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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact, it seems this ban is IP based. (they're still testing in waves with a subset of overall users)

I switched to a new IP with my VPN, and while still signed in to the same YouTube account on the same video without ever clearing my cache or cookies, the block disappeared.

Genius work from the developers over at YouTube.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think that's probably because ublock fixed the filters while u were doing this.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

AdGuard pro, SponsorBlock, DeArrow, and Untrap for YouTube. I only rarely ever see a brief part of a sponsor ad, and never see YouTube’s own ads.

Untrap lets you modify nearly anything about YouTube like even removing the view count and channel avatars, among many other options.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

mpv youtube-URL works just fine without even loading the crappy scripts to show a banner like that. Manage your subscriptions with a RSS feeder and you don't need an account to follow creators.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

War, War never changes.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I use Firefox on Linux Mint, none of this happens and if it does you fix it by copy pasting a code on the settings of ublock

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Still working here, you can try clearing ubo's cache to see if it goes away.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Haven't got this yet.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

This again?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Yeah, they're trying new things again. Gotta squeeze that stone for all the blood that's in it.

One of my accounts has been getting a long delay before the video starts. Pre-roll ads are trying to load and play but the add-ons I have installed are still stopping them from completely succeeding. For now.

I also have auto-play turned off, and I wonder if that has anything to do with it.

Pretty sure the systems at their side think that I'm seeing the ads because I've had pop-ups during the delay offering free Premium.

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