Youtube’s Anti-adblock and uBlock Origin - And a Dinosaur
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Recently, YouTube has been ramping up its anti-adblock effort, and I’ve been watching this closely due to personal interest. This blog post is where I write down what I know. Some Background Here’s...

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.

  • DrQuint@lemm.eeEnglish
    12·
    11 months ago

    Comments like these is literally the first thing the article warns against.

    YouTube is doing this in a staggered and flaky rollout. Seeing the videos fine as an anecdote is no indication of anything. The only people who can claim a method works are those who have gained access to affected accounts, know how they’re affected, and have issued a fix.