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Comment by m4tthumphrey

2 years ago

This is interesting as I had noticed this happening to me (in Chrome) when the anti-ad-blocking started. I assumed that it was YT's way of "annoying" me still while no ads were shown... It was eventually replaced with the "You cant use Adblockers modal" and now I just tolerate the ads.

So I wonder if that 5s delay has always been there.

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bluescrn  2 years ago

When I ran into the adblocker-blocker (Firefox + uBlock Origin), I noticed that I could watch videos if logged out. So I just stayed logged out, and haven't seen an anti-adblock message since. Or an ad.

Added bonus, I'm less tempted to venture into the comments section...

  • y04nn  2 years ago

    Same, I use Firefox + uBlock Origin + YouTube Unhook for a cleaner interface. I also always watch videos on private navigation windows (my default way of browsing the internet) and I manage subscriptions with the RSS feed of the channels, much better to track what I have watched since the default homepage of YouTube does not display the last videos of your subscriptions.

    Edit: I have forgotten to add sponsorblock to the list of extensions

    • 1980phipsi  2 years ago

      I've been randomly getting the situation where the video on Firefox doesn't work, but the sound does. It says something like "Sorry something's gone wrong", but for a brief second I can see the video. I think it's connected to the ad-blocker changes, but it doesn't actually have a message about having an ad-blocker on.

  • MiddleEndian  2 years ago

    One of the benefits of ublock origin for me is blocking the youtube comments section, along with all of the video overlay elements.

  • jonathanstrange  2 years ago

    I'm using Firefox + uBlock Origin logged in and it works totally fine. Maybe Youtube removed the anti-adblocker on select accounts? I remember I once entertained myself with writing a report in which I sounded like I'm sitting in a retirement home and have no clue what's going on with "ad block." Did perhaps someone actually read this?

    • SiempreViernes  2 years ago

      I think you have simply been lucky, the full story is that uBlock Origin and Youtube have been tying to outpatch the other, with uBlock rolling out a bypass to the filters every one-two days since late October (https://github.com/stephenhawk8054/misc/commits/main/yt-fix....).

      Depending on if you've set up uBlock to auto-update and when you've watched youtube relative to when the block filters got updated you might just not have been hit with the latest detectors while they were active. Personally I know I got the "accept ads or leave" modal with firefox + uBlock, locking me out completely on one of my devices.

    • bratwurst3000  2 years ago

      Same here . No problem with anti Adblock. It was shown twice to me and I googled „YouTube alternatives“ then tried Vimeo and it was nice. Maybe they did register this ? :D

Lacerda69  2 years ago

It's weird but I saw the anti-blocker modal a week or two but them it stopped appearing and never saw it since shrug

  • psll  2 years ago

    Might be because of the EU ruling, if you're in the EU.

    • dave881  2 years ago

      I'm in the US, and had the same experience.

      I got the you can't use an adblocker message, but was able to close and/or reload the page to watch videos without ads. After a week or so it stopped popping up.

      US, Firefox, uBlockOrgin.

fimdomeio  2 years ago

Another way I noticed is good at skipping ads when adblocker fails is to refresh the page. When it loads again it does not play the ad.

dbspin  2 years ago

It's still trivial to block ads, but the delay has recently started for me, after never happening before. So presumably a very intentional volley in the ongoing war to own your attention.

mlindner  2 years ago

I still use adblockers perfectly fine on Youtube. There was never a real interruption in adblocking either. You just need ublock origin + bypass paywalls.

  • prmoustache  2 years ago

    I think they only disabled adblockers to logged users probably because non logged users don't have to agree to terms of services.

    • mlindner  2 years ago

      I'm always logged on and using adblockers. So no, that's not it. I also use Youtube probably every day and am a very active user.

    • jimcsharp  2 years ago

      Blockers work with my throw away Google accounts that I use for this and that. So maybe it's restricted further still to very entrenched users.

  • busssard  2 years ago

    ABP also still works just fine. I prefer the armsrace being taken care of someone else

xkcd1963  2 years ago

Just install adblocker?