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YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it
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No issues ublock and FF.
Yeah uBlock Origin has worked fine through every single one of these "adblockers are broken!" articles I've seen
I don't mind, it's still good to raise awareness about Youtube's bullshit - especially since I'm getting ads for Border Patrol, OpenAI, and the fucking Melania movie now when I do see them (when I am lazy and using my Roku TV instead of HDMI). But it hasn't been a problem for me yet.
Could just be because they address it rather fast.
It could also be due to chrome limiting what uBlock can do.
UBlock + Firefox seems like the ideal combo.
I actually just realized I apparently disabled UBO for some reason on Youtube - can't imagine why - and it was actually just Brave Browser blocking everything on its own.
Dont let them know.... They probably never even tested on Firefox. :)
You ever get the "You are disconnected from the internet" screen? It goes away with a refresh so it's not a big deal, but it would be even cooler if it didn't happen.
Same here
A new issue for me is the video sometimes skips/very slow while the audio is fine. Restarting the browser and pc doesn’t change anything.