I see a lot of people saying "but that's how creators get paid".

Listen: I didn't put ads on my video. YouTube did. I can't take them off and I don't see a cent from them. Block away.

Alternatively, some folks can also try Freetube for an ad free youtube experience as a desktop app

I was worried we'd be seeing waves of this kind of anti-user aggression from large websites. My hypothesis is that twitter is running an active experiment to see just how user-unfriendly you can make something with an established userbase / what level of profitability corresponds with what level of fuckiness.

YouTube n' friends have been watching from the sidelines and picking their own jaw up off the floor after seeing just how much the average user will bend over and take.

...which all makes me absolutely LOVE to see communities like this. Yo ho, motherfuckers!

I've just noticed that this is in c/piracy. I suppose there's lots of interest in the story here and everywhere else, but I'd just like to remind you all that ad-blocking is not piracy.

Anyone else remember the first ad-pocalypse?

Like when OG AdBlock was created and there was an all-out race between individual websites and AdBlock?

Then OG AdBlock sold out and allowed "approved" ads to still show.

We are seeing history repeat. The only reason ads survived was due to increasing number of users who weren't using adblock.

Now, with market saturation, Google is starting to fight back.

I would absolutely love to see a revitalization on proxy software specifically designed to eliminate ads and tracking. I haven't looked into this in quite some time but I think we're crossing into this territory now.

The pessimist in me says to look out for a bill authored by Google to make adblocking illegal.

But the optimist in me says "the Internet sees censorship as damage and routes around it."

So annoyed at how all these services keep degrading for users. I was happy to pay for premium light. I don't need download/music/etc I just wanted no ads. Simple as that. The price was fairly reasonable and I would have kept paying it. Now they got rid of the premium light and I have to pay at least 50% more for additional things I don't and will not use.

Alright then, well you lost a customer and I'll just use AdBlock. And if you somehow figure out how to disable that, I'm just going to find content somewhere else. I'm fucking sick of ads. I'll pay a reasonable amount to remove them. But I will not be continually wrung out for more and more money. Just leave me alone.

Emphasis on #4 here - the anti-adblock will trigger if it detects any subpar adblocker, including e.g. Brave Browser's "Shields" thing (even if you also use uBlock Origin). Helped a friend figure this out lately and found out they were running 3 adblockers and Brave Browser. Some people are truly special.

Lol That's awesome, less of a workaround and more of a "we fixed it already, but whatever you're using probably hasn't caught up yet".

Alternative solution: Since YouTube disabled all ads in Russia, you can just use russian vpn/proxy for the most effective YouTube adblocking possible.

I just replace youtube.com with piped.video all the time

Nobody should ever share data with american corpos - there is no example where corporations harvested data and anyone but the shareholders benefited. So for me it feels like a win whenever they fail.

Hey Google, maybe you assholes should realize that if people are willing to jump through this many hoops to not watch ads then maybe you should realize that ads are the problem, not users. Nobody wants ads shoved down their throat so kindly go fuck yourselves. Advertising is a cancer. I've been trying to convince people how dangerous attention grabbing billboards are but nobody seems to care.

Maybe it is time that we start to write our favourite youtubers to start developing alternative means of distributing their videos. Patreon and so on.

I feel there will be a lot less people watching YouTube in the future and as a whole many youtubers will see their revenue drop significantly. Watching YouTube as a whole will become less and less bearable. I watch videos without ads on my pc, but on mobile i use the app and endure the videos (for now) as the app is just nicer to use compared to the browser.

But if I have to see ads all the time (also these unskippable 20s ads) I think I'll simply stop using YouTube all together. about 90% ofy YouTube use isn't neccessary at all. I'll just watch it, because I'm too lazy to do anything else.

I could be should read a book instead. Maybe others will do that too in the future?

PSA: skirting their attempts to block ad blockers if you have a Google account you would rather keep may be unwise.

Google has been known for banning people for stupid crap, and this checks all the boxes.

While they were silent on this topic there was a gentlemen's agreement that you could block ads. But now that they have voiced their opinion the jig is up.

I'd recommend people to use an alternative account if they are going to block anyway and they want to keep their gmail.

Thank god we have people working tirelessly to prevent Google’s greed

"What just happened?"

"War were declared."

Going to be following these threads closely as I'll be damned if my students are going to put up with adverts from a file hosting service.

The Adblock Wars continues...

That's way too much hassle. I guess, when the anti-adblock kicks in on my devices, I'll just stop watching YouTube. I have tons of better stuff to do anyway.

