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This is a bug in AdBlock (Plus). uBlock Origin is not affected. https://gitlab.com/adblockinc/ext/adblockplus/adblockplusui/-/issues/1576#note_1727415603 https

This is a bug in AdBlock (Plus). uBlock Origin is not affected. https://gitlab.com/adblockinc/ext/adblockplus/adblockplusui/-/issues/1576#note_1727415603 https://gitlab.com/adblockinc/ext/adblockplus/adblockplusui/...

aloisdg 3y ago
Time to invite again people to replace any adblock with uBlock Origin
- _flux 3y ago
  Or not. Google probably targets the most popular adblocking solutions first.
  - KTibow 3y ago
    uBO has the most people working on providing fixes though, and they get them out pretty fast. I've never ran into a situation where I couldn't get YouTube working again by clearing my filter cache so far.
    - ikt 3y ago
      The interesting thing is that they removed that option in the latest version
  - gorhill 3y ago
    It's perfectly fine and valid to question the pile of JS code executing in Youtube webpages, but in this specific instance the performance issues are caused by ABP/AdBlock. The issue has been acknowledged by the developers[1]. It affects only the latest version of both blockers, not previous versions, so it makes no sense to keep speculating Google is at the root of that specific issue. Out of curiosity I investigated these performance issues myself using profiling sessions[2] and the faulty code is definitely in the latest versions of these extensions. * * * [1] https://gitlab.com/adblockinc/ext/adblockplus/adblockplusui/-/issues/1576#note_1725604837 https://gitlab.com/adblockinc/ext/adblockplus/adblockplusui/... [2] https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1746543688975581604 https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1746543688975581604
    - pixxel 3y ago
      As always, thank you.
    - inferiorhuman 3y ago
      in this specific instance the performance issues are caused by ABP/AdBlock Welp I use uBO not AB/ABP and Youtube's been acting up for me for a few days.
baxuz 3y ago
Horrible journalism and simple rage-bait. I wonder if anyone will update these articles or maybe even issue an apology for slander now that they know what was the cause.
- xvector 3y ago
  Tech journalists mostly just suck. They barely understand what they are writing about. I think their industry resents us taking away revenue from them, so they write these ridiculous articles to stoke FUD against tech. I absolutely can't wait to see these people automated out of a job. I have zero doubts GPT-4 would have produced a better article given the same source information.
  - rig666 3y ago
    I do find this to be somewhat true as well. Most tech journalists make news for everyday people and not really for people and not for technical professionals. There's some holdouts but its few and far in-between.
  - throwanem 3y ago
    Who knew Gell-Mann amnesia could go malignant?
    - baxuz 3y ago
      First time I've heard of this. It's an eye-opener. It also makes me even more cynical.
      - throwanem 3y ago
        It should. It's the same cognitive error one so often sees software engineers display, in this case reflexively, while speaking with undue confidence outside the field.
  - baxuz 3y ago
    Yep. Tech journalists are usually as versed in what they're talking about as people selling tech in retail stores.
MikusR 3y ago
And there was a HN post 8 hours before this one. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38998419 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38998419

aloisdg 3y ago

Time to invite again people to replace any adblock with uBlock Origin

_flux 3y ago
Or not. Google probably targets the most popular adblocking solutions first.
- KTibow 3y ago
  uBO has the most people working on providing fixes though, and they get them out pretty fast. I've never ran into a situation where I couldn't get YouTube working again by clearing my filter cache so far.
  - ikt 3y ago
    The interesting thing is that they removed that option in the latest version
- gorhill 3y ago
  It's perfectly fine and valid to question the pile of JS code executing in Youtube webpages, but in this specific instance the performance issues are caused by ABP/AdBlock. The issue has been acknowledged by the developers[1]. It affects only the latest version of both blockers, not previous versions, so it makes no sense to keep speculating Google is at the root of that specific issue. Out of curiosity I investigated these performance issues myself using profiling sessions[2] and the faulty code is definitely in the latest versions of these extensions. * * * [1] https://gitlab.com/adblockinc/ext/adblockplus/adblockplusui/-/issues/1576#note_1725604837 https://gitlab.com/adblockinc/ext/adblockplus/adblockplusui/... [2] https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1746543688975581604 https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1746543688975581604
  - pixxel 3y ago
    As always, thank you.
  - inferiorhuman 3y ago
    in this specific instance the performance issues are caused by ABP/AdBlock Welp I use uBO not AB/ABP and Youtube's been acting up for me for a few days.

baxuz 3y ago

Horrible journalism and simple rage-bait. I wonder if anyone will update these articles or maybe even issue an apology for slander now that they know what was the cause.

xvector 3y ago
Tech journalists mostly just suck. They barely understand what they are writing about. I think their industry resents us taking away revenue from them, so they write these ridiculous articles to stoke FUD against tech. I absolutely can't wait to see these people automated out of a job. I have zero doubts GPT-4 would have produced a better article given the same source information.
- rig666 3y ago
  I do find this to be somewhat true as well. Most tech journalists make news for everyday people and not really for people and not for technical professionals. There's some holdouts but its few and far in-between.
- throwanem 3y ago
  Who knew Gell-Mann amnesia could go malignant?
  - baxuz 3y ago
    First time I've heard of this. It's an eye-opener. It also makes me even more cynical.
    - throwanem 3y ago
      It should. It's the same cognitive error one so often sees software engineers display, in this case reflexively, while speaking with undue confidence outside the field.
- baxuz 3y ago
  Yep. Tech journalists are usually as versed in what they're talking about as people selling tech in retail stores.

MikusR 3y ago

And there was a HN post 8 hours before this one. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38998419 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38998419