If it’s anything like Safari’s declarative blocklists:
Ad blocking on Youtube.
Youtube-blocking Safari extensions “solve” Youtube blocking by using non-declarative APIs that need full access to Youtube. Apple seems ok with that so far, but the APIs are not as goods, so their success rate is limited.
Whether Google will allow new extensions that block Youtube remains to be seen.
> uBlock Origin Lite blocks all ads on YouTube for me.
Someone else is saying uBlock Origin Lite leaves a "skippable blank" where the ad used to be, while I know for a fact uBlock Origin completely and transparently skipped over the ad.
I can recommend Wipr 2 - excellent blocker from a great developer. I've now switched to Safari for all my YouTube watching. Universal purchase works on macOS, ipadOS and iOS.
also you'd think that the pushers of this agenda would get real-time updates to things like block lists metadata. God knows they do it themselves several times a day...
The wiki outlines the differences.
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/wiki/Frequently-as...
If it’s anything like Safari’s declarative blocklists:
Ad blocking on Youtube.
Youtube-blocking Safari extensions “solve” Youtube blocking by using non-declarative APIs that need full access to Youtube. Apple seems ok with that so far, but the APIs are not as goods, so their success rate is limited.
Whether Google will allow new extensions that block Youtube remains to be seen.
> Ad blocking on Youtube.
uBlock Origin Lite blocks all ads on YouTube for me.
Google push out updates at regular intervals that detect the adblocker
why didn't you notice before? ublock origin has a special quick fixes list which updates very frequently, without Google's involvement
but with manifest v3: Google are now in charge and have to approve all "definition" updates
which they will only do once they've got a new detection method ready
and this is the entire point of manifest v3
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> uBlock Origin Lite blocks all ads on YouTube for me.
Someone else is saying uBlock Origin Lite leaves a "skippable blank" where the ad used to be, while I know for a fact uBlock Origin completely and transparently skipped over the ad.
Could you confirm?
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Could you please tell me what "Youtube-blocking Safari extensions" are you referring? Are they MacOS only or can be installed on IPad? Thanks!
I can recommend Wipr 2 - excellent blocker from a great developer. I've now switched to Safari for all my YouTube watching. Universal purchase works on macOS, ipadOS and iOS.
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Sure! AdBlock Pro blocks video ads for me, but it shows non-video ads that you gotta skip.
On iPad I just use Brave and haven't seen an ad yet.
custom filters / block lists
Realistically, how often is this functionality used en' mass? I remember using it once or twice throughout my lifetime of using this extension.
An ad blocker is useless to me if I can’t block whatever I want with it.
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also you'd think that the pushers of this agenda would get real-time updates to things like block lists metadata. God knows they do it themselves several times a day...
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