ijeff@lemdro.id to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 8 months agoYouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up158arrow-down1external-linkYouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world9to5google.comijeff@lemdro.id to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squarexoggy@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoIt’s all good just make sure you have an up-to-date ublock-based extension: https://reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/17j6ygs/youtube_antiadblock_and_ads_october_29_2023_mega/ As of writing this Adblock Plus isn’t working with Youtube but no reason you should be using that over ublock origin anyways.
minus-squareCmdrShepard@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoI have Ad Guard installed and still use UBlock Origin for its features.
minus-squareThe Doctor@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoI’m still waiting for Google to ban uBlock Origin from the Chrome addon store.
minus-squareEnitoni@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoAll the more reason to switch to Firefox!
minus-square🦋 Benjamin West - 🐒🌻@infosec.exchangelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months ago@drwho @xoggy yeah eh. Maybe it has such a unique footprint it just opens up more tracking opportunities through fingerprinting. 🙃
minus-squareThe Doctor@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoI think they just haven’t gotten around to it yet.
It’s all good just make sure you have an up-to-date ublock-based extension: https://reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/17j6ygs/youtube_antiadblock_and_ads_october_29_2023_mega/
As of writing this Adblock Plus isn’t working with Youtube but no reason you should be using that over ublock origin anyways.
I have Ad Guard installed and still use UBlock Origin for its features.
I’m still waiting for Google to ban uBlock Origin from the Chrome addon store.
All the more reason to switch to Firefox!
@drwho @xoggy yeah eh. Maybe it has such a unique footprint it just opens up more tracking opportunities through fingerprinting. 🙃
I think they just haven’t gotten around to it yet.