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I’ve been watching YouTube for years without Ads, and without issue, using AdBlockPlus
This morning, the message in the Topic Title popped up for the first time, i.e.: “Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube”
I’m not going to get YouTube premium, and I’m not going to turn my Ad Blocker off, so do I have any alternatives other than to simply stop watching YouTube?
Just checked YouTube running Chrome with uBlock Origin. No message no ads.
I don’t know about ABP.
As for uBlock Origin, apparently its author suggests disabling all of the filters other than the built-ins, which should get rid of the message.
I did see it with uBlock with more filters than those enabled, but you can click the X and get rid of it for now.
I will never pay Google a dime, nor will I watch their ads, ever. They have already made it so harsh for content creators that they turn to Patreon and merch sales to make money, and now they’re driving away the viewers that use those rather than watch ads. If they hadn’t broken web ads in the first place, they would not be facing this issue, at least not to the degree they do. It is the invasive, massive, spyware-laden, sometimes malware-laden ads that have made adblockers a necessary self-defense tool, and no one has led the charge for that kind of ads more than Google.
This is about to get interesting, I think.
EDIT: I have ViolentMonkey installed on Waterfox, and I went to YT, then clicked the ViolentMonkey button and selected “Find scripts for this site.” The very first entry was to remove the new Adblock not allowed screen. I installed the script, and it does work.
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This is interesting. I wasn’t aware of YouTube policy, go Premium for no ads on YouTube or if you don’t and continue to use your Ad Blocker they might stop video playback? https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/14129599?hl=en
MacOS iPadOS and sometimes SOS
That page claims ad blocking is against the Youtube TOS, which is linked in the page cited. I did not see any reference to ad blockers, or anything that could be honestly interpreted to cover ad blocking.
An adblocking user has merely chosen not to have his browser download or render unwanted parts of the page. That was the way the web was designed.
HTML, of course, stands for hypertext markup language, and the idea was that the site would mark up the various parts of the page (“this is a header, this is some text, this is a picture, this is a table,” etc.), and the browser would render (or not render) each type of content according to the user’s choices.
Ads, of course, are just another type of content. Choosing to skip that content type is not disabling, circumventing, or interfering with the service, any more than leaving the room during commercials is interfering with the service provided by the TV channel.
The control of the browser was always meant to be in the user’s hands, not those of the owner of the sites he visits.
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but you can click the X and get rid of it for now.
Yeah, that’s what I’m doing at present, without any obvious repercussions (i.e. I don’t see any ads after closing the pop-up)
I’m pretty sure that won’t last though. And I’m pretty sure that plenty more sites will begin to enforce this nonsense in future
My strategy up until now has been to simply stop visiting such sites if they try and insist on me disabling my ad blocker, but as the intrusion becomes more prevalent then I’ll have to find some other solution, perhaps by adding uBlock Origin as suggested
It’s all too too depressing
I also just went on YouTube using Firefox with the UBlock Origin extension, and no ads or message came up. I watched a video too just to make sure it wasn’t a video thing.
“Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube”
Enhancer for YouTube blocks this popup.
I also just went on YouTube using Firefox with the UBlock Origin extension, and no ads or message came up. I watched a video too just to make sure it wasn’t a video thing.
It doesn’t popup on every video (so far).
It’s the hot topic on the sub-Reddit for Ublock Origin ( r/ublockorigin ). They’ve pinned the advice for responding to the current Google campaign. Such as making sure your extension version is the latest, deleting custom filters, flushing the filter cache, and then updating all filters.
For me, it was the custom anti-Youtube code I added to “My Filters” over the years, for blocking banners and popups for Youtube’s own services (TV, Music, shorts).
Had to ditch all of that, and only use the default filter sets. It’s a decent trade: I’ll tolerate those ads, in exchange for deleting the too-many ad breaks within the videos.
It’s always been a game of cat and mouse between companies who want to try and sell us stuff that we don’t want, and us, who want to avoid watching the adverts trying to sell us the stuff that we don’t want
In the olden days (way back before the internets) users had no choice. If they wanted to watch commercial TV they had to put up with the ads between, and even during, the programmes they wanted to watch
And then video recording technology came along and we could record the programmes and simply skip over the ads. W007! for us, and Ha Ha! to them
That didn’t last of course, so fast forward to the days of the internets, and all those of us who don’t want to watch their stoopid adverts trying to sell us stuff that we don’t want, well, we all got ourselves ad blockers
So of course they had to find a way to block the ad blockers, and pretend that the only way that their sites can make money is if we’re forced to watch their ads. (Because their ads are good honest wholesome ads, not like those nasty ones that only try and give us viruses)
The bottom line is that most of us DON’T WANT TO WATCH THEIR STOOPID ADVERTS. Why can’t they ever get that into their thick heads?
