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YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world (9to5google.com)

submitted 10 months ago by ijeff@lemdro.id to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[-] Zak@lemmy.world 94 points 10 months ago

uBlock Origin is reliably blocking the blocker blocker for me at this time, though a few popups got through a couple weeks ago.

[-] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 49 points 10 months ago

Same, uBlock in Firefox is doing it 100% for me. Haven't even seen a youtube ad or a complaint that I should stop blocking ads.

[-] Chev@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Well if you are using Firefox, you obviously life the easy life. But what about the Edge or Chrome users here? Habe some respect for those poor guys.

[-] yata@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago

They suffer voluntarily simply by choosing not to switch their browsers to non-chromium.

[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, that suffering is self inflicted if we’re talking about home users. In an enterprise environment you might need to convince your admin to add Firefox to the company portal.

[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I feel sorry for Chrome/Chromium users who can't even use real ad-blockers because Google is scared of uBlock Origin and deprecated MV2

[-] Zak@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

I don't. Most of them have the ability to use something else and have chosen not to.

[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

That's another way to see it.

[-] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 10 months ago

Same, it's a cat and mouse battle .. lol

[-] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Yo dawg, I heard you like blockers

[-] r3df0x@7.62x54r.ru -4 points 10 months ago

Brave is dropping the ball. It's the only mobile option.

[-] Postcard64@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

I use Firefox with uBlock Origin on Android. Isn't there the same for iOS?

[-] ourob@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 10 months ago

iOS web browsers are forced to use the safari/WebKit engine, so you don’t get Firefox extensions, sadly.

The main benefits of using Firefox on iOS is if you prefer it’s interface or want to sync with desktop Firefox (which is why I use it).

[-] ijeff@lemdro.id 0 points 10 months ago

Hyperweb might work though.

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