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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by herbst on Thursday May 11, 2023 @04:08AM (#35899261)
At least for YT there's a solution: YT Vanced

Or other YouTube clients with ads disabled :) There is even a SmartTV YouTube App that works like a charm. It even skips as blocks in the video itself. Only casting then uses the original app with ads.

Edit:// as long as I would need 2 premium accounts for all my active devices I don't accept that as a real solution

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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by michaelscott on Thursday May 11, 2023 @04:27AM (#35899391)
Vanced has essentially been disabled recently, unable to play anything. I don't know if YouTube is going on a murdering spree of everything that threatens ads on the platform.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by herbst on Thursday May 11, 2023 @04:38AM (#35899449)
On mobile it's annoying yes, but there is always a working solution around. On TV however the app "SmartTubeNext" seems to update faster than YouTube patches. (Afaik there are multiple Vanced clones like revanced in case you are using the original)
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by michaelscott on Thursday May 11, 2023 @05:01AM (#35899605)
If you have a solution on mobile, please do DM me :) I've tried multiple workarounds and none of them seem to permanently fix the problem
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by goosedragons on Thursday May 11, 2023 @05:46AM (#35899910)
Firefox for Android + Ublock? Throw in Background Video fixer too.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by ThunderSizzle on Thursday May 11, 2023 @07:14AM (#35900571)
The only missing feature is casting at that point
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by thalassophobia on Thursday May 11, 2023 @06:43AM (#35900320)
Revanced with a client version spoof works for me.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by aiibe on Thursday May 11, 2023 @06:49AM (#35900361)
Brave?
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by kholdstayr on Thursday May 11, 2023 @05:54AM (#35899969)
There's now revanced which works just fine though.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by OOPMan on Thursday May 11, 2023 @10:12AM (#35902379)
Actually it lives again in the form of Revanced.

You do have to build an APK yourself by applying patches to an official YT APK but it's pretty easy to so with the CLI tool and works a treat.

Also legally much safer than Vance's.

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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by xnzakg on Thursday May 11, 2023 @06:27AM (#35900217)
The smart TV YouTube all you're mentioning also allows you to link up your phone's YouTube app with a code in the settings, and then cast without ads
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by herbst on Thursday May 11, 2023 @08:19AM (#35901067)
If that works thank you soooo much!
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