I wouldn't even mind giving some money to youtube if it was asking for donations or keep the the prices low and accessible, like $4 max per month to support the up keep)

YouTube could be one of the wonders of the world of we are looking at it at a content perspective.

It should be almost protected by UNESCO, if you ask me.. yes even the stupid stuff as it is a record of mankind.

But google instead of recognising the value, they got greedy.

humankin created a massive information library which google at some point decided to monetize.

We all know what happened to unity right, just as a recent example ? it doesn't take much to turn the users away, and I truly believe, even youtube can fail

you excluded an important piece - YT has been updating their script (idk terminology) several times a day. so the instructions may not work. see the below -

I followed the 4 steps, but I'm still experiencing issues The latest fix for anti-adblock was made on Oct 12, 2023 and currently corresponds to ID cc87ee3e *.

• The ID mentioned above refers to YouTube's latest anti-adblock script. You can monitor it via this link: https://pastefy.app/G1Txv5su/raw (top to bottom = oldest to newest). This means that the current fix is matched with the script with corresponding ID.

For example, in https://www.youtube.com/s/desktop/c97476a7/jsbin/desktop_polymer_enable_wil_icons.vflset/desktop_polymer_enable_wil_icons.js, the c97476a7 part is the ID.

If the latest ID (the last line) does NOT match the current one written above, it means YT has updated it recently and you may encounter anti-adblock again. PLEASE DO NOT REPORT IN THIS CASE.

If the ID does match and you still get anti-adblock, kindly repeat the 4 steps above. Thank you.

Uninstalling + reinstalling uBO, then force updating all your filter lists like in step #3 may also help.

I wonder what made youTube decide to fix this loophole? These days the vast majority of people use phone apps or smart TVs to watch. The number of people using Firefox plus ad blockers must be quite small and it'll be a constant effort to keep updating their anti ad block algorithms.

I started using freetube for linux a month or so ago. This is so much better than native youtube. The entire interface is smoother, I get less "loading" moments (none really) and it does not try and constantly reduce my resolution by "auto adjusting". No ads, no BS. Just better all around.

They're just being dicks considering how tiny the Firefox userbase is

I fully expect to have to be fingeprinted, DNA tested and retinal scanned to access cOnTenT in a year or two

Decided to start using Freetube on desktop, Newpipe on mobile. It works!

So, Youtube's dying.

Maybe not right now. Maybe not next year. But they've decided to make everybody miserable, for a "business" that still won't cause enough misery to turn a profit.

Meanwhile creators are censored worse than broadcast TV. Nevermind the effective ban on swearing - they can't even reference concepts without a surveillance program declaring that their latest video doesn't count, even though they'll still slap ads all over that bitch.

Those people have things they want to share with an audience that wants to see. Any middleman can either help, or become irrelevant. Bandwidth is cheap. Some creators are just in it for the money... but the money is bad, on Youtube, and it's getting worse. Patreon is more direct and far less stupid. As with all these lumbering ruins of 2010s internet media, the network effect of being the default will keep them relevant for a while, no matter what they do. Twitter's on fire and it's still not dead. But its prospects sure aren't getting better... and not because people changed.

People are sadly predictable. These idiot robots exploit that masterfully, to a point, and then act bewildered when more pressure stops making more money. Like they forgot we can just leave.

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If YouTube stops my adblockers working the only thing, and I mean the ONLY thing it will mean, is I’ll never watch another YouTube video as long as I live

Fuck you google

For those using Safari, a simple custom browser stylesheet with a few styles is all you need, and is undetectable, as anti-adblock works with javascript, so no pesky “Why you blocking the ads? Mimimimimi…”

So far, I've seen nothing on Firefox -- but I am getting some minor hiccups on ReVanced which seem to be consistent with the influence of the AdBlock detection. Stuff like playback stopping after 3 videos until I unpause it, probably coming from the pop-up appearing.

Thank the good god for the incredible folks maintaining uBlock origin.

Edit: and ReVanced, and SmartTube, and Newpipe, and everything... But especially uBlock origin. That thing is a security necessity.

Thank you for the comprehensible instructions!
Unfortunately, it doesn't work with Edge (yet?).

Ayo who tf uses Edge?

Me, sadly, as it is the only browser installed on my work pc. We can't install any other programs (working with highly sensitive data).

EDIT: It works now :D

I watch on duckduckgo video search results (no ads, fully private) or yt-dlp if I want to watch it again later.

