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YouTube runs experiment addressing users with ad blocker
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Karel:
No ads here on Linux with Firefox + uBlock Origin + Privacy Badger + Cookie AutoDelete + CanvasBlocker + Bypass Paywalls Clean.
I don't have a google/youtube account and I have never seen a warning that I must disable the adblocker.
wilfred:
Thanks to the Youtube suggestions I came across this short video


By following the suggestions to install uBlock Origins https://ublockorigin.com/
and after installing it to open the dashboard in the browser (Edge/Win10 for me) clear the filter cache and then update the filters (two buttons to press)

It didn't work.

So I continued on to the URL in Github for a website to test if it should work. Apparently this test bypasses all local browser config, extensions etc. ie should it work.
https://drhyperion451.github.io/does-uBO-bypass-yt/

Since I was still having problems I clicked on the link to the reddit group and went to this thread
https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/17j6ygs/youtube_antiadblock_and_ads_october_29_2023_mega/

In there I scrolled down to a comment about Edge browser and followed this suggestion for the Youtube Tab
Edge: Click the 🔒 "lock" icon on the left of URL bar -> Turn off Tracking Prevention
And I also disabled other browser extensions I had installed and enabled. Which was Adblock which was my (now former) adblocker and "Print Friendly & PDF" (which I recommend for printing web sites in a neat formated PDF, as well as User Agent Switcher which I installed a week or so back as an attempt to view YT vids.

I don't know which, or if any, had to be disabled but Print friendly is the only one i'd want now anyway.

So that's my experience. I still have other options including YT-DLP to download Youtube videos. YT-DLP is a fork from the old YT-download. Recommended
I also still have an android media box with Smarttube app installed for watching on the couch. Also recommended.
But I'll press on even if it is only out of curiosity to see how the ebb-and-flow of restrictions and countermeasures plays out.

Not a lot of success with watching fewer YT videos as yet but not giving up on that either.

Bicurico:
At this point, I think Youtube is just randomly experimenting to harrass users to either switch off adblocker or buy a subscription.

I have not changed anything on my main computer and in the last days, I am using Youtube as I always did: without any ads or subscription. I use uBlock Origin. I have not gotten any messages from Youtube.

I think they cannot afford to just close out users who insist in using adblockers, so they annoy them.

The last times that happen on my main computer, I either did a refresh on the page or closed the browser and reopened it. I have not been unable to use Youtube and the annoyance of having to do a refresh or reopening the browser is much less than having to endure the ads.
Karel:
Youtube’s Anti-adblock and uBlock Origin

https://andadinosaur.com/youtube-s-anti-adblock-and-ublock-origin
madires:
YouTube's anti ad-blocker campaign has a noticeable impact: YouTube’s Crackdown Spurs Record Uninstalls of Ad Blockers (https://www.wired.com/story/youtubes-ad-blocker-crackdown-spurs-record-uninstalls)
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