@blair_fix @pluralistic It's working just fine for me right now, but I understand youtube is probably testing this with a subset of users, not everyone

@blair_fix If I can't watch YouTube without ads, I won't watch YouTube. I'd miss some creators, but I'd gain back a lot of time.

Easy peasy. YMMV.

@blair_fix @pluralistic ublock origin is not even allowed on Chrome.

@blair_fix As others mentioned third party clients for Android, if you’re on iOS try Unwatched.

@unwatched

Strange. The article writes "uBlock Origin Lite seems to work" (and continues some more about Google Chrome and uBlock Origin Lite). I can share that things work fine with Firefox and the full blown uBlock Origin (no lite) for me today right now.

@blair_fix @pluralistic don't use any of those browsers anywas. FF, Librewolf (FF fork). Brave, if you are careful to turn all the malicious stuff and A I off. Is this guy trying to sell YT subs? I've always wondered, how people pay for that. It's not that hard to get around that.

@blair_fix @pluralistic https://www.privacyguides.org/en/frontends/#youtube

https://smarttubenext.com/

@blair_fix @pluralistic maybe. Hard to read #tomsGuide these day behind the giant ads

@blair_fix @pluralistic time to (mass) migrate 🛸 maybe to https://peertube.tv ?

@blair_fix @pluralistic whelp, no more YT then.

@blair_fix @pluralistic

I don't use ad blockers, but I use Firefox with "Enhanced Tracking Protection", which causes some sites to *think* I'm using one. Hopefully this won't happen to me with YouTube, as I'm a premium subscriber.

Regardless, I'm generally OK with sites using ads or paywalls to compensate their creators. If the ads annoy me, I either avoid that site or pay if there's an option to remove them. I don't feel entitled to unlimited free content.

https://funcrunch.medium.com/on-ad-blockers-paywalls-and-entitlement-1e2ad798e86b?sk=8b28a89d4551467560a6853bfe43a1de

@blair_fix @pluralistic as of today (12/nov/25) youtube works ok on FF + uBlockOrigin... (in Italy)

@blair_fix @pluralistic use freetube. A desktopapp for win and Linux, that is a YouTube frontend and protects your data. On android use new pipe or libre tube available from f-droid store. Simple. No data. No fee.

@blair_fix @pluralistic Rather sad that not even halfway through the article a popup appears, begging me to sign up and never disappears. Also: recommending ChatGPT Atlas is a red flag for me.

@blair_fix @pluralistic i’d buy a plug and play pi-hole