I used Adblock with MS Internet Explorer many years ago. When I switched to Firefox I saw the UBlock Origin extention and gave it a try. It was much better than AdBlock. I continue to use UBO and I don’t have much of a problem with adverts. I also keep in mind that adverts help the website pay the bills so if an occasional non-intrusive ad comes up, I don’t mind.
Redirect YouTube Videos in Firefox to play them without Ads
..Firefox users may use the open source extension YT Siphon as a fallback in their browser when they run into playback issues on YouTube. All it takes then is to press two keys on the keyboard to play the video in a third-party frontend in the browser. It is an excellent option to deal with this issue.
All it takes is to download YT Siphon from the official Mozilla Add-ons repository. Interested users may also check out the project’s GitHub repository to verify the code…
The extension adds two actions to YouTube. The first loads the open YouTube video in a third-party frontend when the keyboard shortcut Alt-J is activated.
The second option adds a Shift-click option to YouTube to load any selected video in the configured frontend…
I guess that within the next few days the X won’t appear at ALL, and then it will be decision time
I’m using Firefox. Today I was given a countdown of 3 more videos before YouTube would block video playback. Naturally, I accepted the challenge.
On the other hand, just right-click the video, select “Open Link in New Private Window”, and the video plays just fine in the New Private Window. I’ll see how long that lasts, but I won’t see ads.
I just watched 3 random music videos on YT using Brave browser with no ad pop-ups.
Will post a follow-up if that changes.
I’ll see how long that lasts, but I won’t see ads
Yeah, me neither (although I make a small exception to that rule by using the free mobile version of Duolingo, which inserts ads between lesson blocks)
The “private browser” trick seems to work for the time being. I also don’t get the pop-up when I browse the Unity Asset Store and view an asset’s associated YouTube clip
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I really wish that there was an adult alternative to YouTube. I don’t mean an XXX version, just one that treated me like a grown-up. I don’t mind swearing, and I don’t mind seeing nudity or gore, but all those things currently get content creators demonetized
Even if I decided to get a premium subscription (never gonna happen) THAT wouldn’t change, I’d still only ever get to watch the same watered down bowdlerized content
P.S. Oh the irony! On a whim I just now decided to search for “alternatives to YouTube”, and the first comparison site I went to displayed a “Please disable your ad blocker” pop-up
Blah, I don’t just need an alternative to YouTube, I need an alternative to the whole stoopid interweb
I usually know what I want to view on YT and type it in the Search bar. Lots of related suggestions come up along the right side which get my attention. I’ve watched as many as 10 to 12 videos at a time without any problem. I do use the Search bar a lot which takes me to different parts of YT and keeps me in my “comfort zone” as to what they propose I watch.
Use This Extension to Block Sponsored Ads on YouTube
.. if you shell out $13.99 per month to remove autoplay ads on YouTube, you still can’t get rid of sponsorship ads. No matter how you watch..
To solve the problem, you can turn to a free, open-source and crowdsourced extension: SponsorBlock for YouTube. Volunteers submit “skip segments” to the platform when they find a video with an ad read..
The extension is available in all popular browsers, and even in third-party, ad-free apps like LibreTube. ..
If you dive into the extension’s settings, you can whitelist a channel you want to see sponsorship videos for, and you can disable automatic skipping if you’d like…
..There are currently 13,033,165 users who have submitted 15,061,443 skip segments, which have saved a total of 1889 years and 95.37 days of people’s lives..
Soooo… I haven’t changed anything on my system, but in the last couple of days I haven’t seen the peremptory “stop using your ad blocker” pop-up at all
Now, I either just get a spinny thing for a few seconds before a clip starts, and/or I get some plain text advertising at the top of the screen
It will be interesting to see whether or not it continues like this (it would also be interesting to know if other people are seeing the same thing)
I’m on the B side of my dual boot at the moment, getting caught up on updates, and checked out YouTube. Everything is normal, no notices, not even a spinny thing. Videos just load and play. I’ll check the A side when I finish with updates.
Back on the A side now, and YouTube is back to normal, not even a spinny thing. Perhaps Google/YouTube realized a rather immediate negative effect to this particular campaign, maybe a noticeable drop in overall views.
