this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2023
593 points (98.7% liked)

Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

54819 readers
335 users here now

⚓ Dedicated to the discussion of digital piracy, including ethical problems and legal advancements.

Rules • Full Version

1. Posts must be related to the discussion of digital piracy

2. Don't request invites, trade, sell, or self-promote

3. Don't request or link to specific pirated titles, including DMs

4. Don't submit low-quality posts, be entitled, or harass others



Loot, Pillage, & Plunder

📜 c/Piracy Wiki (Community Edition):


💰 Please help cover server costs.

Ko-Fi Liberapay
Ko-fi Liberapay

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

i meant on the poll lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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....

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

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)?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I will keep that in mind.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Aaaaah man, I literally added the link so you wouldn't show up. Also your timestamp doesn't work.