Tell HN: YouTube beat uBlock Origin on Firefox • Hacker News Board

Re: Tell HN: YouTube beat uBlock Origin on Firefox

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Post by atesti » Sat, Sep 02, 2023, 5:21 AM UTC

I have also seen ads again, but when I see these discussions I always wish someone would tell us or link to the actual reason: What filter rule has been updated? What is youtube exactly doing to fight the adblocker?

If anyone knows, please link to it!

Re: Tell HN: YouTube beat uBlock Origin on Firefox

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Post by DoItToMe81 » Sat, Sep 02, 2023, 7:30 AM UTC

Press update.

Re: Tell HN: YouTube beat uBlock Origin on Firefox

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Post by deafpolygon » Sat, Sep 02, 2023, 8:13 AM UTC

Edge with UBlock Origin is still working for me.

Re: Tell HN: YouTube beat uBlock Origin on Firefox

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Post by hexagonwin » Sat, Sep 02, 2023, 8:17 AM UTC

I'm also using uBO on FF 115 esr and it's working ok for me.

Re: Tell HN: YouTube beat uBlock Origin on Firefox

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Post by udev4096 » Sat, Sep 02, 2023, 8:40 AM UTC

Just use invidious. There have been hardly any issues, if any, in the history of invidious

Re: Tell HN: YouTube beat uBlock Origin on Firefox

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Post by aosaigh » Sat, Sep 02, 2023, 10:25 AM UTC

On a related note, I cannot believe how many ads YT are showing nowadays. I know the word “unuseable” is thrown around a lot but its really become that way for me. I got 5 ads in the first 3 minutes of a video yesterday. I know people say “just pay for it” but I don’t think that the alternative to not paying should be ads every minutes. My usage has gone way down recently as a result. I use an adblocker on desktop but can’t elsewhere.

Re: Tell HN: YouTube beat uBlock Origin on Firefox

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Post by thiht » Sat, Sep 02, 2023, 10:25 AM UTC

Side note: the display of this thread is completely broken on mobile: https://ibb.co/cLJS6pX

How can I notify someone to take a look at it?

Re: Tell HN: YouTube beat uBlock Origin on Firefox

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Post by spoiler » Sat, Sep 02, 2023, 11:36 AM UTC

aosaigh wrote: post #16

On a related note, I cannot believe how many ads YT are showing nowadays. I know the word “unuseable” is thrown around a lot but its really become that way for me. I got 5 ads in the first 3 minutes of a video yesterday. I know people say “just pay for it” but I don’t think that the alternative to not paying should be ads every minutes. My usage has gone way down recently as a result. I use an adblocker on desktop bu…

I am always a bit conflicted when I see posts like theses. On one hand I also like free stuff, but on the other hand I also know running services like these costs money (and I'm not only talking about digital/IT resources).

Everyone has an idea of what they'd do, but nobody can agree on one. So, I guess the easy defaults are ads+premium, or a completely walled garden?

Re: Tell HN: YouTube beat uBlock Origin on Firefox

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Post by aosaigh » Sat, Sep 02, 2023, 12:08 PM UTC

spoiler wrote: post #18

aosaigh wrote: post #16

On a related note, I cannot believe how many ads YT are showing nowadays. I know the word “unuseable” is thrown around a lot but its really become that way for me. I got 5 ads in the first 3 minutes of a video yesterday. I know people say “just pay for it” but I don’t think that the alternative to not paying should be ads every minutes. My usage has gone way down recently as a result. I use an adblocker on desktop bu…

I am always a bit conflicted when I see posts like theses. On one hand I also like free stuff, but on the other hand I also know running services like these costs money (and I'm not only talking about digital/IT resources). Everyone has an idea of what they'd do, but nobody can agree on one. So, I guess the easy defaults are ads+premium, or a completely walled garden?

Just for the record, I don’t mind that there’s ads and I agree that they need to collect money somehow. I pay for lots of services and understand that platforms (and creators) need to make money. The issue I have is that it seems that YT have aggressively increased the number of ads they show now. I think you’re right: how much is too much?

Re: Tell HN: YouTube beat uBlock Origin on Firefox

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Post by rchaud » Sat, Sep 02, 2023, 12:56 PM UTC

spoiler wrote: post #18

aosaigh wrote: post #16

On a related note, I cannot believe how many ads YT are showing nowadays. I know the word “unuseable” is thrown around a lot but its really become that way for me. I got 5 ads in the first 3 minutes of a video yesterday. I know people say “just pay for it” but I don’t think that the alternative to not paying should be ads every minutes. My usage has gone way down recently as a result. I use an adblocker on desktop bu…

I am always a bit conflicted when I see posts like theses. On one hand I also like free stuff, but on the other hand I also know running services like these costs money (and I'm not only talking about digital/IT resources). Everyone has an idea of what they'd do, but nobody can agree on one. So, I guess the easy defaults are ads+premium, or a completely walled garden?

I'm not conflicted because no amount of $10 subscriptions will be enough for them to survive independently without being docked to the Google mothership.

Proof: YT Premium costs $14/mo. now. Would anyone say there's been a 40% improvement in the quality of the product?