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Does anyone know of an ad blocker blocker blocker?

  • drspod@lemmy.ml
    931·
    7 months ago

    Just be patient for the inevitable uBlockOrigin update that will fix it.

    • Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      26·
      7 months ago

      True aha. yt-dlp still works mostly, so I suppose I could just use it to download my subscribed and watch offline. There’s always a way

  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
    36·
    7 months ago

    You can block element on that pop-up with uBlock Origin, and it starts working again.

    If you can’t click anything, there’s a transparent layer still in the way, so you may need to do a second block element (click anywhere and the entire screen should highlight).

    Weird side effect is that the scroll stops working sometimes, but if you make the video full screen then back it fixes it.

    • DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca
      11·
      7 months ago

      There are a few browser extensions that force a scrollbar even on pages its disabled if you need to work around it.

      Though not being able to scroll down to YouTube comments should be considered a blessing.

    • brachypelmasmithi@lemm.ee
      8·
      7 months ago

      for anyone interested:

      the scroll not working is most likely due to the main container in the page (usually the <body> tag but it can be some other element) having the overflow: hidden CSS property assigned to it.

      overflow dictates the behavior of an element that has its content overflow past the parent element’s boundaries.

      the property can have four values:

      • visible, where the overflow is fully visible and allowed to extend past the parent element,
      • scroll, which clips the overflowing content and allows the user to scroll the parent element,
      • hidden, which clips the overflowing content and prevents scrolling, and
      • auto, which works almost identically to scroll

      most sites run a script that assigns this property with the value of hidden to the <body> tag, making the user unable to scroll the page.

      ive seen this behavior the most with sites that blast you with an unavoidable cookie banner which you have to click through to access the page. usually removing the cookie banner element is not enough to freely access the page, and so you have to additionally find which element has its overflow set to hidden and disable that property.

      i reckon youtube’s adblocker popup is doing the same thing, and coincidentally turning off fullscreen also runs a script that makes sure the overflow is set to either scroll or auto

      • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        7 months ago

        It feels strangely vindicating when symptoms that just look like ‘a weird bug’ to my dumb ass actually make sense to folks who know what they’re doing.

        Thanks for the insight!

  • Vik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    7 months ago

    Is this with Firefox + ublock origin? Things are still fine on my side.

  • rpa@europe.pub
    18·
    7 months ago

    I got this with Firefox + uBlock Origin yesterday but was gone a couple videos later, uBlock must have updated.

  • Schwim Dandy@lemmy.zip
    17·
    7 months ago

    Freetube is patched often and remains usable 99% of the time for an ad(and sponsor, if wanted) free experience.

    As Youtube makes changes solely to break these players, they are quick to jump through the new hoops.

  • Noxy@pawb.socialEnglish
    16·
    7 months ago

    I saw this with firefox and ublock origin installed. Dismissed it and continued not seeing any ads.

  • ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    14·
    7 months ago

    Invidious or Piped.

    Use a public instance or self host your own. Pair it with Freetube and you can skip in-video sponsorships/ads.

    While YouTube has been making it difficult for these services to stay alive they seem to alway work around them.

    • LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee
      1·
      7 months ago

      I use freetube without anything but the issue is that my VPN is blocked now, and a self hosted invidious or piped won’t help with that, right? I imagine I’m going to need some kind of split for the VPN, where some apps don’t use VPN.

      But even freetube is somewhat clumsy for queueing videos and proper theater mode without borders. Using Youtube is becoming more and more cumbersome lol.

      I wish there was a simple executable that pre-downloads and buffers my youtube channel videos and then just launches an optimized local web server that has good UX.

      • ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        7 months ago

        but the issue is that my VPN is blocked now, and a self hosted invidious or piped won’t help with that, right?

        If I’m not mistaken this is incorrect, when you self host Invidious you also must host their companion tool to help skirt around YouTube’s blocking system.

        https://docs.invidious.io/installation/#linux

        You have to run this command on the same public IP address as the one blocked by YouTube. Not necessarily the same machine, just the same public IP address.
        You will need to copy these two parameters in the config.yaml file.
        Subsequent usage of this same token will work on the same IP range or even the same ASN. The point is to generate this token on a blocked IP as “unblocked” IP addresses seems to not generate a token valid for passing the checks on a blocked IP.

        Documentation here is a bit outdated but I assume this is how it still works, just automated without the need to manually run their commands.

        • LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee
          2·
          7 months ago

          Huh, thanks. I don’t quite understand it but I guess a token makes sense. Similar to how I can use reddit with VPN when logged in, but not without. I don’t even have a youtube account any more though since they forcibly degoogled me by demanding my phone number.

      • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
        3·
        7 months ago

        We’ll get there eventually. Google will just have to finish cracking down on DRM.

        Brave will probably need to stop working before we finally put that much effort into it.

        PC plus HDMI capture device plus com skip. You can’t stop us but man you can make it painful.

  • salvor_hardin@lemmy.ml
    13·
    7 months ago

    I use pipe pipe on android, haven’t had any issues and works great. Freetube on the PC, works great!

    • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      7 months ago

      Woot woot, added that to my arsenal.

      Vanced, new pipe, free tube, tubular, pipe pipe, mobile brave, yt-dlp->jellyfin, laptop->HDMI splitter-> capture card +comskip

      The spice will flow.

  • verdigris@lemmy.ml
    121·
    7 months ago

    You just close the window. I’ve seen this twice in the last three years and never experienced any actual change – still no ads or even black screens where ads should be.

  • Psythik@lemm.ee
    11·
    7 months ago

    I’ve been using Firefox With Ublock Origin (and YouTube ReVanced for mobile) for years, and have yet to see this message outside of a screenshot.

    • Technoworcester@feddit.uk
      2·
      7 months ago

      This.

      I get this pop up once or twice every couple of months maybe? I just click through and nothing happens / changes.

      For mobile I use the grayjay app.