got fully locked out of youtube for Using Adblocker crimes today (got a pop-up saying I’d be locked out after 3 videos and then the video player locked down) and after some experimentation discovered that switching to my old YouTube profile that wasn’t created via a Google account has bypassed it.
i DON’T know if this has anything to do w the origins of the account or if it’s just that they’re not rolling the new features out to all accounts at once and I’ve found a loophole so ig we’ll see how long this works for!!
this is what i’ve learned so far:
it initially presents as a dismissable popup saying that adblockers will shortly no longer be allowed & then after a while you get the ‘three more videos and the player will be blocked’ message followed by the player locking down.
YouTube is rolling out the new measures gradually so if you haven’t had any issues it’s likely to be bcos it hasn’t hit your account yet; comments along the lines of 'i used this browser + adblock combo’ are therefore not very helpful.
if using uBlock you seem to be able to bypass it by logging out but this does have the downside of having to use YouTube logged out. it apparently also works in private browsing mode.
I posted the above workaround in a reddit thread on the subject and someone else confirmed that making a new account worked for them.
I’m HOPING that someone will come up with a permanent workaround before it hits my old account but given how aggressive this seems to be I’m afraid this might be the thing that makes me finally bite the bullet and switch to spotify :(
switching over to my old account HAS broken my recommendations but less so than logging out altogether so could be worse!!
ok further research conducted, the following adblockers are defo detected:
ublock origin
adblock plus
total adblock
adblock
ghostery
adblocker for youtube
adblocker ultimate
adguard adblocker
according to comments seen on reddit the following can also trip it:
enhancer for youtube
vivaldi built in adblocker
i am currently having success with an extension called adlock but it’s not proving very effective.
ETA: i use firefox + ublock origin; i’ve seen a number of people speculating that it’s a chrome or chromium issue and sad to say it is not :(
Morning everyone!!
As I mentioned above ^ due to the gradual roll out, unless you’ve been hit with this and found a workaround, commenting that your adblock is 'still working’ isn’t useful.
I spoke to a more tech savvy friend last night and she seemed pretty confident that it’s only a matter of time before adblockers catch up but as this seems to only be affecting a minority of users I’m not sure if it’s a priority atm.
For what it’s worth, ublock still works with Spotify in my experience.
one thing about me is when i read or watch something and there’s an evil child or some sort of monster who was born a monster i’m always going to side with the monster. sorry about your loser parents i would have loved you. skill issue
I think game studios should just release their character creators online. For the times when I don’t wanna play the whole game, just the lil dress up part