Soooo… I haven’t changed anything on my system, but in the last couple of days I haven’t seen the peremptory “stop using your ad blocker” pop-up at all
Hi NaNoNyMouse:
According to MariuxReloaded’s 22-Oct-2023 post in the Malwarebytes forum topic Youtube add blocker :
” Yes, YT has started blocking the adblockers, that’s right. However, many adblockers, such as uBlock and AdGuard, have just rolled out a specific “anti-anti-adblocker” filter update and now this issue has been fixed.”
I don’t know if this is actually true (I have both uBlock Origin and Malwarebytes Browser Guard installed in my default Firefox browser and I didn’t see any warnings about ad blockers today when I viewed a few videos on YouTube), but users posting in that thread are waiting to see if Malwarebytes follows suit and modifies the filter list(s) used by the Malwarebytes Browser Guard browser extension to try and circumvent this new YouTube policy.
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Hey Y’all,
I have both UBO and MB Browser Guard installed and I got this today in FF.
I had been getting a similar popup but it had a little clock timer in the upper right corner that would turn to an X after the timer ran out and I could dismiss it and it didn’t come up for the rest of the FF session.
Haven’t tested this yet to see if the 3 video limit is actually imposed.
[UPDATE] yep it blocked playing videos after the third one!
The Windows Phone user agent bypasses YouTube’s annoying anti-ad-blocker pop-up.
Google became notorious for its refusal to support the Windows Phone OS in any way, shape, or form. You could argue that it’s fair enough for a firm to not want to support a relatively small platform, however, Google went out of its way to actively sabotage third-party access as well. Microsoft itself built an excellent Windows Phone YouTube app for its era, only for it to receive an arbitrary block by Google.
Windows Phone is having its last laugh from beyond the grave right now, since it has become a vector to bypass Google’s latest string of ad-blocker-blocks.
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By installing a user-agent switcher, like this one created and distributed by Google, you can switch your user-agent to Windows Phone.
…
At least for right now the method of switching to the Windows Phone user-agent seems to completely remove the YouTube pop-up and allows you to get back to glorious ad-free viewing.Windows Phone gets revenge on YouTube from the grave by helping users bypass its ad-blocker-blocker
Windows Phone is having its last laugh from beyond the grave right now, since it has become a vector to bypass Google’s latest string of ad-blocker-blocks. … By installing a user-agent switcher, like this one created and distributed by Google, you can switch your user-agent to Windows Phone.
The ad-blocker-block is gone/impotent without any intervention on my part. I use uBlock Origin and AdGuard AdBlocker with my Firefox browser. The ad-blocker-block is rendered impotent via one or both of these extensions, or YouTube has pulled the ad-blocker-block for its own reasons.
Either way, I didn’t do anything, and YouTube works normally again.
Yesterday (10/26/2023) YouTube re-blocked AdGuard AdBlocker, and I used Firefox “New private window” to watch YouTube videos without ads.
This morning (~7:00AM Eastern) AdGuard AdBlocker issued an update, and YouTube videos can again be viewed in YouTube, without ads and without using “New private window”, if one is not signed in. The block still works if one is signed into YouTube, but the “New private window” still works when one is signed in.
Looks like a game of Cat and Mouse is underway.
I get the Google no ad blockers allowed message intermittently when running Opera with it’s ad blocker turned on. The fix is simple. Just click the big X in the upper right hand corner of the message window. The message goes away, then click the play button, and then all works as normal.
These Ad Blocker messages are everywhere. As if I want to support NBC’s fake news. They want you to think they’re going broke and we need to bail them out.
Welcome to CNBC. Please support our journalism by allowing ads.
iPhone 13, 2019 iMac(SSD)
The fix is simple. Just click the big X in the upper right hand corner of the message window.
Yeah, as mentioned above by @ascaris, and others, that fix works – for a while. But it’s a game of whack-a-mole, because they keep arbitrarily moving the goalposts (and it seems different for different people – perhaps depending on your location or something?)
For instance at this particular moment in time I haven’t seen the pop-up for a week or so, and I’m able to watch uninterrupted, but I expect that will change again tomorrow
The link within this article may help avoid ads by skipping opposed to blocking
where there’s a will and all that..
