Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
by somat on Thursday May 11, 2023 @04:23AM
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if on android u-block origin works well on firefox.
If ios you are probably stranded, Hopefully apple allows it's users to block some ads. That is if they don't become an advertising company.
Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
by idle_zealot on Thursday May 11, 2023 @04:43AM
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On iOS uBO seems to work in Orion. Losing tab syncing is a shame though.
Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
by 76SlashDolphin on Thursday May 11, 2023 @04:48AM
(#35899515)
On iOS you can install AdGuard in Safari (or pay for a few of the other ad-blocker extensions) or install Brave which has an ad-blocker built-in. Both work well in my experience.
Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
by butterNaN on Thursday May 11, 2023 @04:10AM
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uBlock origin works perfectly with Firefox on mobile, just in case you didn't know.
Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
by whackx on Thursday May 11, 2023 @04:51AM
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On iOS you can install browser extensions from firefox and chrome to the Orion browser.
I've found it a few month back in this threat here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34562553, it is working sufficiently so far, seems even a bit faster than safari to me, too.
Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
by olvy0 on Thursday May 11, 2023 @06:14AM
(#35900129)
If you don't mind using Opera mobile, their ad blocking is very good, at least for the sites I frequent (including youtube). They're Chinese owned now, but I don't ever use it for banking, shopping or social media. For those I use Firefox.
Some websites just keep throwing an enormous number of ads into your face to the the extent you start losing consciousness why you came here in the first place.
On computer, you still able to use an AdBlock but on mobile, I suffer terribly, not only because I could not disable ads but because on some sites while you are reading an article a random ad video that took about half of the screen keeps playing and scrolling down with you, even clicking the X doesn’t work most of the time but generally triggers an external link. At the bottom of the page, you start reading “best job offers in XYZ” where this XYZ is your city name deduced from your IP address, the thumbnail, as you might expect, is a “s_x_” girl lying on a bed :(
I know, free content should be supported by ads but I believe this is not the way to do it.