Does uBlock Origin (uBO) currently bypass YouTube's adblock detection?

Re:Does uBlock Origin (uBO) currently bypass YouTube's adblo... by rtsil on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @07:29PM (#38538930)

This could be simply a coincidence, but it's possible they already relax their system based on user behavior.

I used to watch YT through the TV app until the ads became insanely outrageous (six unskippable ads for a 10 min video, including two ads one minute after the video has started). Then I just bought a mini pc and plugged it in the TV and everything was fine (except for HDR that for some reason doesn't work) and without ads.

Then a couple of weeks ago I opened the YT app on TV and it was actually a much better experience than before: skippable ads, no ads on some videos. As if they're trying to lure me to use it again.

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Re:Does uBlock Origin (uBO) currently bypass YouTube's adblo... by wimp on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @09:45AM (#38544542)

They are definitely A/B testing ad tolerance.

I reset the TV app whenever the ads become unreasonable, and every time I do that, the skip ads button reverts back to the original style (skip all ads after 5 seconds).

But if I login to an account, or use an anonymous session for long enough, the skip ads button will switch to the progress ring style, with 60+ seconds of unskippable ads. When that happens, I reset the app again.

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