Good to have the ad-block instructions for using the actual YouTube site.

Also thanks other commenters for recommendations of freetube and futo, reminders of pipe. Will try em out soon!

invidious.io is unstoppable. unshackle yourself from the g**gle gulag

SponserBlock and Return YouTube Dislike don’t cause any issues, btw

Disable all other extensions AND your browser’s built-in blockers. <== No need to uninstall, just disable them. They might interfere with our solutions.

Is this just privacy-adjacent extensions, like privacybadger and disconnect, youtube-altering like sponsorblock and clickbait remover, all extensions, or some combination of the possibilities? All extensions seems a little extreme.

edit: May have answered my own question. Skipped step 4 and restarted my browser and no popup after loading a couple videos.

Edit The Second [Sadness Remix]: Got the popup again :( Guess it's on a timer for how often it comes up. I'll disable my youtube addons and report back. Already removed all privacy addons that aren't uBlock at recommendation of others.

I was thinking of experimenting with a Firefox extension that upon hitting a YouTube page, it just launches yt-dlp [url] && mpv [downloaded file]. Is there any interest here in that sort of thing?

I've been using the 'Open With' extension on Firefox to play video through mpv with a click

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All I need from youtube are my handful of subscriptions and my watch later, so I have moved on to invidious. I'd recommend it

Why remove all the filters and not just update?

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For me in Europe with Linux its thankfully still working with uBlock

I always try to use alternatives, but at least on desktop, it unfortunatelly often doesnt work right (freetube, piped)

But theres of also youtube-dl, hope at least this stays an option!

@Flatworm7591 Many people will refuse to pay the high price of YouTube Premium or suffer through multiple pre and midroll adverts. It could lead to many abandoning the platform entirely.

I think the way forward is self or federated hosting. The time of YouTube may finally be coming to a close. @neil

Got my first popup today, but apart from it being annoying literally nothing changed. Still no ads.

youtube seems to be making changes as fast as the ublock people are so if it doesn't seem to work you might have to wait for the ublock volunteers to catch up again.

Maybe it's for the best that YouTube gets enshittified beyond usability - I spend way too much time on there

There's a thing still works in all browsers is search video in Bing and watch without enter in YouTube site.

Corpo spies lurking around open community and implement what we are doing for years. What an f'ed up world.

download a video and watch it - without any adverts

I've been using ad block for years now and today I started seeing the message. I added an overlay blocker extension as per another user here and so far that's working. Didn't have to uninstall anything.

Is it known whether this popup appears only in specific geographic regions, or is it worldwide?

If this gets annoying it looks like I will be switching to piped

This is interesting: The Blocker works on Windows-x86-Firefox but NOT on my Linux-x86-Firefox or any ARM-Device. It seems Google holds back very carefully not to overblock. Can someone try if the Browser-Identifier does influence this behaviour?

Firefox, Ublock on macOS and no adds so far. We'll see about my Linux PC when I get home. I will leave YouTube before they force mw to watch add.

Copy URL, alt+F2, mpv "paste URL", enter. Has better controls and upscaling too. And a sponsorblock extension.

Yes, i know of play-in-mpv extension. Just don't like to run a local Node server for it.

Good thing I've been using LibRedirect with Invidious and Piped for a while now. YouTube really has been going downhill.

Grayjay for the win! Was launched last month, Louis Rossman is a blessing.

What can be done to strengthen peertube so that adblockers aren't needed at all?

I got a notice that was closable with an upper-left corner ❎️ after which I couldn't reproduce the pop-up and watched videos unimpeded.

I'll continue to report developments.

0039 PST 2023-10-13 ETA So the last two days, I'd get the YouTube warning, close it, and do the purge-update dance on uBlock Origin, and wouldn't get the pop-up until hours later. Is that because I didn't do it right, but the pop-up is only set to appear every few hours? Or is it because YouTube keeps fighting, and uBlock Origin keeps updating? I don't know.

The pop-up warning is not appearing on any of my youtube devices, for which I've done no updates (and watch videos from Firefox for Android with uBlock. Note that I've turned off other adblockers, but not NoScript. Dunno if that makes a difference.

Alternative workaround: just use Piped or Invidious.

