind of market control in the 90's?)

                        So I had Ublock origin on chrome for them but it's "not supported" anymore and my usual method of ignoring what it says and turning it back on are now failing.

                        Any help?

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                          So my parents use chrome even though I constantly install Firefox and hide chrome. Problem there is they end up with Edge so I stopped doing that. (Didn't windows get in trouble for this kind of market control in the 90's?)

                          So I had Ublock origin on chrome for them but it's "not supported" anymore and my usual method of ignoring what it says and turning it back on are now failing.

                          Any help?

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                          Setup a firewall and black access to websites where they're able to download other browsers. Then change the icon for Firefox to Chrome's icon. For bonus points, you can probably find a firefox theme to make it look more like chrome.

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                            Stop using Adblock Plus and start using Firefox with uBlock Origin.

                            If you’re on iOS, swallow your pride and install Brave and just turn off the crypto features. You’ll thank me later.

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                            Many iOS workarounds. I’m using Vinegar extension and also the newly released uBlock Origin for iOS. Chefs kiss

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                              Oh thank god: its only on Chrome

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                                So my parents use chrome even though I constantly install Firefox and hide chrome. Problem there is they end up with Edge so I stopped doing that. (Didn't windows get in trouble for this kind of market control in the 90's?)

                                So I had Ublock origin on chrome for them but it's "not supported" anymore and my usual method of ignoring what it says and turning it back on are now failing.

                                Any help?

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                                Change default browser to Firefox

                                Change file type associations

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                                  People still use Ad Block Plus? Didn't it start allowing sponsored ads like 10 or 15 years ago?

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                                    Setup a firewall and black access to websites where they're able to download other browsers. Then change the icon for Firefox to Chrome's icon. For bonus points, you can probably find a firefox theme to make it look more like chrome.

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                                    Or if they just really don't like Firefox for some reason they could look into trying Cromite. It has worked pretty well for me and actually does better at blocking ads on sites like https://adblock-test.pages.dev/
                                    than Firefox with uBlock origin does.

                                    I added a user script to clear some of the URL trackers just in case I copy links anywhere as it like opera doesn't use extensions up front.

                                    But on sites like that Firefox w/uBlock with score a 90 for me unless my Pihole is running, and Cromite will score 100 without it. Opera a 75, but I do like Operas interface on Android a lot.

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                                      As much as I hate to say it, if on iOS use Brave. You can disable the crypto shit, but it’s got the best adblocking on iOS, and paywall bypass built in.

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                                      Never. I hate Brave more than the few ads that get through on iOS with AdGuard or the recently released uBlock Origin Lite.

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                                        So my parents use chrome even though I constantly install Firefox and hide chrome. Problem there is they end up with Edge so I stopped doing that. (Didn't windows get in trouble for this kind of market control in the 90's?)

                                        So I had Ublock origin on chrome for them but it's "not supported" anymore and my usual method of ignoring what it says and turning it back on are now failing.

                                        Any help?

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                                        If they are technologically inept, reduce their accounts to limited, lock down the admin account. That will prevent them from uninstalling FF/installing Chrome, and if the admin account sets a shortcut on their desktop(s), they won't be able to remove it. Disable Edge (there are multiple ways to do so), install the necessary extensions on FF, then change FF's desktop icon and text to "Chrome".

                                        Problem solved.

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                                          more than 85% of their viewers are not subscribed

                                          Why would you have an account in that hellhole?

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                                          Some of us made Gmail accounts long before Youtube even existed, and still rely on youtube for tutorials and other things of that nature that aren't found anywhere else.

                                          Don't be a pretentious dick about it.

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