YouTube intensifies fight against ad blockers showing pop-ups, and users are frustrated | Blocking ad-block users::undefined

  • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    still using Firefox and ublock and all seems fine to me

    • grte@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Same. I’m wondering if it’s limited to certain markets for the time being.

      • abhibeckert@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        For me it’s a “soft” popup - a simple banner with a close button telling me not to block ads. And it doesn’t appear very often, I think I’ve seen it twice.

        • Brownian Motion@lemmy.world
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          You will get the timer one in due course.

          I first got the ‘soft’ banner, then it went to timer one (and this timer comes after watching 3 videos with ‘soft’ one.)

          However, uBlock still removes the banner, but you have to click on the video after a few seconds to start it. Alternately you can hit F to fullscreen the video, and the banner just goes away and the video starts (without uBlock).

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        1 year ago

        Many people have either not up-to-date filters, or are using some other addons/features that interfere with uBlock/trigger the adblock detection.

    • ramblinguy@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      I have never gotten a adblock popup using Firefox and ublock origin while my friend has gotten several on Chrome. I wonder if I’m just lucky that I’m not in the adblock block rollout on YouTube or if Firefox+ublock is working

      • Skyhighatrist@lemmy.ca
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        Probably just lucky. They didn’t roll it out to all Firefox users at once. I got it several days after other Firefox users started reporting getting the popup. I followed the instructions to update my quick fix list in uBlock and it’s gone again. However, the first time I did it it came back after a day, so it may just be a never ending game of whack a mole.

    • akilou@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Same Firefox and unlock setup (also sponsorblock) but I got a pop-up about ad blockers the other day and I just closed it and the rest of the site works fine.

    • Fades@lemmy.world
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      Who asked? This comment thread is clearly about alt front ends yet here you are telling us still Firefox works for you. Okay, and???