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YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world (9to5google.com)
submitted 1 year ago by ijeff@lemdro.id to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] JoMomma@lemm.ee 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did someone forget to purge their uBlock caches?

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly. Takes five seconds.

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not having YT problems but have never done this.

Could someone explain how?

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Open the uBlock Dashboard, then in the Filter Lists tab click the Purge All Caches button (then the Update now button)

[–] _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

For quicker syncing, you can:

Open uBlock Settings -> click Filter Lists tab -> type "quick" into search box -> click clock icon for "uBlock filters – Quick fixes" -> click "Update Now" button up top

That will only clear the cache for the fixes that actually counter the youtube countermeasures. Helpful if it takes a long time to download and refresh when all of the caches are invalidated.