Tell HN: "Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube”

I got this last night too. Somehow I got past it by refreshing, or going back/forward, I can’t remember exactly. I’m sure it’s coming permanently soon though. Sad days.

Re: Tell HN: "Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube”

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Post by tclancy » Fri, Oct 06, 2023, 5:51 PM UTC

Ah, that's why the videos stopped working for me at home over PiHole.

Re: Tell HN: "Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube”

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Post by superkuh » Fri, Oct 06, 2023, 5:51 PM UTC

They're not actually ad blockers. They are javascript exploit protection. It just so happens a good fraction if not the majority of exploits come in through ad systems in general. It's a rare thing a website itself is going to attack you. It's always some code/media imported from a third party domain/ip. ie, ads.

Re: Tell HN: "Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube”

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Post by beardog » Fri, Oct 06, 2023, 5:51 PM UTC

thirteenfingers wrote: post #4

I also started getting that yesterday, but curiously I was still able to watch videos after closing the popup (without turning off my ad blocker).

At least for some users, they eventually start completely disabling the video.

Re: Tell HN: "Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube”

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Post by textadventure » Fri, Oct 06, 2023, 5:52 PM UTC

As soon as I get that, I'll be having yt-dlp very handy.

Re: Tell HN: "Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube”

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Post by simonbarker87 » Fri, Oct 06, 2023, 5:53 PM UTC

This is where I get conflicted with ad blockers, on the one hand most website ads are trash, on the other hand there is great content on YT and I want those creators to make enough to carry on to get to the level where they proper sponsors. But, YT is so egregious with its ad insertions at times that it drives me mad and I don’t trust the creators will get fairly compensated if I go to premium.