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Add this to addons.mozilla.org, so we can use it on Firefox & Firefox for Android!

• rKarpinski 3y ago
  Will do!
• kspacewalk2 3y ago
  Been watching YouTube on Firefox (Android and MacOS) with uBlock Origin with zero ads ever. What am I missing?
  • jjeaff 3y ago
    it's a tiered rollout. I also had no issues until a few weeks ago. but I usually just need to update the unlock lists and do a hard refresh and I will be back in business for a few days.
  • throw101010 3y ago
    Nothing, it works just fine for now for me too. I'd still recommand an open source app called NewPipe over YouTube on FireFox, it seems way less hungry battery-wise... and there is likely also less data collection happening.
    • Modified3019 3y ago
      Unfortunately newpipe is bizarrely hostile to sponsorblock, which to me has become as important as Adblock itself: https://newpipe.net/blog/pinned/newpipe-and-online-advertising/ https://newpipe.net/blog/pinned/newpipe-and-online-advertisi... But I definitely also recommend trying out frontends that support it. I cannot imagine trying to use video while having to run a gauntlet of both YouTube ads and video sponsor segments.
      • viewtransform 3y ago
        What does sponsorblock provide that hitting the 'L' key a few times to skip ahead doesn't ?
        • Kbelicius 3y ago
          It provides the ability to skip ads without pressing the 'L' key. Meaning that one doesn't have to be at the keyboard to press anything. It also skips to the end of the ad, so you never have to use the 'J' key if you pressed 'L' too many times or if the ad finished 9 seconds ago.
      • wanderingmind 3y ago
        There is a newpipe fork with sponsorblock[1] which works quiet well [1] https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/org.polymorphicshade.newpipe https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/org.polymorphicshad...
        • tczMUFlmoNk 3y ago
          Oh! Thank you! I knew of NewPipe SponsorBlock but thought it wasn't in F-Droid because the F-Droid folks didn't like that it calls out to the SponsorBlock service. I didn't realize that it was possible to add custom repositories to F-Droid, so now I've done that and it seems to have linked up perfectly. TIL; thanks!
    • kspacewalk2 3y ago
      I also prefer NewPipe for longer videos, especially ones I only need audio for. I share to it from the Youtube app typically, which has been getting more and more annoying (from one tap to 3 right now).
  • matheusmoreira 3y ago
    Does uBlock Origin bypass YouTube Anti-Adblock? This website will tell you. https://drhyperion451.github.io/does-uBO-bypass-yt/ https://drhyperion451.github.io/does-uBO-bypass-yt/
  • thephyber 3y ago
    YouTube split tests (“A/B tests”) their changes. If you haven’t seen the modal warning you to disable your AdBlocker on YouTube, then you will soon.
    • wheresmyshadow 3y ago
      Not necessarily, if you kept your filters and extension up-to-date, you won't see that pop-up either. uBlock handles it just fine. During early days of YT trying to force me to disable it, all I had to do is to open the settings, update filters and it was just fine. Thankfully it's been peaceful now for long time.
      • CWuestefeld 3y ago
        This isn't correct. A few weeks ago it started stopping me in FF with uBO running.
    • strich 3y ago
      Ublock does all this. However in the first few weeks you had to manually update it. In Firefox it works flawlessly now.
    • zerr 3y ago
      That modal popup can be blocked as well. Ad blockers have element pickers for a reason. No need to wait for some official lists updates.
    • 0xcoffee 3y ago
      I noticed it only when logged in. When logged out my UBlock works perfectly. (Note, I havn't logged in for a while, so maybe the situation has improved in the meantime) (Firefox)
    • elcapitan 3y ago
      I got that modal for some time, switched to yt-dlp for that time, and now I get zero ads or modals again with FF/uBlock. Not sure what they are doing, maybe I'm just lucky.
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• matricaria 3y ago
  On Firefox I recommend uBlock Origin oder AdGuard, both block ads completely.
  • kazinator 3y ago
    Did you not notice the submission title: "YouTube banned adblockers so I built ..."
    • meithecatte 3y ago
      I've seen a lot of discussion about YouTube banning adblockers, but as a user of Firefox + uBO, I have never seen it happen for me. Perhaps the Firefox extension ecosystem makes it easier to push blocklist updates or something. Or YouTube's detection is browser-specific and they bothered with the largest first.
      • kazinator 3y ago
        Are you logged in to Youtube? People are saying that the YouTube anti-blocking measures are kicking in for logged-in users, but not for anonymous users.
        • tortuga_rayada 3y ago
          Your comment is so useful that I actually created an account just to thank you for your wisdom.
        • alg0rith 3y ago
          uBlock Origin and Sponsorblock works on Firefox for Youtube even signed in
          • kazinator 3y ago
            Yes, there is no question about that the uBlock Origin works regardless of your YouTube session status. The question is whether YouTube's countermeasures kick in or not: nagging you to turn it off, or stop playback.
• kkarpkkarp 3y ago
  on Firefox, Tampermonkey addon works with this script: https://github.com/TheRealJoelmatic/RemoveAdblockThing https://github.com/TheRealJoelmatic/RemoveAdblockThing