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Youtube is at it again
4/2/2024 | Me

Posted on 04/02/2024 11:24:12 AM PDT by ducttape45

Has anyone else noticed that Youtube is at it again, trying to block users who use an adblocker? The past several days have been hit and miss. About the only way I've been able to get around it is one of two ways:

1. to save videos to Watch Later, close the browser, then reopen the browser to view them, or

2. delete all cookies and cache and then log back in.

But either of these two fixes are temporary because it happens almost every day now. Has anyone seen this, and have a newer fix for this?

Thanks.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: adblocker; crysomepre; freeloader; nofreelunch; noyoutubewelfare; payup
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To: ducttape45

YouBoob offers nothing you can’t live without. If the ads bother you that much, break your addiction to YouBoob.


21 posted on 04/02/2024 11:55:24 AM PDT by paulcissa (Politicians want you disarmed because they intend on doing things you would shoot them for.)
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To: ducttape45

Duck Duck Go browser has a special player for YT that bypasses the ads. You can copy and paste there anytime YT white screens you.


22 posted on 04/02/2024 11:59:01 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: ducttape45

It’s a continual game of whack-a-mole between ad-blocker updates and yootoob algorithms for users of Firefox etc, and as mentioned upthread, Brave is an excellent browser for privacy and built-in ad blocking.


23 posted on 04/02/2024 12:02:22 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: ducttape45

Brave browser plus Proton VPN. I have no problems, no ads. The occasional “prove you’re human” (to a bot LOL) while the VPN is running if I click an outside link to get to a Youtube video, but never an issue if I am on the Youtube site watching videos.


24 posted on 04/02/2024 12:03:02 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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To: Westbrook

YouTube is totally worth it.


25 posted on 04/02/2024 12:20:28 PM PDT by clashfan (Whom shall I fear?)
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To: Westbrook

YouTube is totally worth it.


26 posted on 04/02/2024 12:20:31 PM PDT by clashfan (Whom shall I fear?)
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To: clashfan

YouTube Premium, that is


27 posted on 04/02/2024 12:21:15 PM PDT by clashfan (Whom shall I fear?)
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To: ducttape45

Rumble


28 posted on 04/02/2024 12:27:44 PM PDT by Neanderthal ("Knowledge is good" - Emil Faber)
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To: TexasGator

“Ads are their revenue. Basically you want to steal their product.”

Cry me a river.

Once they got into the censorship business it was my pleasure to rip them off any which way I can.


29 posted on 04/02/2024 12:36:08 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: cgbg

I use Firefox on my Mac. With Adblock plus I see no adds.


30 posted on 04/02/2024 12:42:18 PM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: clashfan

“YouTube is totally worth it.”

Definitely! It has a wide and deep variety of content. Free with ads or pay to go ad-free. Ah ... 1st world problems.


31 posted on 04/02/2024 12:52:59 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: ducttape45

I use Brave with their native ad blockers. Works fine.


32 posted on 04/02/2024 1:01:26 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: ducttape45

4k video downloader works great!


33 posted on 04/02/2024 1:02:04 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: jaydubya2

I use Brave and most videos now have a black screen for 15 or so seconds until I can skip the ad. Once I start a video, there’s no ads. It’s weird.


34 posted on 04/02/2024 1:04:00 PM PDT by vpintheak (Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug. )
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To: DouglasKC

I have that and I use it often. I just hate to have to resort to that every time I want to watch a video, and I have at least 4 different adblockers on my computer!


35 posted on 04/02/2024 1:04:54 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: ducttape45

Yep.


36 posted on 04/02/2024 1:05:58 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Westbrook

I don’t pay ransom subscriptions on principle.


37 posted on 04/02/2024 1:06:23 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Westbrook
Pay the $13 monthly ransom to avoid ads altogether.

Pay money to Gaagle? That'll happen as soon as I learn to juggle flaming chainsaws while ice skating.

38 posted on 04/02/2024 1:11:18 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: ducttape45

Try this.

https://ublockorigin.com//

I used on my machine, and it worked. You get about 1 second of each ad and they’re gone. I guess that makes YT think the ad played for you (which it did, just not the whole thing!).


39 posted on 04/02/2024 1:17:41 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: cgbg

My feeling as well. If there were a good way to flip them the giant double middle finger as I did it, I would do that too.

I despise Google and YouTube. I wish them total and utter bankruptcy.


40 posted on 04/02/2024 1:22:04 PM PDT by rlmorel (In Today's Democrat America, The $5 Dollar Bill is the New $1 Dollar Bill.)
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