UPDATE 2 It seems that starting today, uBlock Origin is working to combat this Youtube Block. Mine started working again! Lets all thank the devs of UBO for fighting this fight!
UPDATE So as new info comes out, I'll be posting it here. It seems as if this Rollout Has Several Parts.
Part 1
You get a popup message over top of your video, blocking the screen:
- This is the first sign. If you see this popup AND are logged into a YouTube account, your account has been selected.
- At this stage you can likely close or block these messages with an adblocker.
Part 2
This message will change, indicating that you have 3 remaining videos to watch without ads.
Will insert photo once one has been found
- At this stage your adblocker will imminently stop working in 3 videos time.
- Personally using Firefox + uBlock Origin and tweaking filters and updates does not even fix it.
Part 3
None of the video loads now, everything looks blank.
- At this stage you must tred new ground to avoid ads. I have posted methods in the comments. If you want to bypass this end page, read down there.
End of Update
YouTube has started rolling out anti-adblock to users inside the United States, which means that they are preparing to roll this out to the entire country. Personally, I have been blocked already. I want to gauge how common this occurrence is.
should I vote if I'm not in the US?
If you have a good party to vote for. I'm in the UK, and I'm not so sure if any party deserves my vote.
i meant on the poll lol
You should always vote, if only to not let the worst party get power. Your enemies would rather you didn't vote than vote for their enemy.
Still odd to think of countries where voting is optional. It's compulsory here, adn the only people who can afford to not vote are the rich....
Fair enough. The thing is, do I vote for the near-anarchists, that, save for the anarchism, align with my principles? Do I vote for the party that is further away from my ideological beliefs, but doesn't have the anarchism, and is a bit larger? Or do I vote for the main opposition, which is even further from me ideologically (and doesn't seem to have much of a clear vision)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gbDAvK42yA&t=216 / Obligatory Piped link
Thanks, I will keep that in mind.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=_gbDAvK42yA&
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.
Aaaaah man, I literally added the link so you wouldn't show up. Also your timestamp doesn't work.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=_gbDAvK42yA&
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.