YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world
YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world
cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/2787773 (!google@lemdro.id)
This effort I don't believe was targeting people like most of what you would find here.
This ad-block ban, was mostly targeted at people who didn't know what an ad-blocker was and didn't want to have to deal with having to get banned.
If Alphabet(google) is actually serious about blocking ad-blockers, I would be surprised. Mostly because Microsoft has had more experience with this, also has billions, and even they quit.
Fully blocking only if you aren't using uBlock Origin
Not even that, I use Adblock Plus and have no trouble accessing Youtube and watching videos. Didn't even need to update any filters, it just keeps working as-is.
Name-calling is NOT nice. Please, remember to be(e) nice at Beehaw.
They probably don't.
If you're talking about when they're in the office and on the job, chances are they're not using Chrome at all, they're using IE or Edge (depending on the Windows version deployed these days), with group policy pushed out from the domain that prevents installing any additional software (note: this doesn't prevent the use of portable installs of software, uncompressed to their Documents/ subdirectory or something) (but most of those folks don't know anything about portable software).
There is also a very good chance that they're still blocking Youtube on NIPR for bandwidth management purposes.
I've no idea if US .govs are using Google Orgs for anything these days. When I was still a Beltway Bandit it was all Exchange with Outlook, all the time.
It’s doing it on ublock origin again; are there updates since Saturday?
Meh that was a dumb question. My nephew is in town so that’s where my head is.
Eta: oops! Thank you!
Thank you for being so gentle with me.
Don't know, not using ublock origin. I use enhancer for YouTube on Firefox, and still not seeing any pop up.
Tho I have it set to allow ads for subscribed channels. Tho the setting seems bugged as a feature where most video ads get blocked, but some of them still run sometimes at the start of the video. The square adds on the side aren't blocked either, but they are not a hindrance.
