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ijeff@lemdro.id to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world

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YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world

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ijeff@lemdro.id to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Since May, YouTube has ramped up its block of ad blockers and the company has now fully launched this policy worldwide...

cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/2787773 (!google@lemdro.id)

  • Free Palestine 🇵🇸@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    Some solutions:

    • Android
      • LibreTube
      • NewPipe
        • NewPipe x SponsorBlock
        • BraveNewPipe
      • Grayjay
    • iOS
      • Yattee with this guide
      • (Adding Piped/Invidious website to Homescreen)
    • Web
      • Piped
      • Invidious
      • ViewTube
      • (Tubo)
    • Desktop
      • FreeTube
      • (Using any of the web solutions as PWAs)
    • TV
      • Android TV
        • SmartTubeNext
      • Apple TV
        • Yattee with this guide
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      Where is YouTube ReVanced?

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        Not mentioned, on purpose 🤫

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          I think people are fully misunderstanding this comment

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            Oh I guess I could see the other side.

            I meant we don't talk about revanced club

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      For iOS I really like Vinegar.

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        Currently not working, but Firefox Focus is!

        A fix for Vinegar is on the way.

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      Tangential question - what is stopping youtube from restricting access to their API for 3rd party apps like Reddit did?

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        SSSSSSHHHH

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      Remember people start logging out for these services. Any day they could decided to start terminating accounts if this whole anti Adblocking campaign doesn’t get subscriber numbers up

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      Sideload uYouPlusExtra on iOS

      https://github.com/arichorn/uYouPlusExtra

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        I am aware of this option, but sideloading on iOS currently kinda sucks. You have to use AltStore which sometimes goes unmaintained for a few months, even when it's maintained it's kinda buggy and the Windows version almost never works for me. It's also not available for Linux. And you have to connect your phone to a computer running AltStore every 7 days, otherwise the app will stop functioning. It's just not a great solution and especially bad for less tech-savvy users.

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          You don’t have to use AltStore. I re-sign the IPA myself and install with Apple Configurator

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            But you still have to do it once a week, right?

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              If you don’t have a paid developer license yeah. But I do so I don’t have do deal with that.

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                I'm definitely not gonna pay Apple money to use my device that I already paid way too much money for the way I want to. But I just switched to Android (GrapheneOS to be percise) and now I don't have to deal with any of this BS anymore.

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      https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/youtube-anti-adblock-bypa/gbghmolkliahkeekflofoaiofibligjf could help as well.

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        Just use a proper ad-blocker like uBlock Origin in combination with a browser like Firefox or LibreWolf that supports proper ad-blocking extension. Fuck this Chromium garbage that deprecated MV2 because Google is scared of adblockers. Don't support Google's monopoly on browser rendering engines and use Firefox or something even better like LibreWolf.

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          Did you read what the addon is about? It's not an adblocker but is to be used in conjunction with one. All it does is circumventing the adblockerblocker. It specifically recommends being used together with uBlock.

          Btw, I use FF with uBlock. But I am not everyone, so when I stumbled across this, I thought it might be helpful for some people.

          And I found it ironic, that Googles own extension store contains an extension that circumvents the YouTube adblockerblocker.

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            I know, but uBlock has built in circumvention features, and you can add custom blocking rules or filterlists to uBO without having to install an additional extension. If the addon becomes outdated, it might start interfering with uBlock Origin. It's best not to combine uBO with any other ad-blocking addons and just use the existing mechanisms like custom rules and filterlists to extend uBO if needed. The uBO team is constantly working on ensuring that the built in circumvention mechanism works, most of the time, the only thing a user needs to do is clear the cache and update the filterlists.

            And I found it ironic, that Googles own extension store contains an extension that circumvents the YouTube adblockerblocker.

            It will probably be taken down soon lol

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