Youtube trialling new ad-blocking

DoctorG

Really weird, i do not get such block by Youtube with Vivaldi Blocker.

Sodik

YT has blocked video player complaining about the ADB. Keeps blocking it even after I disable ADB for youtube. Have tried the Chrome + ADB and it is working.
What could I do to make it work on Vivaldi too?

stardepp

@Sodik YouTube prohibits the blocking of ads, see here:

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There are only two options left:

Either you leave your adblocker disabled on YouTube and watch the ads.

Or you can use YouTube Premium.

Sodik

using Chrome and ADP is working as before. In Vivaldi playing videos while I'm logged in is prohibited. So clearly there are more than 2 options you copy and paste from them.

mib3berlin

@Sodik
Hi, some user report the same for uBlock, iicr one user report cleaning all cookies for YT get it back to work.
This could be the reason why it is working in Chrome for you.

Cheers, mib

Sodik

hi mib,
I tried what you suggested but the issue is the same. I cleared all the cookies that were shown to be related to youtube, restarted the browser and disabled all adblockers and finally refreshed the page, but I'm experiencing the same behavior. Strange enough Chrome still works with adblocker while I'm logged in.
Any more suggestions that could help continue using ADB on Vivaldi?

npro

I use* Vivaldi's native blocker with filters from https://filterlists.com and blocking stuff with ~~uMatrix~~ /edit: switched to uBo at last. Works like a charm, no issues with ads or video blocks due to youtube anti-detection or whatever.

*(amongst other ways from time to time to check their efficiency)

mib3berlin

@Sodik
I am sorry but I have no ad's or blocking with the Vivaldi ad blocker, it depends where you are and maybe the user behave or the browser you use.
Nobody knows exactly how Google select.
I bet other user are blocked with DBP and Chrome, these workarounds with uBlock was all for Chrome.

Cheers, mib

Catweazle

There is no workarround for the moment, there are only these options:
Turn off the adblocker
Pay for YT Premium
Use a front-end, despite Google also is blocking these one by one, but JewTube (Invidious) still works
Watch YouTube Videos in Andisearch, but not works for all YT videos
Watch on desktop with SMPlayer
Use an alternative streaming service without such an amount of crap like YT, the best seems Odysee (Online service of IMDB, not related with Google)

daniel

The reason some users see this and some don't is not necessarily their ad blockers of choice. Users of the exact same software may get completely different experiences. Google is testing this change on an increasing number of users over time to measure its impact.

Sodik

Thanks @daniel for confirming that. I have a feeling that the YT behavior regarding the ADB was slightly different each and every day. Meanwhile, I'll stick to Chrome or whatever works. Hopefully, the solution will be available someday.
Anyways I'm still open to testing the other suggestions.

Catweazle

@Sodik, take also an look here https://forum.vivaldi.net/post/702118

nomadic

@TravellinBob @DoctorG It seems that YouTube has been gradually rolling this out to certain portions of users. Think I first heard about this starting to happen a month or two ago.

Probably only a matter of time until it affects everyone.

somnomania

@markbara said in on Vivaldi youtube is unusable:

After disabling the build-in Vivaldi ad & tracker blocker and installing the uBlock Origin extension every youtube video throws the "Ad blockers violate YouTube's Terms of Service" error. Yet on MS Edge with uBlock Origin enabled the youtube works fine.

This makes the Vivaldi browser useless. Has anyone encountered this problem before?

Vivaldi is a Chromium-based browser. This has been something we knew was coming for months, that Chromium was removing functionality for adblockers. The hope was that Vivaldi was working on their built-in one so that it could both continue working and do the job of extensions like uBlock. Edge works fine because it's not a Chromium browser.

AllanH

@somnomania said in on Vivaldi youtube is unusable:

Vivaldi is a Chromium-based browser. This has been something we knew was coming for months, that Chromium was removing functionality for adblockers. The hope was that Vivaldi was working on their built-in one so that it could both continue working and do the job of extensions like uBlock. Edge works fine because it's not a Chromium browser.

Edge is based on Blink engine, just like Vivaldi.
As for me, I'm not seeing the Ad blocker message on Vivaldi with uBlock Origin enabled.

Catweazle

@somnomania, nothing to do with Chromium, YT simply block adblockers, same issue with Vivaldi adblocker or with other using uBO, even front-ends, like Piped, CloudTube and others can't reproduce most YT videos since some weeks. FreeTube, a desktop client also don't work. watch videos in Andisearch only works for some videos. Until now, only the SMPlayer on Desktop still works as it should.

Google since time hate adblockers and now imposes a fairly aggressive policy of disabling them on YT, to promote YT Premium. Either you pay, or it hammers you with ads.

Time to look for alternatives

TARININATHAGHORIDURGADEVI

PLS try to help us ! YT is very useful to me and they are blocking me because i have Vivaldi blockers.
I cannot watch commercials all day long meaning i cannot deactivate the blockers, is an update going to help us ?

jeremyyellow

You can try ad-blocker-plus, even-though it says plus it is free

Pesala

@TARININATHAGHORIDURGADEVI Create a Command Chain in Settings, Quick Commands.

History Back
Delay 10 milliseconds
History Forward
Assign a Mouse Gesture to the Command Chain, e.g. GestureLeft, GestureRight
Open the video
When the ad starts playing, execute the gesture.

I submitted a bug report for this on 6th October 2023. I don't know if Vivaldi can fix this issue, but the Command Chain works well enough for me.

(VB-100544) YouTube Ads No Longer Blocked

Catweazle

@jeremyyellow, until now it seems to work. Let's see how long it takes Google to realize this.