#AdBlocker

[viirsk]

pre forsaken beach episode. Or something like That

[apt-official]

Sometimes I forget just how terrible it is to not use uBlock Origin. My org doesn’t let us download anything so I can’t use any extensions and in less than 7 minutes of watching a Youtube video i’ve gotten TEN ads already. TEN. I’m probably gonna have watched over 20 by the time this video ends

Also I reblogged twice fuck

[nixcraft]

Google confirms they will disable uBlock Origin in Chrome in 2024 🤡

[thoughtportal]

link to thread

[arinrowan]

Youtube blocking ublock origin on firefox

Youtube wouldn't let me do video playback unless I turned off my adblocker today. Here's a link to a reddit post on how to fix it:

[aistobascistod]

Verb : Adverb :: Option : Adoption :: Blocker : Adblocker

[cassolotl]

Chrome, tab-grouping, adblockers, Firefox, and Zen browser

Did you know that you can now enable tab-grouping in Firefox by changing one setting in about:config, and it's really easy? Here are the instructions:

You guys I am SO RELIEVED about the above tab-grouping revelation re: Firefox, I cannot even.

When my adblocker stopped working in Chrome it basically made the internet unusable for me, and the main reason I wasn't already using Firefox was the lack of tab-grouping. So I had basically no mainstream options, and I ended up using Zen, which is based on Firefox but has an okay workspaces UI that is somewhat like tab-grouping, but it's not ideal and Zen is buggy in a lot of other ways that are sometimes unpredictable. (Google Sheets just was not working well, and I really need that. I reported many bugs but it did not help.)

I was using that for several weeks but there was still a lot of friction and it was adding a lot of strain to my life in a background way that I couldn't prevent.

So finding out that Firefox was rolling out tab-grouping meant I was opening and checking Firefox several times a day to see if my tabs were groupable! And then I learned that you could change a setting in about:config to get the feature sooner…

GAME-CHANGER.

My browser works, my internet experience is immediately smoother and freer, it is SO GOOD to put that stressor down after a horrible few weeks. Like, I feel a bit silly saying that having a bad browser was making my life that much worse, but it is what it is.

[crayonmilkz]

Youtube anti-adblock fixes

Youtube has recently attempted to disable adblockers, they first applied a pop up but now they're completely preventing videos from being played.

If you use Chrome, please move to a different browser like Firefox. You can probably get away with it on Opera, Vivaldi, Brave or Microsoft Edge too

Firefox instructions: uBlock Origin is my current fix, and they are providing updates for every time Youtube changes its anti-adblock. What you need to do is simple! Download uBlock Origins as a Firefox extension here. (If you already have it, it is recommended to turn off all custom script to do with blocking youtube because uBlock will be doing it themselves! Make sure uBlock Origin is updated) You may need to force quick fix filters to update as seen here. If Youtube is still detecting an adblock it is very likely due to be because you have another adblock installed that is interfering with Youtube's detection. (Enhancer for Youtube extension has an inbuilt adblock you need to turn off)

Good luck!

[captain-acab]

Do you have a more up to date link for a hacked spotify for android? I found your post from 2022 but the link doesn't have a version that's up to date with the version of spotify I have.

Thanks 💚

Not exactly. I actually don't use the hacked Spotify app anymore. I prefer Spotube, a free open-source app that interfaces directly with the Spotify web API. It also let's you download songs and albums directly, which the hacked app didn't do!

Overall Spotube is more stable, trustworthy (because the code source is open and community-audited), and will never be at risk Spotify patching the hack or disabling your account for violating terms of service, because it uses 100% legal software.

(P.S. the first link leads to F-Droid, an alternative app store for free, community-driven, open-source apps. That's where you can also download NewPipe, my favorite ad-free youtube app.)

