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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Oct 26, 2023 15:58:50 GMT -5
For me I basically can't use Youtube without being in incognito at all anymore. Even when I turn my Adblock off entirely the site still thinks it's on. Basically rendered their site completely f***ing unusable.
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Post by Sponsored by Groose Wipes on Oct 27, 2023 17:13:20 GMT -5
Apparently the warnings don't reset? I'm now on my final warning after my adblocker failed to block it again. I guess they win. So damn annoying god.
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Post by rainandlava on Oct 27, 2023 17:27:54 GMT -5
GooTube when a bad user is doxxing another user: What's the problem?
GooTube when adblockers are used: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO ME!
That's what I've learned in the past days. And it doesn't help that the majority ads are so friggin annoying or something I have no interest in.
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Post by Sponsored by Groose Wipes on Oct 27, 2023 17:48:26 GMT -5
Apparently the warnings don't reset? I'm now on my final warning after my adblocker failed to block it again. I guess they win. So damn annoying god. Soooo links with current times on them no longer work for me and just gives me a blank page. Anyone else having this issue? Was not doing this before I had ad blocker on.
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ayumidah
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Post by ayumidah on Oct 27, 2023 17:59:36 GMT -5
Last week, privacy advocate Alexander Hanff filed a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) decrying YouTube's deployment of JavaScript code to detect the use of ad blocking extensions. YouTube now rolls out a message to most users using an adblocker, advising them to disable it. If a user ignores the message, they get three chances before playback is completely disabled. To remove the block, you either disable your adblocker or subscribe to their YouTube Premium. Or, find an alternative way to get around YouTube's sensors (which most do). But, in order to present that popup, YouTube needs to run a script (changed at least twice a day) to detect any adblock a user may be running. And that script, Hanff believes, violates the EU's ePrivacy Directive, because YouTube did not first ask for explicit consent to conduct such browser interrogation. A spokesperson for the Irish DPC told The Register that Hanff's complaint had been received, but declined to comment further while it is being evaluated. Google did not respond to a request for comment. www.theregister.com/2023/10/26/privacy_advocate_challenges_youtube/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitterinteresting
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Cranjis McBasketball
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Knew what the hell that thing was supposed to be
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Oct 27, 2023 18:20:21 GMT -5
Apparently the warnings don't reset? I'm now on my final warning after my adblocker failed to block it again. I guess they win. So damn annoying god. Soooo links with current times on them no longer work for me and just gives me a blank page. Anyone else having this issue? Was not doing this before I had ad blocker on. I have just been disabling AdBlock, letting the ad load and immediately turning AdBlock back on and away I go. It blocks the ad that’s started and then all the rest. You can tell it’s time to repeat when you get a spinning wheel and a 15 second or whatever timestamp.
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Post by Sponsored by Groose Wipes on Oct 27, 2023 23:02:02 GMT -5
Apparently the warnings don't reset? I'm now on my final warning after my adblocker failed to block it again. I guess they win. So damn annoying god. Soooo links with current times on them no longer work for me and just gives me a blank page. Anyone else having this issue? Was not doing this before I had ad blocker on. Apparently, this is a Chrome problem because I'm on other browsers and have no issues.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Oct 28, 2023 11:33:39 GMT -5
I caved in and disabled adblocker.
Straight away I get motherf***ing Hero War's ads. The worst advert on the planet. I hate them. Every single one is an entirely different game, and none of which apparently resemble the actual game.
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Magnus the Magnificent
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didn't want one.
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Oct 28, 2023 13:59:51 GMT -5
Youtube(Google) stopping ad-blockers while offering them as Chrome-extensions seem counter-productive to me.
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Post by horsemen4ever on Nov 3, 2023 10:43:45 GMT -5
Till a couple of days ago, I never got any ads on You Tube, suddenly on November 1st I am getting ads. So I decided put money into my paypal and sign up for the annual You Tube premium, still waiting for the money to be in my Paypal account, so waiting till early next week to sign up, however today no ads at all again, so I don't need YT premium?, I still haven't signed up for it, perhaps I don't need to after all. We will wait and see.
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Post by Mecca on Nov 3, 2023 12:34:43 GMT -5
I am so tired of all this shit, I'm going to go back to torrenting content at this rate.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Nov 3, 2023 12:35:59 GMT -5
My current replacement that's worked is Tubeblock. It still loads ads so videos interrupt, but the ads disappear in a second so it's a better solution for now
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Moppy
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Post by Moppy on Nov 3, 2023 12:49:11 GMT -5
I can't really say I've ever even found youtube ads particularly intrusive. Certainly not as much as on, like, every news website that exists.
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Post by Sponsored by Groose Wipes on Nov 3, 2023 12:52:54 GMT -5
My current replacement that's worked is Tubeblock. It still loads ads so videos interrupt, but the ads disappear in a second so it's a better solution for now This is such a smart work around. Day saver right here.
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Post by Billie Gein on Nov 3, 2023 12:55:15 GMT -5
I have no idea if you're allowed to post them here so I won't directly link but there are a couple of alternative front ends for youtube out there, if you still really wanna avoid the ads. I'm using those because YouTube still tells me I've got an adblocker on even after I've disabled it.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Nov 3, 2023 15:38:09 GMT -5
The one group that neve push back but should is the actual content makers for YouTube. Probably don’t want to bite the hand that feeds. But they need to realise this they are gonna get a lot less views particularly if they are one of those “I gotta upload something everyday or more” cause the influx of ads is just gonna drive away their casual audience.
Also.. Google/YouTube know my entire watch history. How are the ads not specifically catered to me? I always get ads for shit I don’t want or need, didn’t know I want or need. And I mostly watch videos about travel, video games, tech, wrestling, and movies… yet I rarely get ads related to those.
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Post by Terry McConkey on Nov 3, 2023 16:45:43 GMT -5
Why do they need ads enabled when there are plenty of videos with sponsors on Youtube? Seems...redundant?
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Cranjis McBasketball
Crow T. Robot
Knew what the hell that thing was supposed to be
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Nov 3, 2023 17:19:35 GMT -5
Saw some posts on Reddit today in some countries YouTube is jacking up the premium prices by 85%.
It’s like they’re trying to be awful.
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Post by schma on Nov 4, 2023 2:07:13 GMT -5
I got the 3 videos then the player is blocked thing. I cleared my cache and it was back to working.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Nov 4, 2023 10:42:20 GMT -5
Who could possibly have foreseen this?
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