Available for Firefox and Chrome in respective browser stores fadblock ~159kb extension, safer getting it from the official stores rather than github IMO
fadblock Chrome, Firefox extension
“This blocker is designed to monitor advertisements, automatically seek the ads and skip them. It’s important to note that this doesn’t classify as traditional ad blocking, as the ad content is technically “loaded”.
Nevertheless, the extension’s underlying logic enables it to fast-forward through the ad content to its conclusion. The entire process is optimized to occur within an extremely brief timeframe, typically <=50 milliseconds, ensuring a smooth and uninterrupted user experience…
I tried this out on FF and it works great!
One note don’t download from the link as it doesn’t tell you how to install it.
Search for it in your Browser Extension settings, two clicks and it’s working.
Installed on Chrome.
Extension hasn’t been checked by Google Play.
Yeah, I got that too but since it’s a Git Hub project and I have other things checking it I went ahead with it. YMMV!
I have noticed that a YouTube video you find via an internet search does have the opening commercial videos you can’t stop or fast forward thru. The same video that may be in one of your subscribed channels does start and play without the commercial videos. At least that’s the way it seems to be right now.
iPhone 13, 2019 iMac(SSD)
YouTube is getting serious about blocking ad blockers
YouTube has confirmed that it has ‘launched a global effort’ to crack down on ad blockers.
YouTube is broadening its efforts to crack down on ad blockers. The platform has “launched a global effort” to encourage users to allow ads or try YouTube Premium, YouTube communications manager Christopher Lawton says in a statement provided to The Verge..
YouTube confirmed that it was disabling videos for users with ad blockers in June, but Lawton described it as only a “small experiment globally” at the time. Now, YouTube has expanded this effort. Over the past several weeks, more users with ad blockers installed have found themselves unable to watch YouTube videos, with a post from Android Authority highlighting the increase in reports.
Lawton maintains that the “use of ad blockers” violates the platform’s terms of service, adding that “ads support a diverse ecosystem of creators globally and allow billions to access their favorite content on YouTube.”..
AdTube 🙁
Although we are still not seeing ads with uBlock and noscript
With some filters without an account 😉
It’s breathtaking arrogance, isn’t it, for them to want to “crack down” on people with ad blockers, as if they’re the white knights and we’re some kind of shady criminal organisation?
These are the same people who blithely use information about us as if it was their own personal property, to try and control and shape our lives
Well, they seem to have discontinued the experiment (where I live at any rate) for now. I can currently watch their stoopid channel even with my evil ad blocker turned on. We’ll see what happens in the future
It’s breathtaking arrogance, isn’t it, for them to want to “crack down” on people with ad blockers, as if they’re the white knights and we’re some kind of shady criminal organisation? These are the same people who blithely use information about us as if it was their own personal property, to try and control and shape our lives
You hit the nail on the head
Alice
Got this reply from Malwarebytes Browser Guard to my support ticket on YouTube blocking. Maybe help is on the way.
“Thank you for taking the time to report this. We are investigating reports of YouTube ads not being blocked and appreciate your patience while we investigate further. We’ll be in touch when this issue has been resolved, And we will do another Malwarebytes Browser Guard update to address this issue. On behalf of Malwarebytes, I apologize for the inconvenience caused.”
iPhone 13, 2019 iMac(SSD)
Well, for me it’s decision time. After a couple of weeks of cat-and-mouse, if I go onto YouTube now, it’s impossible to watch anything. The “You are using an evil ad blocker” message can no longer be bypassed. So, my options are:
Really, there are other alternatives. I’m not beholden to Google. I’ve simply deleted YouTube from my Favourites menu. THAT will show them!
YouTube’s ad blocking crackdown is facing a new challenge: privacy laws
Privacy advocates argue YouTube’s ad blocker restrictions violate the European Union’s online privacy laws.
As YouTube tightens its restrictions on ad blockers, privacy advocates in the European Union are betting that government regulations can put a stop to the crackdown.
One privacy expert, Alexander Hanff, filed a complaint in October with the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC). Hanff argues that YouTube’s ad blocker detection system is a violation of privacy — a charge Google denies — and illegal under EU law. “AdBlock detection scripts are spyware — there is no other way to describe them and as such it is not acceptable to deploy them without consent,” Hanff tells The Verge. “I consider any deployment of technology which can be used to spy on my devices is both unethical and illegal in most situations.”..
