youtube getting more aggressive.. i've got firefox and ublock but this shit is still coming up
This pop up, did more to curb my youtube addiction than any other app.
this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2023
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Get Firefox, install uBlock Origin, clear the filter cache, and reload the filter cache.
Worked for me and my dad
It is time to stop the Chrome plauge.
It's currently working, but every few days youtube will tweak something, and sometime later (minutes to hours) there will be an ublock update for it.
Sometimes you have to wait a little longer, but this is the arms race.
I find it funny that a company as big as Google is loosing to little ol uBlock
They're working on a final solution to the ad blocker problem. If they're successful in pushing their Web Environment Integrity API, there's nothing Firefox or ublock will be able to do.
EU as the final boss battle
Especially funny since blocking ublock is illegal in the EU
I had this too, only thing that worked was clearing cookies and site data of YouTube, then logging in again. Another browser on the same account with the same uBlock settings worked the whole time, so I guess it's "device" bound not account bound. Since the cookie purge I don't even get the AdBlock warnings anymore.
You WILL give us your attention and you will like it! -advertisers
Do you think running YouTube is free?
Either the advertisers pay for it, or you do. That's the deal.
Do you think targeted advertising and creating detailed user profiles for that is the only way to run ads?
Watching is mandatory. Violators will be fined 500 credits.
Like the Black Mirror episode "Fifteen Million Merits".
Start reporting it as an issue. I wonder what'll happen if enough people abuse the "report an issue" system.
They'll probably be ignored for abusing the report system.
What could come of people clicking on the “Report issue” option and sending back tons of false reports claiming that they have gotten the pop-up message despite not using an ad-blocker?