#and ublock origin

[day358-believe]

Adding to this post that switching to another browser like DuckDuckGo removes this problem completely! I love DuckDuckGo please give it a try, it won't be worse than Google nowadays, I promise

every time I do a web search, right at the top I have AI info dumping on me

just give me the top result please

[anarchopuppy]

Here's uBlock Origin's official guide to bypassing youtube's anti-adblock popups, updated weekly. Please share widely. Don't reward google for their predatory anti-consumer bullshit

To summarize: 1. Get uBlock Origin and make sure it's updated to the latest version. 2. Click on the gear icon to get to the dashboard, go to "Filter lists", and make sure that "uBlock filters - Quick fixes" is up to date

Repeat those steps any time you get another popup (google and uBlock are having an arms race right now so it might stop working at any moment), and if you have any more problems, read the reddit thread for troubleshooting advice

[nixcraft]

Google finally did it. Is it time to switch to Firefox? I believe users should be in control of what they can install and use on their desktop or laptop. There's uBlock Origin Lite, which replaces the original uBlock Origin for Chrome and similar browsers. Give it a try.

[a-maidens-fantasy]

That is funny, but is it advertising if more than 95% of the internet browsers only have one business model, and that is selling your browsing data to the highest bidder? Also to companies/organizations that would use it to cheat or manipulate you? I would say it is self defense to use Firefox.

From a technical point of view, your browser gets faster if you block the ads and the ad negotiations. See YouTube as an example.

You can see the browser market shares in September 2024 below. What is it economic theory tells us about monopolies? They are bad for the consumers. So please for your own sake use another browser than Chrome. And not Edge it has the exact same browser engine.

The only way to be immune to advertising is to be immune to communication, somehow. To be completely cut off from all the disparate ways that people influence your thoughts. That’s never going to happen, so the next best thing you can do is be aware of common advertising tactics, who they come from and how they work.

[pigeonphd]

btw guys, ublock and youtube have been in an arms race for the past few weeks so circulating filter lists is pretty useless since youtube gets wise to each one in a matter of days. what you should actually do is remove all your custom filters related to youtube and then force update your filter list whenever you see the anti-adblock pop up again

[thribby]

If youtube is getting past ublock origin and demanding that you turn off your adblocker, here is a solution from reddit which worked for me: https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1hir4z6/youtube_filtering_again/m30vhjh/ After you uncheck the "ublock filters - quickfixes" box, make sure to also click "apply changes."

if you recheck the "ublock filters - quickfixes" box and click "apply changes," youtube will be able to detect the adblocker again, so i guess for now don't do that.

Edit from one day later:

They removed the comment, here are the steps they gave: 1. Open uBlock Origin's settings. I click on the shield to the right of the url bar and then on the gear icon in the popup menu to get there.

2. Go to the "Filter lists" tab of the settings page. Not "My filters."

3. Find where it says "Built-in," underneath that it should say " "uBlock filters" with a number out of five. Next to that "x/5," there should be an arrow either facing to the right or downwards. If it's facing to the right, click it so it faces downwards and expands the list of Built-in filters.

4. In that list, you will find "uBlock filters - Quick fixes." Uncheck the box to the left of these words. When the box is unchecked, click "Apply changes" at the top of the page. Refresh any pages where youtube was whining about your adblocker, hopefully the message is gone and you're able to watch without any ads.

Yesterday when I first posted this, reactivating the quickfixes allowed youtube to detect the adblocker, but as of today it looks like they've updated the quick fixes so that you don't need to deactivate them to avoid youtube's detection. So, instead of deactivating and reactivating the quick fixes, you can probably just manually update them by clicking the clock icon to the right of where it says "quick fixes"

[moomingitz]

[elfwreck]

You can withhold consent to see titties on Tumblr by not opening the Tumblr app or URL. Tumblr will not come to your house and force you to view a dashboard that includes Tumblr Live ads that are thinly veiled OnlyFans ads.

Oh, but you want to use SOME of Tumblr but not ALL of Tumblr... no, you don't get that option. Tumblr gets to decide which features are optional for Tumblr participation. Not all of life is served in piecemeal, a la carte portions. Some things are a package deal.

You can withdraw your consent from Tumblr. You may not be able to withdraw consent from portions of the Tumblr interface. Tumblr gets to decide which parts are bundled together. Don't like? Don't use Tumblr.

If we are only permitted to consent or not consent to certain aspects of life then consent as a whole is meaningless. It's not a phobia or an ism to say that I don't consent to seeing people's genitals all over my dash. Tumblr is not Onlyfans, go slop your nasty grundle at the camera on OF. Us normal people don't want to see that.

You can consent to unfollow or follow accounts that post mature content in the feed, but none of the PFPs in the live carousel are violating your consent by wearing bathing suits and visibly existing.

And I slop my cunt on clips4sale because OF is too uptight for fisting.

