• 2025: Search removed. Spend a decade crippling the function, then claim the usage data support getting rid of it!
• 2027: Expiring updates. Juice those watch numbers with a new artificial scarcity measure. Marvel Bullshit 49 Theatrical Trailer, available for seven days only! Featuring AI Robin Williams and a Mr B_ast guest ad!
• 2028: Web Environment Integrity inserted. Hand warmer sales crater as mobile viewers relish their new handset functionality.

Even if I have to sit through 30 seconds of silence, is there a way to redirect the ad to a ghost browser so I don't have to listen to something like grubhubs stupid video?

Reset Ublock orgin and update the filter and Ublock extension. Disable other adblock extension if you have one. Still you would be getting the popup once a while.

Eh, don't need YouTube that badly. I think we'll collectively figure out video distribution without em just fine.

Hold the line uBlock Origin. If YT becomes unusable, I'll find somewhere to binge-watch true crime videos at 3am.

Fuck youtube

Yeah. This is becoming a problem with Google. Whatever they have created they just want to make it shit. Like everybody can't just pay and the amount of ads just makes it unwatchable.

On my firefox this rarely shows up though. I use the privacy extensions uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, Decentraleyes.

"allowlisted" topkek

Lmao, time for anti anti-adblock! 🤣 https://reek.github.io/anti-adblock-killer/

#BoycottGoogle

A good ad blocker would be one that will still load the page as intended but not display the ads. There would be no way for the site to know you can't see them. Blocking their activation just signals the site that you are using an adblocker.

Edit: I was thinking more of a VM sandbox like another comment said

More PeerTube please!