I moved to another account,, it works for me... for now..
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Yup, been using that method for about two weeks and it works fine.
I've used this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/178gqxe/new_adblock_ban_workaround/
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Brave browser block it by default, also there is a webpage on the ublock reddit where you can track the update of the script (as Google updates the configuration to block ads twice a day).
Also you can try "Fadblock" extension. Plays the ads in 50ms, so you aren't technically blocking t he adds and the popup doesn't show.
This is the webpage that test if current uBlock Origin version works with blocking youtube:
https://drhyperion451.github.io/does-uBO-bypass-yt/
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Also you can try "Fadblock" extension. Plays the ads in 50ms, so you aren't technically blocking t he adds and the popup doesn't show.
I'm personally using uBlock Origin but thanks for the Fadblock suggestion, it looks interesting, I wonder if it helps creator's revenue since you're technically loading the ads.
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Yeah, the ads show as seen because well, you technically saw the ads.
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my adblockplus still works great somehow, been using it on firefox and now i switched to opera, also no problems there
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I start using firefox ( i was using opera) with ublock and gg , and my brother ( who was already using firefox) i delete de cookies and then install ublock and same never see that screen again
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I've also been using uBlock Origin, but used a far easier method to block the Youtube pop-up, by making use of it's tools:
Just click on the flash or eyedropper icon and then select the pop-up in Youtube to temporarily or permanently remove it. Done.
The icons I'm referring to can be seen at 1:13 in the video OP linked, or in the attached image, in the lower left corner.
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I use Librewolf (Firefox fork, I heard the method works the same on regular FF) and what I do is go to the uBlock settings -> Filter lists -> Purge all caches -> Update now. Worked every time so far and it's been a while since I got the nag screen.
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I use Librewolf as well and never needed anything though I don't use it with an account, could be related.
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Seems to only block music videos on Edge for me. All the content creator videos I normally watch still work fine with AdBlock. I just stopped listening to music on Youtube lol
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Ha, YouTube does it right. By threatening users with ad blockers it raised awareness of their existence in the general public and the ad blocker installation numbers are rising significantly :))
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Someone called it the Cobra effect and the story behind the name has been in my mind ever since.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive - a wiki page where you can read more about it and other examples.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GARcKCaUfI
Louis Rossmann FTW!
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haha watched it yesterday and now saw this thread
youtube was so good and now it works against itself for some years.
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I didn't even know this was happening. I use Ublock Origin with Firefox and can't remember the last time I saw an add on Youtube, probably around 2006-2008 (Adblock Plus back then). I don't allow either to update though, so I'm not sure if that has any affect. If they stop adblockers from working, I will resort to downloading the videos and watching them off Youtube. I already do that for age restricted videos because I don't want to log in to my account.
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I still use Chrome.
I unblocked in Chrome to get around the ban and navigate the site. Then I just watch anything I want in incognito. They can't block you if you are not signed in...yet
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That probably won't change, too many sites use the embedded to have the video's on their page. How many recipe sites would break?
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Brave browser still working for me. Had the complaints about adblocker, so disabled Ublock origin on YT. Works fine again - and still no ads. I've heard you can also create a new Brave profile and just use it for YT(can log in to YouTube) if you still get the warnings. Have not had to do that yet though, and watch a LOT of YT.
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I just switched to Firefox. Since it oh-so-conveniently moved all my passwords and bookmarks over too I've just opted to keep using it since it's just as nice as Chrome.
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That's the wrong approach! You should NOT be manually adding random rules, all you need to do is keep your filters up-to-date (done by default, but you can still force update them).
In fact it's one of the things uBO specifically advises against in their megathread:
I've seen people suggesting I add specific filters, use a userscript or another extension. Is that safe?
- No, it's not. Most of the suggested filters going around are very outdated, some were taken from our first threads.
- Even fresh filters go outdated very quickly. If they work today, they might be the exact cause of the problem tomorrow.
Maintainers are very quick to update filters as YT makes any changes. You should not be messing around with these random rules, it will only cause problems...
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I don't understand why it would cause problems, I have created my own rules for years with no issues. I currently have 236 and 67 of those are for Youtube. Or are they only talking about trying to block the video ads? I never had an issue with it not blocking ads, so I never tried to add any custom filters for that.
I block all the things they make pop up on the screen, the stupid boxes they put over the end of the video while it is still playing so you can't see the end of the video, the channel image that some creators put in the corner of the video, the title at the top that shows in full screen everytime you move the mouse or skip with the arrow keys, the live chat, the side bar, and probably some other things I forgot about.
For anyone that wants a really clean Youtube page, try these. I added a screenshot at the bottom. If it removes any elements you want, just remove them all and then add them in smaller chunks refreshing the page after each time until it removes that feature. Then remove that chunk and add those one at a time until you identify the exact one you don't want. Or you could just read through them since a lot of them are easily identifiable by the filter name.