RIP I was finally getting some exposure with breadmaking shorts and now the platform's on it's knees.

i use ublock globally on youtube but also use youtube channel whitelist for channels i subscribe too or particular care for along with sponsorblock and it works out well

Concern I'd have if I didn't use Piped:

I'm on AdNauseum and not uBO because I like the idea of actively resisting advertising culture and protesting through obfuscation, etc. So might not work for me

Following step 3 (and only step 3) so far worked for me.

The popup reappears every now and then, but updating filter lists again always fixed it. Let's see how it goes longterm.

Can youtube detect my pihole blocking ads

It's said no one said users could move to other platforms like dailymotion - I know it's irrilevant nowadays compared to youtube, but from time to time I find good videos there

I wonder if people would consider purchasing YouTube Premium with Turkish Liras ethical. For example - alt account buys YouTube Premium (around 59.99 TRY - 2.16 USD) and can add 4 more people to the family, so each person pays only about 54 cents per month.

laughs in MPV 'url'

If you want to use Enhancer for YouTube*, you have to* disable its adblocking*.*

This was the key for me.

Been using Individous Instances for a while now, I feel it'll be staying that way for sometime to come.

I just yt-dlp any videos I want to watch and copy them over to my plex server. No ads to be found and none of these bullshit games.

Invidious works for me (https://invidious.io/). It blocks ads by default but I can imagine youtube starting to integrate the ads in the videos like streaming services that you just can't skip

they can take yt-dlp out of my cold dead hands

Cheers, I haven't encountered it yet but good to know.

If i have adblockers enabled and pay for premium(yeah, i only do it because creators get a decent slice and i can't be arsed to chip into everyone's Patreon or whatever) will i still see the anti-adblock message?

Because I was thinking about setting up a pi-hole, I was wondering if anyone knows, the anti-adblock can also detect that?

Just use Invidious.

And hows it work with a pihole?

I've just whitewashed on my main Google account. Its only a matter of time before they start ip blocking. I'll figure out an alternative soon enough.

Cope Goolag.

Good thing I use invidious instead of their official front-end

Thanks, this is super-timely. I opened this thread, decided to try playing a video, and the prompt popped up.

i hope that the combination of ublock and pihole will get me through this, but we will see

Inserting another person's ad is a pathetic way to make money

I followed all of these steps and still got my player blocked. Ublock origin is the only adblocker on my browser too. So now I use freetube

I know they exist and I always forget which the good ones are, but what are the good YouTube alternatives? I know some people I watch upload to both YouTube and another platform.

Still works on my machine.

It's a little hit or miss and fairly unstable at times but I use Piped to avoid any of that shit!

adguard for desktop with anti-adblock killer

Just got my first pop-up on Linux. Interestingly on Firefox with uBlock it still plays, no ads. However, on LibreWolf with uBlock it keeps endlessly loading the video ad for Grammarly but it wont play.

I've been fine for a while, then as soon as I read this post, I start getting the warning. Time to move to an alternative. Might try and revitalize my old newsboat/yt-dl set up again

has finally arrived

Finally !

What about pi-hole? I've been thinking about setting one up, will that get my account banned?

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I've started encountering the ad-blocker blocker myself over the past few days, but fortunately it proves to be terrible at its job in my experience, as a small X allows it to be dismissed after 3 or 5 seconds, which is outright better than waiting for the 5 seconds plus load time of a skippable ad, or the many more seconds of an unskippable ad or two. This might be useful for me if they ever decide to remove the ability to dismiss the ad-blocker blocker, though.

I might almost consider watching the ads if they were ever for things I'd want to use/buy in the first place...

Thank you friend

so in order to make this work, i have to disable all my other extentions? lol

Saved for later

I haven't got any of those popups yet

thanks!

Thanks, it is turning into endless battle like DMR vs hacker groups back in the day . Well at least YouTube alternatives will get more users and creators.

thankfully i already stopped watching youtube thru the website and now use freetube on pc and grayjayy on android

This didn't work for me. At least not yet. I followed these instructions the other day, and got the message today :/

Nothing has changed for me yet on firefox. Is this supposed to be rolled out to everyone?

SOLUTION:

• just right click on the message and 'block element' :D

or paste this to your filters: www.youtube.com##tp-yt-paper-dialog.ytd-popup-container.style-scope www.youtube.com##.opened

Does noscript block the anti adblock rollout?

Has anyone experienced the popup with any of these extensions?: (on firefox)

• Sponsorblock
• ClearURLs
• Return Youtube Dislike
• Consent-O-Matic
• DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials
• Hide Shorts For Youtube
• FastForward
• (unmodified) uBlock Origin
• (unmodified) Violent Monkey

I am still getting the issue, and I think it's probably ClearURLs that's causing it, but I wanted to check in with everyone else first.

