Has YouTube Blocked Your Adblocker Yet??

I've got so many layers of adblock it's hard to know which one(s) are responsible for blocking the ads.

The irony of the straw poll site throwing up an anti-adblock banner 🤣

I'm going to start a discussion in the comments here about methods to bypass the message. I will add suggestions here, so leave comments if you find a method!

Methods to bypass Youtube Anti-Adblock:

• The easiest method is simply to comply and turn off your adblock extension.

My Method

• My method, and the one that will likely work universally is as follows:

Install Extension Enhancer for YouTube™

• Downloads: Firefox | Chrome

Go to the extensions settings and ensure that under the Ads Management section, "Block Ads" is turned OFF

Now find the Custom Script box at the very bottom and enter the following script. I did not write this code, it comes from egaudette on GitHub

(function() {
    'use strict';
    var clickInterval = setInterval(skipAds, 5);
    var ytpAdModule;
    var miniAdd;
    var skipButton;
    var currentVideo;

    function skipAds() {
        ytpAdModule = document.querySelector('.ytp-ad-module');
        skipButton = document.querySelector('button[class*="ad-skip"]');
        miniAdd = document.querySelector('.ytp-ad-overlay-container');

        if (ytpAdModule !== null && ytpAdModule.innerHTML !== '') {
            ytpAdModule.style.display = 'none';
        }

        if (skipButton !== null) {
            skipButton.click();
            return;
        }

        currentVideo = document.querySelector('video[class*="main-video"]')
        if (currentVideo !== null && currentVideo.duration <= 5) {
            currentVideo.muted = true;
            currentVideo.play();
            currentVideo.currentTime = currentVideo.duration;
        }
    }
})();

Lastly, ensure the "Automatically execute the script when YouTube is loaded in a tab" box is checked, and press Save

I'll add more methods as they are discovered!

I genuinely think that advertising should be illegal at this point. It's a ridiculous concept.

For those who don't know: VLC also takes a YouTube video address as input (in the menu: Media | Open Network Stream...).

This is such a better use of their time and dollars versus improving their service to make it more attractive to customers.

If this is the change that really sets them financially straight, then I would say they have a failing business model.

I'll just stop using YouTube like I've stopped using Reddit.

Remember when some people said we're nuts thinking Google will try to ban ad blockers with manifest v3? Yeah.

Youtube's use of A/B testing is very smart in that it's actually nothing about testing user response and all about limiting the number of people they piss off at once with their god awful changes.

The day I can't block ads on the internet is the day I stop using the internet.

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Here's a rule for uBlock Origin.

Credit: https://lemmy.one/comment/597479 && original link: https://lemmy.nz/comment/446556

! Anti-Youtube Anti-Adblocker https://lemmy.one/comment/597479

youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.openPopupConfig.supportedPopups.adBlockMessageViewModel, false)

youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.adBlocksFound, 0)

youtube.com##+js(set, ytplayer.config.args.raw_player_response.adPlacements, [])

youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.hasAllowedInstreamAd, true)

I haven't used youtube.com to watch YouTube in years. NewPipe x SponsorBlock (polymorphicshade) on mobile, SmartTubeNext on TV, Invidious, Piped, or FreeTube on desktop.

The irony of this poll blocking access from users with a VPN.

What happens to me now with Firefox and ublock origin is if i leave a video paused in the background for a long time and then it unloads it and then I click it to continue watching so it loads back up, then it plays an ad. I was legit like because I haven't seen an ad on the internet in years.

There's constant fixes for it btw from the ublockorigin team now! :D

I've started to just download videos with yt-dlp after grabbing links via Invidious. Using Invidious itself has become somewhat unreliable lately, and this way I don't have to put up with buffering and can watch in good quality. Cut out the middle men

I got it once on Chrome. Haven't used Chrome for YT since. No trouble with FF and UBlock Origin.

Same. If I really need the website, I now use https://yewtu.be

Just a tip for those of you that do cave to pressure and go with the paid premium option. or already have one but dont want to pay for more accounts or a family account.

You can set up channels or brand accounts as sub-accounts on a premium subscription and they will act like separate accounts with the advantages of premium, so if you have a large family and don't want to pay for the full family subscription (which only has 5 slots anyway) you can set up a few sub-accounts that each get their own subscriptions, recommendations, settings and all have the premium features.

So if you want to make a premium account for a parent or child, you can do that with one single subscription if you can take the caveat of them being brand accounts rather than fully their own thing.

This works on things like Android TV or Google TV, but you need to log into the main account then switch to a sub account in the app, however, there is no authentication to switch between channel accounts this way, so it's really only useable for families only. I use this at home to run 4 separate nvidia shield youtube apps with their own subscriptions and recommendations on one single premium payment.

I expect they will change how that works in the future to remove the loophole, probably by charging for channel accounts or having it locked behind some kind of overpriced professional usage tier, but for now, it might be a good option for some.

I wonder if the people having this issue are using chrome. On FF it has never been an issue for me.

Today I started getting ads with no video just audio. I didn't get the adblocker message yet. Firefox ESR+ublock origin

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It'll be a shame if I have to ditch YouTube. There's only 2 or 3 channels I would even consider paying for and they don't have Patreon or anything. I'm less than interested in giving Google a cut.

