Youtube trialling new ad-blocking

[smb11]

Apparently Youtube's anti-adblock measures are breaking Vivaldi's anti adblock. Ad-nauseum works, but I think this is concerning about user privacy and would like to see Vivaldi's response.

(mod edit: clarify title)

[CalebM]

I'm not having a problem accessing YouTube videos with Vivaldi, and I have the adblock feature enabled.

[mib2berlin]

@smb11
Hi, Google start to enable strong restrict of ad blocker on the YT pages, this does not happen for all user in all countries.
Vivaldi does not maintain the blocking lists.
Maybe uBlock does better here, you have to disable the Vivaldi blocker if you use a different one.

Cheers, mib

[Athlonite]

I use both Vivaldi's and uBlock Origin aadblockers and privacy badger and have absolutely no problems at all on youtube

[barbudo2005]

@Athlonite

Use only uBO. The others just get in the way.

[Hadden89]

@smb11 Adding an anti-adblocker list might help.

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bogachenko/fuckfuckadblock/master/fuckfuckadblock.txt
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brave/adblock-lists/master/brave-unbreak.txt
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/master/filters/unbreak.txt

(The ones I use on UbO)

[Athlonite]

@barbudo2005 Not that I've seen

[smb11]

@Hadden89 Thanks, using AdNauseum seems to work for now.

[DMW1989]

your add blocker for youtube dont work anymore

[stardepp]

@DMW1989

YouTube no longer allows adblockers if you have a free account, see here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/14kmd07/youtube_cracking_down_on_if_youre_not_paying_them/?utm_source=embedv2&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_content=post_title&embed_host_url=https://www.gamepro.de/artikel/youtube-adblock-werbung-blockiert,3397011.html&rdt=57636

https://searchengineland.com/youtube-tests-new-anti-adblocker-popup-countdown-timer-430689

...that's why I use YouTube Premium.

[Catweazle]

@stardepp, no ads or advice pop-ups with uBO, but with the Vivaldi blocker.
Mostly using front-ends, like Piped or CloudTube, also on Desktop with the SMPlayer.

[barbudo2005]

Question:

Does anyone using uBO see ads or anti adblock threats in YT?

[Catweazle]

With uBO no ads nor anti adblock threats

[Dr.Flay]

If you improve your youtube experience, part of that is opting in and out of adverts.
https://www.mrfdev.com/enhancer-for-youtube
I have been using extensions like this since before YT had adverts, and never noticed when they started using adverts.

[Catweazle]

I found the problem with the Vivaldi blocker, the culprit was a list of uBO at the end of the list of adblock sources that was activated.
By unchecking it i had no longer ads or threatening pop ups on YT.

The list that caused this for unknown reasons was this one

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/master/filters/filters.txt

[mib3berlin]

@Catweazle
Hi, this is not a default list, isn't it?
I use only one list, except the Vivaldi friends list and have no blocking on YT or other very restrictive pages like spiegel.de or bild.de, and no ad's.

https://github.com/StUser4pda/filtrite/releases/latest/download/bromite-4pda.txt

[Catweazle]

@mib3berlin, no, I added it in the past and it worked very well, until the last update. Because of this, i don't thought that an uBO filter can cause this issue.

[Pesala]

@DMW1989

I reported a bug for this.

(VB-100544) YouTube Ads No Longer Blocked

[DoctorG]

@Pesala said in add blocker for youtube:

VB-100544

Status: Confirmed.

[imag0r]

@Hadden89 Thanks, looks like one of the lists did the job (not sure which one as I added all 3 of them).