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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Drbreen@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

I went to thetvdb.com site yesterday and much to my surprise, they won't let me in unless I subscribe or turn off my adblocker. Is there any workaround for this?

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[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 73 points 11 months ago

uBlock Origin should prevent this, other ad-blockers might not have these bypass mechanisms.

[-] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 53 points 11 months ago

I'm actually genuinely surprised that more people don't know about uBlock Origin.

[-] PeachMan@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

It's all we talk about here lol

[-] lido@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 11 months ago

And most people aren't here.

[-] FutileRecipe@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

But OP is, and still asking...

[-] lido@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 11 months ago

That's fair.

[-] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 11 months ago
[-] drunkensailor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

want to also add that people using ublock origin would probably benefit from enabling more than just the default filters.

if you go into your extension prefs for UB, there's a lot of other stuff in there. I usually select everything except the other languages. I occasionally come across a site that has a 'we see youre using an adblocker' type message but its not very often. and even then, most of the ones that I have seen let me dismiss the message and still view the content.

i don't use any social media except lemmy/reddit and the like tho, so no clue how it works on facebook and other trash like that.

[-] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 44 points 11 months ago

What adblocker? I'm using Ublock Origin and have no issues.

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 months ago

Using Wipr on iOS, which has no special abilities other than blocking ads using EasyList and don’t have any issues.

Also, I don’t see why thetvdb would be so aggressive given their content is crowdsourced.

[-] Drbreen@sh.itjust.works 34 points 11 months ago

Sorry everyone, you're right. Ublock origin does bypass this. I realised I was looking something up on my wife's PC last night who doesn't have it installed but my PC does and I have access, thanks all.

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

Let's hope you put Ublock on your wife's PC after that.

[-] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

Using noscript I approved the sites js, the cdn and jsdeliver. I am also running ublock and am getting no nags. This is on ff mobile for Android.

[-] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Exactly, except I'm on desktop. Didn't install NoScript on my mobile browser since it's somewhat of a pain managing NoScript and uBlock side-by-side for everything.

I should learn how to sync my settings

[-] FrostyTrichs@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Even on mobile it's a couple clicks away from being on or off. Saves me more time than it costs when something doesn't work the way I want.

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Is there a Ublock update?

[-] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 1 points 11 months ago

Try nextdns

[-] Euphoma@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

It seems to work fine on my browser. What adblock are you using?

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