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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

From the uBO subreddit: https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1etvawp/youtube_ads_detection_breakages_2024_08_16_ubo/m31kbkw/

There was just an update to Quick fixes. Please test if it works for you.

Click Here to update the list.
If you disabled the list previously, enable it back.
Close all previously opened YT tabs and try in a new one.

Just a reminder: Please always treat disabling lists as a last resort/temporary solution type of thing. Without that list, you won't be receiving important filter updates and will likely encounter ads after a while. So don't keep it disabled forever - verify that it's still necessary (daily?).

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

This again?

[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 months ago

aggressively refreshes ublock patch list

[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 months ago (17 children)

Good joke, YouTube.

Ah yes, but what about the violation to our time where we've had to sit through 30 second ~ 2 minute ads of over-dramatized ways for shitty companies to get us to buy shit we don't want and subscribe to services we don't need? What about those violations and those violations happen more frequently than us blocking your ads? The hell with you.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The ads on ESPN are the worst. 30 second ad to see a 20 second clip. Disrespectful.

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[+] [email protected] -9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There's a very simple solution to this, and I'm honestly not quite sure why no one is doing it.

Make ads voluntary. Make them separate from the rest of the experience.

Make it so that you can watch ads and answer surveys based off of the ads in order to get credits which then allow you to watch videos.

Alternatively, make it so that you can purchase the credits out right.

Everyone fucking wins.

I don't know why people are so stupid as to not even contemplate the easiest and most satisfying solution to all of the problems.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

But the venn diagram of the group of people who take voluntary surveys and the group you want to advertise to have no overlap.

The problem with ads is that we're barely removed from the era of all ads being malicious trojans if you clicked one. All ads are still malicious, just less insidious. They'll silo you off into an echo chamber rather than brick your computer. Some will still brick your computer though.

I block ads because I don't want to see ads, but I don't want to see ads because I don't trust any of them. Until they fix that, they'll stay blocked. I don't care if you're Google or some boutique website, I'll block them all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Your last suggestion is basically what YouTube premium offers. I don't think I would personally watch ads voluntarily, but I've seen similar systems in some games. Smite (at least used to) let you watch ads to get gems that you can use to buy cosmetics.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Still working here, you can try clearing ubo's cache to see if it goes away.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I just saw this on my phone for the first time ever about 20 minutes ago

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I blocked the popup...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Did that work? I thought that would replace the video and didn't bother trying.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

It hasn't caused me any issues

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