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ardi60@reddthat.com to TechnologyEnglish · vor 2 Monaten

YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it

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YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it

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ardi60@reddthat.com to TechnologyEnglish · vor 2 Monaten
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YouTube is coming up with another infuriating way to force users to pay for Premium subscipriton or watch ads.
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    So my adblocker now also removes youtube comments? That’s more of a feature than a hurdle!

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      When adblox inevitably fixes this, you can block comments, and a bunch of other crap, on purpose with Unhooked

      https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-recommended-videos/

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        I love unhook so much. Using Youtube without recommended videos is a blessing. I only see what I wanna see, not a single thing the algorithm wants me to watch.

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        uBlock Origin (I’m still seeing the comments, though).

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          Are you still seeing the ads?

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            No, ads are still blocked.

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              Splendid. Thank you!

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      I recall having some firefox addon once upon a time to specifically remove youtube comments.

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      I usually find the comments more useful than the video, sometimes more entertaining too.

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        Then you really should watch better videos.

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