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Does uBlock Origin bypass the latest YouTube anti-adblock script?

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Re: Does uBlock Origin bypass the latest YouTube anti-adblock script?

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Post by thanhhaimai »

zlg_codes wrote: post #21

People will leave Youtube once enough bullshit piles on. There is a point. The question is, will Google push it and trigger an exodus? I'm not sitting through ads to watch stuff. I'd rather not watch things at all than watch ads. Peer to peer networks are still around. Vimeo still exists. Pretty sure DailyMotion and friends also still exist. PeerTube and other stuff are making it easier for video communities to suppo…

I don't understand this viewpoint. There are plenty of us who find YouTube useful and willing to pay for the service. I'm not as sure as you are that an exodus will happen.

Re: Does uBlock Origin bypass the latest YouTube anti-adblock script?

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Post by ehaliewicz2 »

crazygringo wrote: post #22
stephc_int13 wrote: post #18

Google is having a tantrum about ads blocker. They should know better.

I don't really see how a business blocking ad blockers is having a tantrum. That makes about as much sense as saying a store hiring a security guard to reduce theft is having a tantrum.

There is no theft when I use youtube because I was never going to click on ads in the first place.

The value of me watching ads is absolutely zero. (From my point of view in fact, it's negative).

Re: Does uBlock Origin bypass the latest YouTube anti-adblock script?

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Post by kmlx »

ttyyzz wrote: post #29
crazygringo wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't really see how a business blocking ad blockers is having a tantrum. That makes about as much sense as saying a store hiring a security guard to reduce theft is having a tantrum.

The only thing I steal when I use an ad blocker is my lifetime back

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Re: Does uBlock Origin bypass the latest YouTube anti-adblock script?

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Post by dcdc123 »

dvngnt_ wrote: post #3

I've never had an issue with Firefox

I haven't had issues with Chrome, either. That is not what this site is about. It is simply showing if the version of the script loaded on YouTube is the same version of the script uBlock's filters are designed to target. Any issues here affect all browsers equally.

Re: Does uBlock Origin bypass the latest YouTube anti-adblock script?

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Post by blitz_skull »

crazygringo wrote: post #22
stephc_int13 wrote: post #18

Google is having a tantrum about ads blocker. They should know better.

I don't really see how a business blocking ad blockers is having a tantrum. That makes about as much sense as saying a store hiring a security guard to reduce theft is having a tantrum.

Bad metaphor. No one is stealing anything from YouTube. Meanwhile a tantrum is a display of socially unacceptable behavior because you don’t like something.

Very much a tantrum.

Re: Does uBlock Origin bypass the latest YouTube anti-adblock script?

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Post by tehwebguy »

very_good_man wrote: post #27

Thanks for posting - Google needs to face serious competition and market penalties for the recent anti-user behavior. I feel that the products that matter at Google are controlled by an extremely distasteful group of people. Looting the users amassed years ago by real innovator engineers. For example, the real implied free storage in GMail has implicitly been reduced by 80%. Their failure to reduce prices and in fact…

OK but now isn't the ask for a competitor who is okay with having like no ad revenue?

Re: Does uBlock Origin bypass the latest YouTube anti-adblock script?

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Post by Gigachad »

very_good_man wrote: post #27

Thanks for posting - Google needs to face serious competition and market penalties for the recent anti-user behavior. I feel that the products that matter at Google are controlled by an extremely distasteful group of people. Looting the users amassed years ago by real innovator engineers. For example, the real implied free storage in GMail has implicitly been reduced by 80%. Their failure to reduce prices and in fact…

How would competition even work? How could any company succeed proving a product to a user base that doesn’t watch ads and doesn’t pay for the service?

Would be like proving an alternative to cater to shoplifters.

Re: Does uBlock Origin bypass the latest YouTube anti-adblock script?

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Post by dcdc123 »

errantmind wrote: post #8
wldcordeiro wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Firefox has a better extension API and uBlock Origin is able to do more to block ads than it can on Chrome.

I've never gotten ads on Youtube with Firefox nor my Chromium-based browser. Maybe they didn't roll the adblocker-blocker out to everyone.

The changes to Chrome do not happen until this summer. Until then uBlock Origin is effectively equal on both browsers.

Re: Does uBlock Origin bypass the latest YouTube anti-adblock script?

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Post by erinnh »

thanhhaimai wrote: post #31
zlg_codes wrote: post #21

People will leave Youtube once enough bullshit piles on. There is a point. The question is, will Google push it and trigger an exodus? I'm not sitting through ads to watch stuff. I'd rather not watch things at all than watch ads. Peer to peer networks are still around. Vimeo still exists. Pretty sure DailyMotion and friends also still exist. PeerTube and other stuff are making it easier for video communities to suppo…

I don't understand this viewpoint. There are plenty of us who find YouTube useful and willing to pay for the service. I'm not as sure as you are that an exodus will happen.

I’d also be willing to pay for YouTube, if it ever splits from Google.

Definitely not giving Google any money.

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