Ad block uninstalls surge following YouTube ban

[wiyosaya]

As others have mentioned uBlock Origin is the way!

 

[takaozo]

Adblock plus and Ublock Origin and pop-up blocker. Clean web pages and no intrusion.

 

[mgilbert]

I mean, yeah. If they weren't working on Youtube, why would you keep it? Is anyone actually surprised that people are adblock hopping?

uBlock Origin has done a fine job blocking YT's attempts. I have yet to see any prompt from them about my (selective) blocking of ads.

I have the uBlock Origin extension on Chrome, on Windows 11. I started receiving the warnings on YouTube a few days ago, and eventually got blocked. I can right-click on any video and it will play in an Incognito tab, or watch YouTube on Firefox, but I can no longer watch many YouTube videos on Chrome. I will give up YouTube before I give up uBlock Origin, but it is not working for all of us.

 

[brucek]

I have the uBlock Origin extension on Chrome, on Windows 11. I started receiving the warnings on YouTube a few days ago, and eventually got blocked. I can right-click on any video and it will play in an Incognito tab, or watch YouTube on Firefox, but I can no longer watch many YouTube videos on Chrome. I will give up YouTube before I give up uBlock Origin, but it is not working for all of us.

Use Chrome's dev tools (F12) to clear all local storage for YouTube. This will of course log you out but seems to reset your status. Update uBlock's filter list. Try again (you can log back in.) If still blocked you may have some extensions that are working against you (or YouTube may have temporarily gained ground in the tug-of-war, this is a back-and-forth excecise between them and each adblocker team.)

 

[winjer]

This whole blocking adblockers story is probably backfiring on Google. Now a lot of people are hearing about them for the first time. So this might be a big push for more and more people to start using adblockers.
It's the Streisand effect.

 

[okie11]

If you get hit while using uBlock Origin do these simple things to scr*w YT out of showing ads again
1: Close the YT tab
2: open uB's dashboard
3: Click on Filter Lists
4: Click Purge all Caches
5: Click Update All or Update Now when done close the dashboard tab
6: Open YT and ya ads should not be shown along with YT's stupid anti adblock popup

Thanks for the tip, just tried it and it did help.

 

[mgilbert]

Use Chrome's dev tools (F12) to clear all local storage for YouTube. This will of course log you out but seems to reset your status. Update uBlock's filter list. Try again (you can log back in.) If still blocked you may have some extensions that are working against you (or YouTube may have temporarily gained ground in the tug-of-war, this is a back-and-forth excecise between them and each adblocker team.)

Purging uBlock Origin's caches, then updating them seems to have worked, for now...

 

[BobHome]

YouTube. Yeah, I remember that site. I watched something on there.
Last month, I think.

 

[MeSpotTech]

I just use Brave browser to view YouTube. No ads in sight and no issues whatsoever so far.

Exactly... Brave browser has been blocking YouTube ads for the 3 plus years I've been using it, on both Windows desktop and Android versions. And another positive thing about the Android version of Brave is that I can play the audio of videos with my phone screen off: Settings > Media > Background play > Enable.

 

[redgarl]

I removed adblock Plus and installed Brave browser... problem solved...

 

[mbk34]

It's funny how a company's action can change you from loving a site to absolutely detesting it. They're provided with free content from users, they have an advertisement video on your home page, then you get one or two cr@ppy adverts from YT when you start a video, then providers often have their own adds, then you get multiple YT adverts throughout the video, then it finishes off with yet another set of YT adverts. It's like a lesson in how to alienate your audience.

PS so far I've only seen one advert that caught me - one about swaps - but now I just turn the volume off whenever they appear..

 

[havok585]

"It's no different than malware creators and the companies that strive to protect web users – a constant back-and-forth battle to have the upper hand."

that's a bad take.

Unless you mean the malware is youtube in this case and the "virus" removal benefactor is adblockers.

ublock+ greasemonkey +script antiadblock killer are the best shield against youtube aids.

 

[fb020997]

I watch YT 99% of the time on my iPad via uYouPlus (installed with AltStore). Not a single ad or message about adblocking.
For the 1%, I watch it on my PC with Firefox+uBlock Origin+custom anti- YT popup blocks. Zero ads and messages!

 

[monkeylove]

Why are they uninstalling? Does YT detect the adblockers even if they're disabled for the site?

 

[Hary06]

I mean, yeah. If they weren't working on Youtube, why would you keep it? Is anyone actually surprised that people are adblock hopping?

uBlock Origin has done a fine job blocking YT's attempts. I have yet to see any prompt from them about my (selective) blocking of ads.

Same here.