"uBO works best on Firefox". I can't say I'm totally shocked that getting it working better under Chrome is somehow more difficult.
Chrome now aggressively blocks ad blockers on YouTube.com
Prove it.
uBlock Origin 1.53
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> This has been continuing for the past couple months. I don't see youtube giving up tbh, and i don't see how uBO can continue to maintain a manually constructed filter every time a new mechanism is added/altered in youtube. If UBO stops working, I'll use newpipe, if that stops working I'll use yt-dlp and if that stops working I'll use whatever else people have come up with, and if nobody has anything that gets rid o…
There is YT Premium
We do not negotiate with terrorists
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I wonder what the CO2 emissions of all these ads are?
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7080/8/2/18 Although this study doesn't discuss C02 emissions, it does discuss energy use and the potential impact of internet advertising. Unfortunately, it only discusses the impact on client-side devices, the energy consumption of hardware used to serve advertisements (networking, servers) is left to a future study. >Strikingly, uBlock Origin has the potential to save the average global I…
Wow, that is a mind-blowing figure. $1.8 billion/year and 100 h annually. Would've never expected the figure to be that large.
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This. I've pretty much stopped using YouTube since the adblocker blocker shut me out. I figure it's a good time to kick a bad habit. :D
I still use adblocker on everything else and I know YT without adblock / premium is terrible. However, YT premium is only 2-3 USD/mo in India. So, I use that to get ad-free experience on YT and also YT music is great.
You are now "paying" google twice - once with money and twice by giving them your data.
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This. I've pretty much stopped using YouTube since the adblocker blocker shut me out. I figure it's a good time to kick a bad habit. :D
To be fair Youtube has to make a profit somehow. Ad revenue, direct and/or through profile data collection is easy and effective but the worst businessmodel for human sanity. I like that they at least offer an alternative for the ad viewing part through Youtube premium. I don't know about the US as streaming services seem to have catalogues orders of magnitude more extensive than over here in Europe, but compared to…
>To be fair Youtube has to make a profit somehow.
I'd gladly pay for Youtube sans ads, but not if google also gets to steal my data.
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One thing which seriously improves my experience is using the "Block element" feature on non-ads as well. Suggested videos, youtube shorts, banners, etc, all get blocked. Leaves the site much more lean and leaves less distracting visual clutter. I use this strategy on a lot of sites (which sadly includes stackoverflow lately).
How do you use the Block element feature? I looked in the uBO menu but cannot find how to do it. Can you give an overview, please?
When you right-click an element on the page (and you have uBlock installed at default settings) there should be a dialog for it at the bottom.
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#209uBlock Origin can also be used to modify the DOM or CSS in specific URLs via its "My Filters" screen.
For instance, I use it to switch HackerNews to dark mode, and restrict the width of comments to about 10-12 words: https://gist.github.com/aclarknexient/c39c83f2f97c3c6b1c307c...
It's a great alternative to GreaseMonkey or other user style extensions.
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One thing which seriously improves my experience is using the "Block element" feature on non-ads as well. Suggested videos, youtube shorts, banners, etc, all get blocked. Leaves the site much more lean and leaves less distracting visual clutter. I use this strategy on a lot of sites (which sadly includes stackoverflow lately).
How do you use the Block element feature? I looked in the uBO menu but cannot find how to do it. Can you give an overview, please?
If I right click on an item I get a block element option in the context menu. But that doesn't seem to make them persist. I usually use it to make irritating popups go away that I'm to lazy to read or that seem intentionally confusing since it is less mental load to just zap it blindly.