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youtube getting more aggressive.. i've got firefox and ublock but this shit is still coming up
Currently with Firefox uBlock and am getting no pop-ups for three days now (this after pop-up nags with a five-second delay).
Not saying you are not having trouble, but I think this is a fight YouTube is going to lose.
Start reporting it as an issue. I wonder what'll happen if enough people abuse the "report an issue" system.
I see nothing wrong with Google wanting to make money on YouTube, and I actually own YouTube Premium myself.
But they should really fix YouTube experience, if you don't use subscriptions box, your main page will be filled with click-baity low-effort videos and that really sucks. There are also other issues as well.
That is true. I hate Shorts and have to block it via uBlock filters. Also, I hate their mobile app. I can't select a precise app wide video quality. There are only two options: High and Low in the settings. I need to go to Advanced settings upon playing each video to manually set a precise video quality, say 720p. This experience is sub par and below what NewPipe used to provide. I mainly use YouTube Music as a service but they bundle YouTube Premium for little onto it.
Please resume watching....Please resume watching...Please resume watching...
What's realistically the closest to YouTube today? Like Lemmy, small acorns need bigger communities 😁 Slow, but it'll happen. It's also not a bad thing to have people used to switching platforms every x amount of years. That aside, does a VPN work, or Newpipe?
I'm in EU, not getting any ads yet on Firefox or Newpipe.
None of my devices (all firefox with ublock) have had any issues with ads on youtube...yet.
The EU stepped in, they have to remove it in Europe. Not sure about America though...
VPN go brr?
Haven't seen them yet. Old uBlock, Russia, Linux. They haven't put ads in videos since 03.2022 for obvious reasons, so there's an unique rule created for us.
Maybe it's something of use for you all, to curcumvent it. Not via VPN tho, probs, as our local feed is a digital cancer. Opening it from a new PC is like nothing else.
in ublock origin: purge cache -> update -> reload tabs/restart browser
My freetube is working just fine. I wonder what would happen to invidious.
Insidious works fine, no change, I just installed it yesterday. Only downside is the max 1080p quality.
Open the extension settings, purge the filter lists and then update them all. I was getting warnings and I did this, and I haven't had any further warnings.
Grayjay. I'll just say that much. If you know Revanced, this will be up your alley.
I wrote a basic script with chatgpt which downloads the latest videos from a list of channels kept in a text files, straight to jellyfin.
Still testing, but seems to be working fine so far.
The day youtube blocks adblock for me they will be removed from my bookmarks to never return.
But we’l see if it actually happens because while Netflix has been nagging. I have continued to be able to share an account so far.
For those on Android, workaround might be Rossman's new app (the guy fixing Apple PCs). Promise seem kinda alternative NewPipe app but with platforms (e.g.YouTubes) algoritms, following creators across different platform and possibility to log in to your accounts.
It has opensource plugins capabilities so if it gets popular it might keep growing and living from comunity support as well.
I'm not affiliated with that. I'm also yet the app. This is not add. AFAIK app is not monetized at this point.
Search for "quick fix" in the filters tab and update that. You have to do it atleast twice a day to keep up with YouTube updating their end but that's the only thing that's working for me. That and disabling all other adblockers including Firefox's.
