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Youtube’s Anti-adblock and uBlock Origin (andadinosaur.com)

submitted 1 year ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Really interesting read about the history of YouTube adblocking, how the new detection works, how uBO is responding, and how not to block the new popups.

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[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 114 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Some solutions:

Android
iOS
- Yattee with this guide
- (Adding Piped/Invidious website to Homescreen)
Web
- Piped
- Invidious
- ViewTube
- (Tubo)
Desktop
- FreeTube
- (Using any of the web solutions as PWAs)
TV
- Android TV
  - SmartTubeNext
- Apple TV
  - Yattee with this guide

[-] mandelbrotvurst@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Also want to submit for Android: just using YouTube in Firefox with uBO extension

[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

I want to avoid solutions that involve using the YouTube app/website (including modded YouTube apps like Revanced or browser addons to use on the website)