[lawofcollage]

PSA: Telling Google AI To Go Fuck Itself

So we all know Google is shoving AI down our throats, recently, right? And we didn't ask

On top of the fact that generative AI is SUPER fucking bad for the environment (1) (2) (3)(4)

There's no official way to turn off Google's AI shit, BUT if you use Ublock to block ads (and it's generally recommended by the FBI you should use an ad blocker in this day and age) THERE IS

This reddit post from their subreddit explains the filter you need to use to stop seeing this shit at the very least

go forth and tell google ai to fuck off

P.S. Also, Ublock is capable of blocking youtube ads. You're welcome :)

(also, while you're at it, you should take the time to consider switching browsers. i'm personally a fan of firefox and have been using it for well over a decade at this point as i've never been much of a chrome person)

[4hourvideo]

HOW TO BLOCK YOUTUBE ADS WITH UBLOCK

UBlock Origin is my best friend, if you're tired of getting ads, or getting blocked by youtubes ad blocker, you should TOTALLY use it. It's open source and trustworthy (which means its not owned by a corporation, its made by a bunch of freelance devs). They have extensions for Chrome, Firefox, and presumably most browsers. I'll be showing the chrome version in this post.

Clicking here or on the equivalent button for your browser should take you to your browser's UBlock extension.

Click this button to install, it will likely say "Add to Chrome" for you.

Any new websites you load up should be AD-FREE.

If you're still experiencing problems with youtube, or suddenly it stops working, its because youtube has changed their adblock-blocking algorithm (they change it every 12 hours to a few days), but this can be easily fixed!

Click on the extension, and head to the options page. Go to the "Filter lists" tab of the setting page in the top left.

Click on "uBlock filters - Quick fixes" on the third icon. This is usually a small clock, or this little warning symbol. After clicking this, click on "Update now".

Now if you reload your youtube page, your adblocker should work.

Although, UBlock's quick fixes doesn't work alongside other adblockers very well, so I recommend uninstalling those if youtube is still blocking you.

If reloading this doesn't work, that means that youtube has uploaded a brand new adblocker-blocker, but that means someone on UBlock's dev team is likely already hard at work fixing it. This only happens rarely, I've only seen it twice in over 500 youtube videos I've watched.

[viirsk]

roblox doodles

[shybreadgarden]

The pipeline is so real.

“Oh yeah I know Firefox lets use it because it’s not owned by Apple or Google”

“Oooh great I can install an adblocker on here that makes things easier”

“What other extensions have we got? Omg one that forces all websites into dark mode? I love protecting my migrainey eyes”

“Wait I can have duck duck go automatically part of my search bar? Don’t mind if I do!”

“I need to do this to all of my devices and set up a faraday cage in my house now”

[tumbling-tech-support-unofficial]

Late October 2023 YouTube Unfucker

First off, here's the typical code - it still works:

youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.openPopupConfig.supportedPopups.adBlockMessageViewModel, false) youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.adBlocksFound, 0) youtube.com##+js(set, ytplayer.config.args.raw_player_response.adPlacements, []) youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.hasAllowedInstreamAd, true) www.youtube.com##ytd-enforcement-message-view-model www.youtube.com##tp-yt-iron-overlay-backdrop

The most important parts are the last two lines.

Second, have you been locked out of videos? Did YouTube give you this window:

and then replace your videos with a black rectangle?

Step 1: Disable pop-ups with the uBlock Origin menu - this will remove the black rectangle. Your videos will be revealed as unplayable 0 second videos - this can be fixed with

Step 2: Someone in a Discord I'm in dropped the simple hotfix of clearing your cache and deleting your YouTube and Google cookies - et voila, your videos work again!

While I don't know if it'll help, I would also recommend disabling your Watch History. Definite thing to do: DO NOT STACK AD BLOCKERS.

While uBO devs have to constantly reprogram their intended fix as YouTube updates to fight them 2+ times daily, they were absolutely correct in that using ad blockers on top of uBlock Origin actually helps YouTube detect them - it's safer and easier with just uBO at the moment.

Whenever uBO's intended fixes stop working (every day, for multiple hours a day), you'll find that your videos will randomly freeze despite these settings, and you'll be unable to scroll. For some reason, making the video fullscreen disables YT's javascript, and allows you to watch the video and scroll normally again.

[mr-kiwi-the-wizard]

Youtube is supposedly planning on banning adblockers much like many websites around now by making the page unusable if a blocker is active.

so someone made a add-on called "AdNauseam" that auto clicks every ad in the background while not showing you any so they cant detect your adblocker.

This also means the advertisers are paying out the ass to anyone hosting ads now and we the people dont even see them so...

Any anarchists willing to burn a few hundred advertisers pockets go ham.

[aquilacalvitium]

Any computer experts know how to get around this?