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YouTube cracking on ad blockers. (lemmy.world)

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[-] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 62 points 10 months ago

ublock origin still blocking everything.

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 14 points 10 months ago

ublock origin is so good at blocking YouTube it almost makes me think the developer is affiliated somehow. Their other extension, umatrix (which has more or less the same functionality just laid out differently), never really worked for me, but as soon as I add ublock origin it works perfectly.

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Are any of the blocklists actually made by gorhill?

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

In uMatrix? The lists it comes with are:

Dan Pollock’s hosts file
MVPS HOSTS
Peter Lowe’s Ad and tracking server list

It probably wouldn't be too hard to export from uBlock and import into uMatrix. I generally prefer uMatrix, even though it's technically discontinued. Even when you put uBlock into Author mode in the advanced settings, it still only really lets you choose by domain instead of splitting it down into scripts, XHR, frames, etc.

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I was asking because if gorhill doesn't maintain any block lists then the conspiracy that he has inside information from youtube is nothing more then a conspiracy.

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Actually, uBlock does use lists made by the developer, I think. In the settings there's a bunch of things that are built in:

So maybe it's something in there that blocks YouTube ads, which uMatrix is missing.

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

I didn't say I actually thought that.

[-] aceshigh@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

not the current version. YT just updated their id.

[-] kingshrubb@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

YouTube ReVanced is still around?

[-] DragonOracleIX@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Yup. I last updated a month or 2 ago and it works perfectly fine still.

[-] daddycoy@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I wish I could say the same been getting these annoying youtube things with firefox/ublock on both linux and windows

[-] CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Not for me anymore.

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