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Does anyone know of an ad blocker blocker blocker?

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[–] [email protected] 102 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just be patient for the inevitable uBlockOrigin update that will fix it.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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, and
  • auto, which works almost identically to scroll

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I always wondered how this worked.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

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!

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Is this with Firefox + ublock origin? Things are still fine on my side.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's already happening on librewolf.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

heck. I've not had it so far in Firefox. Will keep an eye on it I guess

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Give it a minute. Librewolf comes with ublock origin preinstalled.

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

Not OP but I've had it happen to me today with Firefox + ublock origin

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Freetube also has DeArrow built in to replace clickbait thumbnails and titles!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

Firefox + uBlock Origin or Grayjay are my go to.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

Freetube on my PC and devices, Smartube for Fire TV.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

I got this with Firefox + uBlock Origin yesterday but was gone a couple videos later, uBlock must have updated.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I saw this with firefox and ublock origin installed. Dismissed it and continued not seeing any ads.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

I just refresh the page and it works fine

[–] ohshit604 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Invidious or Piped.

Use a public instance or self host your own. Pair it with Freetube and you can skip in-video sponsorships/ads.

While YouTube has been making it difficult for these services to stay alive they seem to alway work around them.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I use pipe pipe on android, haven't had any issues and works great. Freetube on the PC, works great!

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

PipePipe my beloved. Never had any problems with it either.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] SomeAmateur 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You can hit the x and continue. This just a stern warning with no consequence for now

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

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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What browser are you using?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Not OP but I get the same thing on Firefox with ublock origin

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Grayjay.app

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

VPN to Europe? Otherwise not sure how the UK was ever "safe" from this.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

VPN to Albania or Monaco since they don't have ads on youtube at all.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Incognito mode works, but you can't see the history

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Use a front-end like Piped or Invidious and be happy.

Negative comments and dislikes incoming in 3, 2, 1...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why do you think you'll be downvoted for that? I see people recommend them literally all the time on similar posts

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Firstly. People don't like Piped or Invidious because they often gets broken due to Google's work to try shut them down completely.

Invidious is basically all broken already because of this. And it can be hard to find a good Piped instance that works.

I have Piped installed on my server and it happens that I get "login to prove you're not a bot" or what the error message is.

And secondly. People tend to be very mean online and I don't trust any people until they have proven they are indeed nice and not mean in any way (like judging or trolling).

Lastly. I am in a very bad mood which boosting the second reason.

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

Yep. Got this yesterday (UK).

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