Privacy advocates argue YouTube’s ad blocker restrictions violate the European Union’s online privacy laws
It feels to me like a bit of a stretch. Lots of companies sniff out how you’re using your browser, and plenty of companies apply anti-ad-block technology, without many eyebrows being raised
Still, it’s always good to see people trying to bring Google down a peg or two, and if it happens anywhere then it’s most likely to be here in Europe
I’ve been trying out DuckDuckGo’s Beta browser, which incorporates its own viewer and gives the option of using it or watching via YouTube. The DuckDuckGo viewer seems quite immune to YouTube’s adblocker blocking. The latest version is 0.56.1.
Thing is, now that Google have started aggressively going after ad blockers, I can see that they’d want to go after this too Also, I wonder if by “without targeted ads” they actually mean “you WILL get ads, but they just won’t be targeted or personalised”?
When you click on a video, you’re given the option to use the “Duck Player” or watch on YouTube. There is also a checkbox for “Remember my selection”. I have not seen a single ad using the Duck Player other than those that the creator narrates during their sponsored videos. There are no other ads of any kind.
Try it for yourself. You can download it from the DuckDuckGo search page.
I use Invidious which is a frontend for youtube. To use it substitute the [https://youtu.be/] with [https://yewtu.be/watch?v=] and add the youtube identifier after the equals sign. For example:
becomes:
It doesn’t need an independent player and works out of the box. The devs recommend using it with a Moz addon called Privacy Redirect
The Invidious documentation can be found here
A topical subject to test it with is the United24 site which the Ukrainian government made available. You can switch to another subject by replacing “united24” with whatever you want to watch instead.
No need to login by the way.
Thanks @bbearren, DuckDuckGo browser & Duck Player is now my goto YouTube plafform.
(This is a reply to a post by @unbob. I’ve posted it here rather than in the thread itself, because my reply is just an old man’s grumpy rant against the nonsense of the modern world and how the advertising industry is slowly but surely taking over everyone’s lives)
It’s infinitely depressing
They do it because they can
They pretend it’s in our best interests
And nobody with any clout stands up to them
No need to look to the future for some grim dystopian world order. It’s here already
The only thing that John Carpenter got wrong in They Live is that (spoiler alert) the aliens are… US
Not just ad blockers, extensions too.
“If you want to help Malwarebytes get ready for the transition, you can test the beta version of Browser Guard for Manifest V3″
I’m still looking to Browser Guard to protect me.
iPhone 13, 2019 iMac(SSD)
Google’s YouTube vs Ad-Blocker : Enforcement on Third Party Apps
We’re strengthening our enforcement on third-party apps that violate YouTube’s Terms of Service, specifically ad-blocking apps.
Viewers who are using these third-party apps may experience buffering issues or see the error “The following content is not available on this app” when trying to watch a video. We want to emphasize that our terms don’t allow third-party apps to turn off ads because that prevents the creator from being rewarded for viewership, and Ads on YouTube help support creators and let billions of people around the world use the streaming service. We also understand that some people prefer an entirely ad-free experience, which is why we offer YouTube Premium…
We also understand that some people prefer an entirely ad-free experience, which is why we offer YouTube Premium
I don’t need YouTube Premium. I use extensions that continue to block all ads on all sites. I just don’t see ads. Anywhere.
When YouTube gets antsy with “buffering issues” (been a long time since I’ve seen that), I’ll just use DuckDuckGo’s Duck Viewer, and it blocks all ads. Everywhere. Period.
+1 Duck Viewer rules!
I’ll just use DuckDuckGo’s Duck Viewer, and it blocks all ads.
+1 Duck Viewer rules!
Where can I download the Duck Viewer?
Are users referring to the Duck Player video player included with the DuckDuckGo browser, and if so is there a standalone edition of the Duck Player that can be installed separately, or are users required to install the full DuckDuckGo browser?
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Are users referring to the Duck Player video player included with the DuckDuckGo browser,
Yes, pardon my misnomer, it is the Duck Player, and it is part of the DuckDuckGo Browser. There is not a separate download to my knowledge.
Oh no, one year later and YouTube finally found me (ugh) . . . for I am now the recipient of the dreaded “Ad blockers are not allowed in YouTube”! I can dismiss the X in order to watch a video (so far), but there’s much more buffering than there is viewing.
Thanks in advance, everyone, for your suggestions . . . I am now in the hunt.
I am still on the clear.
May you remain that way 😉
I was clear of it for quite a while but recently I get a message that tells me to enter exactly where I want to go in their Search bar. That’s not a problem with me, I always know where I want to go, but nothing loads until I do that. I still don’t get that “Ad Blockers are not allowed in YouTube” Pop Up.
