Youtube stopped working for me today when using uBlock Origin in Firefox or Vivaldi with anti-ad enabled. : aboringdystopia

[–] capital@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

As soon as YT started blocking blockers, I created a new Firefox profile with only Bitwarden (just need that everywhere) and uBlock Origin ONLY. Using that has never failed me once this whole time.

When I forget to access YT through my special profile (and therefore only utilize those two plugins) I do see errors. I assume this is due to either uMatrix, AdNauseum or some combination of the two.

[+] FIST_FILLET@lemmy.ml -7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

oh no, anyway now you have more time to watch stuff that people put actual talent into like movies and tv shows and documentaries (this is a jab at youtube in general and not this specific video)

[–] AngryMob@lemmy.one 3 points 4 months ago

Theres plenty of high quality content on youtube though. You gotta wade through wall to wall youtube cringe to find it, but once you got a list of good subs, that problem disappears. The idea that youtube is solely garbage low effort content is so outdated

[+] hahattpro@lemmy.world -35 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Try Brave browser. It work

[+] rustyfish@lemmy.world -11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yup. Brave works great on iPhone, too. PiP, no ads, even downloads work fine. And thanks to Airdrop I can watch ad free on TV.

Until yesterday I had a cheap Premium subscription going on but YouTube cancelled it because they found out I don’t live in Asia. Like fuck, it’s not about the money. 5? Maybe 6 or 7? That would have been fine by me. But 20 fucking bucks a month for that? Yeah, nah. Either fix your prices or I will continue to look for workarounds.

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yattee with this guide is another good option for iOS, iPadOS and tvOS (you could also use it on macOS, but I prefer FreeTube or just using Piped or Invidious in the browser). It's also fully open source: https://github.com/yattee/yattee

[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Nice! Thank you very much!

I am already tinkering with my options and I will certainly try this out as soon as I make it home.

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[+] timewarp@lemmy.world -39 points 4 months ago (13 children)

Am I the only one that pays for YouTube Premium? I get not wanting to pay for things. I don't feel bad for Google here, but I also don't understand what people expect. The government happily subsidizes Musk to litter outerspace. Maybe the government should be subsidizing YouTube?

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[+] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world -43 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (9 children)

I can't help but laugh with this post in this sub.

Paying for media content is somehow dystopian 🤣

OHHHH GOD NO! YT WON'T LET ME FREELOAD CONTENT, I'M BEING ACCOSTED!

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

At the same time they are enforcing the ban on adblocks they are creating solutions for sponsor blocks to skip the ads that actually bring some money to youtube creators.

Funny how the paying for media content works, you can pay youtube but not the creator of that content, the creator himself gets next to nothing if the youtube algorithm doesn't favour the content. Not a boring dystopia at all.

[–] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You’re minimizing the abuse. Used to be fine with ads when it was 1-2 max but then it got abusive and greedy. Someone who yells at you once or twice may just be angry, upset, or so on. Someone who yells at you constantly is abusive

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I can't honestly believe you just equated more ads on TV to abuse.

[–] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Gaslighting is another way people justify abuse

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world -2 points 4 months ago

I don't think that term means what you think it means.

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[+] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world -44 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Switch over to Brave browser. Its native adblock works better than uBlock anyway.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 4 points 4 months ago

I was getting a "this video is private, log in to watch it" banner on everything yesterday with Brave. The videos still played but I wonder if it's related to OPs issue.

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[+] coffinwood@discuss.tchncs.de -47 points 4 months ago (5 children)

So you neither pay with money nor by watching ads for a very expensive to maintain service, but you won't leave it be either.

I know I'm making myself Unpopular here, but what is it that you're bringing to the table? Currently you cost YouTube money because streaming video is really expensive. You block out all the ads so every creator is cut off monetization too. This is not a publicly funded library (yet).

[–] LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Your words are poopoo

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