[fern-prairie]

removing the dumbass stupid pirate clown on my feed

[bonehead-nimble]

‼️SOLUTION TO UBLOCK ORIGIN YOUTUBE BAN‼️

Hey friendssssss!! Recently Ublock origin stopped working on firefox youtube and I have been trying to find a solution because FUCK YOU AND YOUR ADS BOOOO

SO, this is what managed to get around the youtube block for now:

turn off "quickfixes" (go to ublock settings, click 'filter lists' and go to 'built in'. There should be a list of 5 filters, click the arrow to expand the list if it's not showing up)

add "chrome mask" as an extension to your browser (this makes firefox look like chrome to websites that have blocked firefox (or as far as I understand it anyway lol))

refresh youtube (if it doesn't work the chrome mask extension might be turned off, just click on the extension icon and turn it on)

HOPE THAT HELPS NOW GO WATCH A 3 HOUR VIDEO ESSAY!!!

[direfang]

hey update on YT folks; ublock has put out a guide to getting adblock to work on there again, which i only found out today bc YT failed to work with ublock running.

you can find their post >here<, i highly recommend following the link in the post to submit complaints to YT about violating a policy their parent company follows as well, as we'll be in a perpetual cycle of bullshit if we dont.

EDIT: 10/18

I'm turning off reblogs for this post as the info is outdated! Please refer to the post >>HERE<< for how to fix your ublock. Please note this is for firefox only, Chrome has already fucked over adblockers entirely.

[cardinailed0]

Hhow the fuck do people live without an adblocker. I had to use another vpn today for my phone cus the old one isn't working for now and this one doesn't block ads and oh my fucking God. What is this world. How many ads does youtube need. Am I in the ad store. Holy shit. I'm installing an ad blocker on every device in this house now and if I can - everyones phones too. Holy shit. Is this how capitalism expects us to live. If I didn't have an ad blocker on the usual basis my brain would be fried. Jesus christ. Holy fuck. Is this how people get radicalized.

[ailurinae]

(image is link to original post, description in alt)

If you just use uBlock Origin and don't layer random other adblockers or rules on top, you should be fine on YouTube. Adding special rules yourself or multiple blockers is just making trouble for yourself.

[chthonic-cookie]

handy diagram guide to the uBlock vs Youtube situation

thought this might be useful, but mostly wanted to illustrate the sisyphean cycle we seem to be trapped in

uBlock Reddit thread :

(there's probably a new thread stickied at the top of the subreddit)

remember to follow all the instructions first! After that you will be trapped in the cycle above, but we're in it together! :)

[billerak]

YOUTUBE BEING A SHIT AGAIN?

YOU SEEING THIS SHIT WITH UBLOCK ORIGIN ACTIVATED?

FEAR NOT FELLOW ENJOYER OF ADLESS CONTENT

It's probably temporary and it'll get fixed soon-ish but IN THE MEANTIME there's 2 very simple workarounds you can take

Use a private tab. This shit is cookie based, so if u don't wanna clear your cookies while waiting you can just use it in a private tab. If it doesn't get fixed in a long while then maybe you'll need to clear your cookies idk.

MAKE IT AN EMBED. Replace the /watch?v= part with /embed/

Like this.

Some videos may not work with option 2 (not sure why) but you know. EASY PEASY.

You can also just change youtube accounts if you don't care too much.

EDIT: one of the reasons Embeds don't work is if they have any additions to the link. Timestamps, being in a playlist, etc. Be sure the link has only the video ID.

[errorid-mt7lt7k7unfr9ttfua5]

me when companies try to force you to use their proprietary software

anyway

Layperson resources:

firefox is an open source browser by Mozilla that makes privacy and software independence much easier. it is very easy to transfer all your chrome data to Firefox

ublock origin is The highest quality adblock atm. it is a free browser extension, and though last i checked it is available on Chrome google is trying very hard to crack down on its use

Thunderbird mail is an open source email client also by mozilla and shares many of the same advantages as firefox (it has some other cool features as well)

libreOffice is an open source office suite similar to microsoft office or Google Suite, simple enough

Risky:

VPNs (virtual private networks) essentially do a number of things, but most commonly they are used to prevent people from tracking your IP address. i would suggest doing more research. i use proton vpn, as it has a decent free version, and the paid version is powerful

note: some applications, websites, and other entities do not tolerate the use of VPNs. you may not be able to access certain secure sites while using a VPN, and logging into your personal account with some services while using a vpn *may* get you PERMANENTLY BLACKLISTED from the service on that account, ymmv

IF YOU HAVE A DECENT VPN, ANTIVIRUS, AND ADBLOCK, you can start learning about piracy, though i will not be providing any resources, as Loose Lips Sink Ships. if you want to be very safe, start with streaming sites and never download any files, though you Can learn how to discern between safe, unsafe, and risky content.

note: DO NOT SHARE LINKS TO OR NAMES OF PIRACY SITES IN PUBLIC PLACES, ESPECIALLY SOCAL MEDIA

the only time you should share these things are either in person or in (preferably peer-to-peer encrypted) PRIVATE messages

when pirated media becomes well-known and circulated on the wider, public internet, it gets taken down, because it is illegal to distribute pirated media and software

if you need an antivirus i like bitdefender. it has a free version, and is very good, though if youre using windows, windows defender is also very good and it comes with the OS

Advanced:

linux is great if you REALLY know what you're doing. you have to know a decent amount of computer science and be comfortable using the Terminal/Command Prompt to get/use linux. "Linux" refers to a large array of related open source Operating Systems. do research and pick one that suits your needs. im still experimenting with various dispos, but im leaning towards either Ubuntu Cinnamon or Debian.