Does NewPipe count as an adblocker? Not yet but I fear its days are numbered.

YouTube algorithm has been garbage for months now. There's literally no good content.

well, I will stop to use YouTube, and that will solve 2 problems

Very good. It will be nice to be off YouTube completely.

Ublock Origin still works for me

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Not from US but my uBlock has a problem with YouTube since yesterday. It blocks the ad video but the sound of it is still audible.

I use YouTube revanced, and after a quick update a few weeks ago it's working fine again

I have a script I used to auto download new stuff from my subscriptions using yt-dlp. I never watch videos on youtube anymore because it's just garbage, buffering all the time or just straight up not playing content. The only thing I miss is sponsor block but I don't care that much

here's instructions on setting the script up if you're interested

Mine is not blocked yet. I am definitely worried about this though. I am in East Asia.

Wonder how much YouTube is going to squeeze out of this ad blocker blocking.

Here's hoping YouTube Revanced on Android and Adguard on desktop continues to work, eh...

Freaking ironic that I get an ad on strawpoll stopping me from seeing the results.

I didn't get this banner yet maybe because I'm using ublock origin

I feel like we can ignore this and it'll mostly be a non-issue. Hopefully I don't have to eat those words later.

YouTube can detect common current adblocking methods, and use this to hinder you now, prompting to comply with them. If you do, they win. You pay for no ads or you have an exception in your adblocker.

As another comment mentioned, it's a cat and mouse game. Adblockers will get ahead of it. So just wait it out.

should I vote if I'm not in the US?

They are rolling this out in stages to users worldwide, It happened to me 3 weeks ago, on Brave, Firefox, and on Chrome. I had to junk Brave, update firefox, flush out my extensions (remove them) and reinstall, and now I run 6 different ad blocking and tracking extensions and its back working again. You should also know that Adblocker Ultimate are also involved and working on blocking their extension from working so they can sell premium app, which is now an app that runs on your computer, not an extension anymore.

I pay for premium.

I spend like 20x time on YouTube compared to other premium streaming services, knowing the money at least partially goes to the creators and that it's usually a much larger source of revenue than the midroll ads (and the fact I spend like 40% of my watch time on an iPad) makes it pretty worth it to me. Other than that I use uBlock on medium/high, but if there was an extention that could skip the sponsor segments inside the videos themselves I'd use it in a heartbeat.

welp time to use yewtu.be

Until today I haven’t seen an ad on YT, for years. Then I searched for a video, clicked, and got an ad. Clicked off the video, restarted the browser (also updated uBlock’s filters), and that fixed it.

Edit: I wrote this and got another ad. No video, just the audio.

*Laughs in PeerTube

I load the old 2014-2017 layout locally from my C drive as my localhost and proxy it to load when i type in youtube dot com. avoids ads, increases performance, and looks better as a layout all in one.

Firefox + UBO and ReVanced still working rn.

Firefox and ublock as usual, still good

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If you are on Linux you can just use freetube. Maybe it’s also available on windows but that’s something I don’t know

I saw two borked up ads that played audio and no video, refreshed my browser and haven't seen them since. I also updated my block list and it's been fine.

I have been having this problem 2 days ago, but I have started using NoScript in combination with UBlock Origin yesterday and i didn't see any ads after that.

I only watch Rossmann’s channel anymore so I will probably just quit if they block mine. I use uBlock Origin + Librewolf + VPN + pihole + a random user agent extension. When I set my VPN to USA it still doesn’t say anything.

I'll quit YouTube before I watch ads.

All my subscriptions are on peertube and odysee but no

Youtube has not blocked me with my uBlock but your poll did for being a vpn user.

I know it's an anti-vote-fraud measure but it's still kind of funny.

Not yet, and I'm already prepared to use piped if I can't use youtube itself, and hopefully people will start reuploading content to peertube (wink) if yt just becomes inaccessible.

Voting over VPN not allowed. Might try Cryptpad or I think Framasoft has a voting platform.

probably not ublock and for sure not revanced

Not yet, just waiting for it.

Invidious has been working flawlessly :)

For me it's quite strange. This first happened around 2 weeks ago, I was getting ads, however only the audio works as when the ad plays the screen is black.

I'm on Firefox with uBlock. Also I never got this popup, I just started getting ads with a black screen.

Skip in 5 seconds? No. I'll trek 7 deserts, gleefully abandoning everything and everyone I ever knew before you will subject me to this.

Yes. It's hyper super bestest ever effective. There are unfortunately absolutely no way around their rock solid implementation.

I use a Chrome extension that's been discontinued so probably not.

Isn't it just rolling out for Chrome users? Won't Firefox be unaffected?

No.

Enshittification is REALLY going strong, huh...

I can't remember the last time I've seen an ad on YouTube

I don’t get ads. I don’t know why. I have YouTubeTV and get the splash when opening the app to buy Premium, but nonetheless don’t get any ads ever. I’m not looking a gift horse in the mouth and not questioning it.

pi-hole means no ads anywhere!