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Google admits it's making YouTube worse for ad block users (www.theregister.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It just doesn't play on my Firefox anymore.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I got no issues whatsoever. Are you using any browser addons besides uBlock origin? I've been using ghostery for quite some time (which also has an ad-suppression engine) and that cocked up with youtube. Removed it and now I can use it as always. Firefox 120.0.1.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Privacy Badger is better than Ghostery anyway.

Instead of using a commercial server, it build its own anti-tracking list over time.

Made by a non-profit digital rights group.

And it works fine on Youtube.

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

Good information. I will remove it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Open your videos in Incognito mode, the block is cookie-based. I open YT on my browser in normal mode to see all my subscriptions, then open the videos in incognito with adblock enabled.