I was getting the banner and eventually it just stopped me watching. Clearing the filter cache and then updating them again worked for me. It took a browser restart though.

What if you never log in with an account, and your browser is set to autoclear on quit? Does this effect you if you just ignore the warnings?

I'm using TubeBlock on Windows (Edge). Hasn't hit me yet?

I think I'm going to go ahead and do a let's play for peer tube in order to help promote YouTube alternatives. So I look forward to a let's play of Phoenix Wright I guess

I better start watching all the videos I bookmarked over the years.

Oh good, round 3. I really can't wait to have 10 posts each time Google updates its ad blocking code.

I'm feeling very lucky Brave seems to have been able to work around this for now. Wonder how long that'll last.

I switched to FreeTube and it's pretty good so far. I'm missing a few things and better browser integration but it's great.

I've noticed when I browse YT on Firefox with uBlock origin (usually for non-YPP channels or game OST videos I don't really want anyone profiting off of), everything grays out after a second. Currently I can click f to go full screen and remove that, but I don't think this workaround will work for long.

I started getting them earlier last week. I've just been ignoring them for now.

Good there's a more official way now, I just added the entire part to the custom filter list previously.

Thanks!

Finally some fucking good news 😤

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It might be quicker to make a backup of your config and restore to defaults instead.

Well, maybe tell me how to do it?

I mean, I saw the warnings, but still could close them and keep watching them. Still, I ended up getting Premium to support YT streamers I watch without ads. It's either that or that YouTube dies with a domino effect on the industry of small time streamers. I watch it far more than Netflix or Disney Plus, and have payed zero cents for the convenience of adblock. I'll still keep it installed to use with other Google accounts, but I have no problem paying.

I can understand the people that are angry because a service that has been free for so long begins charging, but don't be disingenuous and begin saying that the service doesn't cost anything to maintain, or worse, that the whole business model is nonviable when it's asking about the same for premium as other streaming services that have been having no problem existing, specially when the money coming out of those services should be in recent memory considering it was one of the major points regarding the writer's strike (getting a cut from streaming).

Time to switch to DuckDuck

No issues on Brave so far.

Safari with Ghostery, AdGuard, AdBlock, 1Blocker, and Vinegar, and I am doing a-ok.

Those who disagree with what YouTube is doing, why don't you stop using it? No views = creators are forced to find another platform.

I think working around their service T&C is just as scummy as anti-adblocks.

People really don't like video creators getting paid huh...

And this is coming from a pirate that's fine screwing over huge corporations. I really enjoy the work of a lot of YouTubers and love supporting them instead of standard cable.

This is gonna be a very bitter pill for everyone to swallow, and I realise that I'm posting this on a pro-piracy community and am about to get eviscerated for this take.

Stop being cheapskates.

Video hosting costs a lot of money and this is a core reason why there's so little competition in the video sharing and livestreaming market. YouTube is probably a gigantic loss-leader for Alphabet.

Tonnes of competitors have come and gone in this space. Blip TV, Dailymotion, VidMe, Own3D, Azubu, Hitbox, SmashCast, etc. Even in terms of current competitors, the only live streaming platforms now available are either bankrolled by shady crypto gambling sites (Kick), hardline pro free speech right wingers (Rumble), or are the main two (Twitch and YouTube.)

Don't get me wrong, Google have been incredibly aggressive with pushing ads on every single video to the point where the platform is borderline unusable with ads. But this doesn't give you the God-given right to freeload off of Google's servers.

Either pay for Premium ($13.99/month isn't even that pricey) or stop using the site.

Y'all are part of the reason why so many YouTubers have to resort to shilling crappy mobile games and shady services in every single one of their vids.

"(on Reddit (/comments/). yuck!)"

Guys, we fucking get it. You hate mainstream apps like reddit but the solutions aren't on Lemmy until someone finds them elsewhere like reddit.

Do we really need to emphasize our hate for something every damn time we make a post. Thanks for the solution but why couldn't you have just posted the solution.

God I hate Lemmy, they want a bigger user base to stay away from content controlled by big corps and to move to federated content but will shove their ideals on the community every time and that is what keeps pushing people wanting to stay here away. We don't need to hear about FOSS and Linux every time. And we get it. We hate reddit that is why the user base moved here.

EDIT: God I love Lemmy.