||i.ytimg.com/*/*/featured_channel.jpg
||www.youtube.com/live_chat_replay$subdocument
||www.youtube.com/live_chat$subdocument
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element.ytp-ce-channel
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element.ytp-ce-website
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element.ytp-ce-video
www.youtube.com##.ytd-mealbar-promo-renderer.style-scope.button-container
www.youtube.com###message-text
www.youtube.com##.ytd-mealbar-promo-renderer.style-scope.ytd-mealbar-promo-renderer-message-title
www.youtube.com##.yt-dialog-show-content.yt-dialog-fg-content
youtube.com##.ytp-paid-content-overlay
www.youtube.com##.ytp-cards-teaser-text
www.youtube.com##.iv-click-target.branding-img
www.youtube.com##.ytp-cards-button.ytp-button
www.youtube.com###masthead-appbar
www.youtube.com###chat
www.youtube.com###hide-live-chat-button
www.youtube.com###old-browser-alert
www.youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element.ytp-ce-playlist
www.youtube.com###watch-sidebar-live-chat
www.youtube.com###appbar-guide-menu
www.youtube.com##.ytp-pause-overlay
www.youtube.com##.ytp-watch-later-button
www.youtube.com##.ytp-title-channel-logo
www.youtube.com##.ytp-title-expanded-overlay
www.youtube.com##.ytp-title-channel
www.youtube.com##.ytd-mealbar-promo-renderer
youtube.com###movie_player > div.ytp-chrome-bottom > div.ytp-chrome-controls > div.ytp-right-controls > button.ytp-fullerscreen-edu-button.ytp-button
www.youtube.com###clarify-box
www.youtube.com###guide
www.youtube.com##ytd-mini-guide-renderer
www.youtube.com##.ytp-promotooltip-wrapper
www.youtube.com##.ytd-popup-container.style-scope > .yt-tooltip-renderer.style-scope
www.youtube.com##.ytd-engagement-panel-section-list-renderer
www.youtube.com##.yt-bubble-hint-renderer.style-scope
www.youtube.com###donation-shelf
www.youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer.ytd-item-section-renderer.style-scope
www.youtube.com##ytd-horizontal-card-list-renderer.ytd-item-section-renderer.style-scope > .ytd-horizontal-card-list-renderer.style-scope
www.youtube.com##.ytd-compact-movie-renderer.style-scope
www.youtube.com##div.ytd-c4-tabbed-header-renderer.style-scope.banner-visible-area
www.youtube.com##.ytp-suggested-action-badge-expanded.ytp-suggested-action-badge-with-controls.ytp-suggested-action-badge.ytp-button
www.youtube.com##.ytp-bezel
www.youtube.com##.ytp-time-seeking
www.youtube.com##.ytp-heat-map-container
www.youtube.com##.ytp-button.ytp-miniplayer-button
www.youtube.com##.ytp-button.ytp-size-button
www.youtube.com###offer-module
www.youtube.com###comment-teaser > .ytd-watch-metadata.style-scope
www.youtube.com##.size-default.style-destructive.ytd-button-renderer.style-scope
www.youtube.com##.size-default.style-suggestive.ytd-button-renderer.style-scope
www.youtube.com###ticket-shelf > .ytd-watch-flexy.style-scope
www.youtube.com###super-title
www.youtube.com##.ytp-doubletap-tooltip
www.youtube.com##.ytp-doubletap-arrows-container
www.youtube.com##.ytp-doubletap-overlay-a11y
www.youtube.com##ytd-reel-shelf-renderer
www.youtube.com##.yt-mealbar-promo-renderer
www.youtube.com##.ytp-title-link
www.youtube.com##.ytp-gradient-top
www.youtube.com##.ytp-title-text
www.youtube.com###subscribe-button
www.youtube.com###sponsor-button
www.youtube.com###voice-search-button
www.youtube.com##.ytp-playlist-menu-button-icon
www.youtube.com##.ytp-playlist-menu-button-text
www.youtube.com##.ytp-suggested-action
www.youtube.com###tp-yt-paper-dialog.ytd-popup-container
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Or are they only talking about trying to block the video ads?
yes, that megathread is specifically talking about YT adblocker detection, and any custom rules trying to deal with that.
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AdBlock Ultimate on firefox: for now stock extension work fine: no ads, no pop-up
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use uBlock Origin addon, everything else is garbage
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luv this.
also, question: how you're watching YouTube?
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Firefox + uBO
FF has been my browser of choice for decades :)
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ty.
...imo, you won't have any prob with YT.
(yes yes... you might never know, especially if Google is there around -lol- but i don't think YT will ever be serious about any effective long lasting block...)
i was using it, for free, blocking -for the most times- ads, since when Hurley was still there... lately started to feeling guilty towards some really good content creators, so began to pause uBO.
now signed for Premium and started giving something more by joining few channels and giving Thanks.
not free anymore, still a very, very good experience.
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Had trouble once on my work computer with Firefox and Ublock Origin. I just cleared all cache in Ublock settings and updated and it worked again. Was about 2 months ago.
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been using brave and ublock and luckily haven't gotten the warning from youtube yet. tried disabling brave shields and only using ublock to see if youtube would pick up on that, but everything was still normal. guessing my days are probably numbered until i have to implement one of these workarounds as i watch a lot of youtube.
if you wanna block youtube ads on mobile then use revanced. can also patch a ton of other apps too.
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I believe they are doing A/B testing at the moment.
I use a few computers and browsers (well, not as many as it may sound, but more than 1: home, work, and travel basically), and even though they have the same anti-ad setup, Youtube blocked my videos in only one computer and browser (yet). And I just realized they lifted that block today - without me doing anything special, I had just switched to Freetube when the block occurred for the first time a few weeks ago.
If people react negatively enough, maybe they'll give up on that idea.
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We can only hope, I heard rumours that the amount of people using AdBlock is on the rise because of the YouTube shenanigans.
Instead of it going down. And that before many people didn't even know what an AdBlock was and awareness is going more mainstream now.
No clue if any of it has any truth to it though.
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i use addblock plus on firefox and have never once seen it
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I never had any issues, I only use uBlock Origin with Vivaldi Browser.
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Happened in Edge, then i went to watch youtube on chrome until it happened there too, it really helped.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34AijBhcxHY
It's for Ublock origin basically tick all boxes in filters
And in my filter settings copy and paste from this site: https://pastebin.com/raw/XVApjrqY
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