I saw this with firefox and ublock origin installed. Dismissed it and continued not seeing any ads.
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I just refresh the page and it works fine
Just be patient for the inevitable uBlockOrigin update that will fix it.
True aha. yt-dlp still works mostly, so I suppose I could just use it to download my subscribed and watch offline. There's always a way
I got this with Firefox + uBlock Origin yesterday but was gone a couple videos later, uBlock must have updated.
I've been using Firefox With Ublock Origin (and YouTube ReVanced for mobile) for years, and have yet to see this message outside of a screenshot.
Firefox + uBlock Origin or Grayjay are my go to.
You can block element on that pop-up with uBlock Origin, and it starts working again.
If you can't click anything, there's a transparent layer still in the way, so you may need to do a second block element (click anywhere and the entire screen should highlight).
Weird side effect is that the scroll stops working sometimes, but if you make the video full screen then back it fixes it.
for anyone interested:
the scroll not working is most likely due to the main container in the page (usually the tag but it can be some other element) having the overflow: hidden CSS property assigned to it.
overflow dictates the behavior of an element that has its content overflow past the parent element's boundaries.
the property can have four values:
visible, where the overflow is fully visible and allowed to extend past the parent element,scroll, which clips the overflowing content and allows the user to scroll the parent element,hidden, which clips the overflowing content and prevents scrolling, andauto, which works almost identically toscroll
most sites run a script that assigns this property with the value of hidden to the tag, making the user unable to scroll the page.
ive seen this behavior the most with sites that blast you with an unavoidable cookie banner which you have to click through to access the page. usually removing the cookie banner element is not enough to freely access the page, and so you have to additionally find which element has its overflow set to hidden and disable that property.
i reckon youtube's adblocker popup is doing the same thing, and coincidentally turning off fullscreen also runs a script that makes sure the overflow is set to either scroll or auto
It feels strangely vindicating when symptoms that just look like 'a weird bug' to my dumb ass actually make sense to folks who know what they're doing.
Thanks for the insight!
I always wondered how this worked.
There are a few browser extensions that force a scrollbar even on pages its disabled if you need to work around it.
Though not being able to scroll down to YouTube comments should be considered a blessing.
Is this with Firefox + ublock origin? Things are still fine on my side.
It happened to me for the first time today and that's what I use.
I literally just clicked the x and played the video so it didn't effect anything though.
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It's already happening on librewolf.
heck. I've not had it so far in Firefox. Will keep an eye on it I guess
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Not OP but I've had it happen to me today with Firefox + ublock origin
Others have already weighed in, but:
This warning doesn't seem to be persistent. Using ublock/regularly clearing cookies seems to keep this at bay. Sometimes it helps to open new links in container tabs as well.
I got this earlier this week and clearing my cookies/using container tabs seems to reset it.
Freetube on my PC and devices, Smartube for Fire TV.
Freetube is patched often and remains usable 99% of the time for an ad(and sponsor, if wanted) free experience.
As Youtube makes changes solely to break these players, they are quick to jump through the new hoops.
Freetube also has DeArrow built in to replace clickbait thumbnails and titles!
I use pipe pipe on android, haven't had any issues and works great. Freetube on the PC, works great!
PipePipe my beloved. Never had any problems with it either.
Woot woot, added that to my arsenal.
Vanced, new pipe, free tube, tubular, pipe pipe, mobile brave, yt-dlp->jellyfin, laptop->HDMI splitter-> capture card +comskip
The spice will flow.
You just close the window. I've seen this twice in the last three years and never experienced any actual change -- still no ads or even black screens where ads should be.
You can hit the x and continue. This just a stern warning with no consequence for now
This.
I get this pop up once or twice every couple of months maybe? I just click through and nothing happens / changes.
For mobile I use the grayjay app.
Grayjay.app
What browser are you using?
Not OP but I get the same thing on Firefox with ublock origin
I got one 2 days ago, refreshed and it went away (FireDragon with ublock)
It actually pushed me further, I now browse Youtube logged out and disabled every piece of tracking i could find
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