I should add that I don’t belong to anything on YouTube that you need to sign in to. I only use it to watch videos, so that may have a bearing on things.
I rarely use the Search bar and I never sign in to anything on YouTube either; I use the same link to access a particular topic that usually changes daily.
Hope it doesn’t catch up with you!
I find a combination of noscript, privacy badger and ublock origin settings seems to work sans any adblocker warnings from YouTube.
Having collected various blocking scripts for ublock Origin over the years seems to be holding up.(using Firefox ESR/ Gecko forks)
I’ve never, nor am I likely to divulge unecessary profile habitual snoopware for YouTube/ Google AI advertising to come..
Oh no, one year later and YouTube finally found me (ugh) . . . for I am now the recipient of the dreaded “Ad blockers are not allowed in YouTube”! I can dismiss the X in order to watch a video (so far), but there’s much more buffering than there is viewing.
Thanks in advance, everyone, for your suggestions . . . I am now in the hunt.
I’m currently using ABP (not a reliable ad-blocker for YouTube, unfortunately), and uBlock Origin (which isn’t advertised as an ad-blocker per se, but which seems to be working to successfully prevent the “You are using an Evil Ad-Blocker” message, for the time being), both used exclusively in Firefox (I don’t use any other browser)
I do watch YouTube while logged in, because that allows me to create a curated list of just the stuff I want to watch, while being able to hide Fox “News” and similar trash. Otherwise you’re totally at the mercy of Google’s relentlessly invasive social-engineering algorithms
It’s always a balancing act, between keeping their prying noses out of our lives, and yet still living our online lives with a degree of normalcy. That set-up works for me, it might not work for everybody
I’m glad you figured out what works for you so that you can still access YouTube — thanks for checking back here with your update!
I, too, only use Firefox (ESR), and was going to try a couple of the Ad-ons that are noted above to see if either of them works (like you, I’m currently using ABP).
However, given how many here have noted their success with uBlock Origin, I think I’ll start with that.
I’m glad your set-up is working for you (and hope I have similar success)!
Disable ABP and try uBlock Origin by Raymond Hill. It solved the problem for me. If you still get the warning though, try this : go to settings of uBlock Origin, go to “My Filters” tab, and copy and paste the following code :
youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.openPopupConfig.supportedPopups.adBlockMessageViewModel, false)
youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.adBlocksFound, 0)
youtube.com##+js(set, ytplayer.config.args.raw_player_response.adPlacements, [])
youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.hasAllowedInstreamAd, true)
I don’t see any buffering on Youtube for my part (using Firefox). Just in case, make sure to update uBlock Origin. Go to Firefox settings / Extensions / Ublock Origin, click on the 3 dots on the right side, select Manage, scroll down and make sure Allow automatic updates is ON. Also, the first time you install uBlock Origin, you should update the filters.
From what I read, custom filters like the ones I posted get outdated quickly, so don’t bother trying that. But make sure you don’t have any other privacy or adblocking extensions that could be causing your problem.
Finally, you could try watching youtube in a private window, according this site : https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1atwzem/youtube_detection_ads_breakages_2024_02_18_ubo/
I just got that notice about using an ad blocker yesterday. I clicked on the X and it went away. I watched a few more videos without a problem, then it came up again. I just clicked on the X again and I didn’t see it anymore. The videos played fine. I really don’t see where they have the space on their already crowded site to put any ads. I only use uBlock Origin and rarely have any problems with it.
Google pushing “Ad blockers violate YouTube’s Terms of Service” banners on YouTube
Reports on Reddit and other online forums suggest that Google has started to intensify its fight against content blockers once again on YouTube.
The new banner resembles the old. It is shown to users when they use content blockers. The text is slightly different, as it now says “Ad blockers violate YouTube’s Terms of Service”.
The options are identical to last year’s banner: allow ads on YouTube or subscribe to YouTube Premium. No word on YouTube Premium Lite, a cheaper subscription option that promises fewer ads on YouTube as well though.
Not everyone appears to be affected by this. Google, is likely testing the waters on a small percentage of YouTube visitors to collect data and make sure that false positives are low.
Affected users report issues on non-Chrome browsers for the most part. Opera and Firefox seem to be affected specifically by this…
I use Firefox also and had to ditch UBlock Origin and went with Ghostery Tracker & Ad Blocker. So far it’s working good.
Windows 11 Pro
Version 23H2
OS build 22631.5189
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