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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (5 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I've been using ProtonVPN on my router with adblock and antimalware features enabled, and uBlock on Firefox and I've never encountered a problem when I click on YouTube links.

I normally use invidious anyway.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Are you using chrome or Firefox?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I usually watch YouTube on a laptop hooked up to my tv, so I downloaded freetube and just imported my subscriptions. It's got sponsorblock and other features built in, but you can't like or comment on videos. Overall though I've been using it for about 6 months now and wouldn't dream of going back to YouTube and trying to constantly deal with them fucking it up more daily.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

AdGuard is still working for me on all platforms. (Mac OS Safari, iOS Safari)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

inconvenient but cobalt.tools

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I use Piped + LibreTube, and I self-host Piped to get better and more consistent load times. Works very well, only minor issues every now and then.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Did you delete Google and Youtube cookies when you reloaded the UBlock stuff? That's a necessary step.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I have to log out, clear cookies, update/clear block lists, then log back in.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Ublock plus pihole are still going strong, no ads or banners yet, fingers crossed

Yeah also on firefox

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Pihole does nothing in this case

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Like the majority I am using Ublock and Firefox, but I've noticed over the last month it is very slow to catch up to YouTube ads and I'm seeing them make it through a lot more often.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Hmm. I had it pop up for the first time in ages today, but updating filters and clearing cookies did the trick.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

i'm using safari on macOS, and i've had pretty good luck with Ad Guard Pro. when i get the adblock warning, i switch my user agent. when that doesn't work, deleting my cookies usually does the trick.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

YouTube Unhook has started failing to auto-click the Skip Ad button as of today, I noticed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Hmm…

So I only use Brave for YouTube. I definitely won’t be recommending it, but I’m torn between whether I’m being a leech of ad-free user generating what should be near zero revenue or if I’m being valuable as a number to ad to user counts.

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