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YouTube's server-side ads resulted in a black screen for ad blocker users (www.ghacks.net)

submitted 4 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Mashable reports that users ran into a black screen on YouTube, and that it stayed for about 6 seconds before the video began playing. The reports indicate it affected several browsers including Firefox, Edge, Vivaldi.

Some users joked that they would rather see a black screen than an ad. While that's certainly a better experience, it does waste precious seconds of our time. A simple workaround for the black screen on YouTube is to just refresh the page, hit F5 as soon as the page starts loading. uBlock Origin's filters were updated with a patch to resolve the problem, the add-on updates its filters automatically. If you are still experiencing the black screen issue, just open the extension's dashboard and manually update the filters. This tug-of-war is getting annoying, but it appears to me that Google's efforts are actively promoting the use of ad blockers, instead of attracting new subscribers.

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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's because they are psychological warfare. They don't need to be liked because the goal isn't to create a positive association with the product, it's to brainwash people into thinking they need the product

[–] eronth@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Or sometimes just remind you the product exists. They don't have to make you like , but when you see it you end up thinking "man it's been a while since I've had ". Next then you know, you're grabbing at the grocery store because you've been thinking about it lately.