Has YouTube Blocked Your Adblocker Yet??

UPDATE 2It seems that starting today, uBlock Origin is working to combat this Youtube Block. Mine started working again! Lets all thank the devs of UBO for fighting this fight!

UPDATESo as new info comes out, I’ll be posting it here. It seems as if this Rollout Has Several Parts.

Part 1

You get a popup message over top of your video, blocking the screen: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/bd0e0c67-f37d-4b82-a5b8-1703542f0af1.jpeg

  • This is the first sign. If you see this popup AND are logged into a YouTube account, your account has been selected.
  • At this stage you can likely close or block these messages with an adblocker.

Part 2

This message will change, indicating that you have 3 remaining videos to watch without ads.

Will insert photo once one has been found

  • At this stage your adblocker will imminently stop working in 3 videos time.
  • Personally using Firefox + uBlock Origin and tweaking filters and updates does not even fix it.

Part 3

None of the video loads now, everything looks blank.

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/e37261ac-cf82-4ecd-9481-bea42029a3a0.png

  • At this stage you must tred new ground to avoid ads. I have posted methods in the comments. If you want to bypass this end page, read down there.

End of Update

YouTube has started rolling out anti-adblock to users inside the United States, which means that they are preparing to roll this out to the entire country. Personally, I have been blocked already. I want to gauge how common this occurrence is.

useful_idiot,
@useful_idiot@lemmy.eatsleepcode.ca avatar

Invidious has been working flawlessly :)

entropy,
@entropy@not.alazy.dev avatar

pi-hole means no ads anywhere!

eleqtric-conjurer,

If your pihole can block YouTube ads please tell me how!

Barky,

This doesn’t prevent YouTube ads. Source: have a pi-hole

Poggervania,
@Poggervania@kbin.social avatar

Actually not true, the way YouTube ads show up is more or less almost impossible for pi-holes to catch. There’s been some successes in the past, but then YouTube ads somehow find another way to circumvent it.

Source: have pi-hole

Chewy7324,

Unless the ad is served on the same domain as the video. There’s no way to block the ad through DNS without blocking the video too.

sculd,

Enshittification is REALLY going strong, huh…

wolfshadowheart,
@wolfshadowheart@kbin.social avatar

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

Honse,

No, im using Librewolf and i am blocked currently.

wolfshadowheart,
@wolfshadowheart@kbin.social avatar

Ah I see. It begins I guess :(

WtfEvenIsExistence,

I recommend downloading every youtube video you enjoyed watching and start reuploading them to peertube (although, I fear that youtube might just file copyright claims against the peertube instance).

QuazarOmega,

I believe most videos aren’t licensed for unrestricted redistribution, you’re putting yourself and/or your instance owner at risk by uploading content you don’t own.
However I support the general idea, I just don’t know what the best way to share the content safely would be

unabatedshagie,
@unabatedshagie@kbin.social avatar

No.

Kbin_space_program, (edited )

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

sour,
@sour@kbin.social avatar

does logging out work

elouboub,
@elouboub@kbin.social avatar

Can't you just open a new private tab or window for every video that you watch?

Kbin_space_program, (edited )

Absolutely you can. There are absolutely no other, easier ways to circumvent it and this is absolutely not a failed attempt at sarcasm at how laughable their malware attempt is.

Even the "endgame" one is laughably easy to circumvent. I'm not giving them any hints though because Fuck Google.

porkins,

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.

LoafyLemon,

Some countries don't allow interruptive ads. Cherish it while you still can!

ContentConsumer9999,

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

daredevil,
@daredevil@kbin.social avatar

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

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