I got one 2 days ago, refreshed and it went away (FireDragon with ublock)
It actually pushed me further, I now browse Youtube logged out and disabled every piece of tracking i could find
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I saw this with firefox and ublock origin installed. Dismissed it and continued not seeing any ads.
I just refresh the page and it works fine
I've been using Firefox With Ublock Origin (and YouTube ReVanced for mobile) for years, and have yet to see this message outside of a screenshot.
Others have already weighed in, but:
This warning doesn't seem to be persistent. Using ublock/regularly clearing cookies seems to keep this at bay. Sometimes it helps to open new links in container tabs as well.
I got this earlier this week and clearing my cookies/using container tabs seems to reset it.
this happens for a short time about every six months
if you haven't already, make sure ublock is updated, then toggle "quick fixes" (if it's on, turn it off, if it's off, turn it on)
I got this with Firefox + uBlock Origin yesterday but was gone a couple videos later, uBlock must have updated.
Doesn't YouTube premium still have ads?
Firefox + uBlock Origin or Grayjay are my go to.
Also Newpipe for mobile. You can find it on f-droid.
I use freetube without anything but the issue is that my VPN is blocked now, and a self hosted invidious or piped won't help with that, right? I imagine I'm going to need some kind of split for the VPN, where some apps don't use VPN.
But even freetube is somewhat clumsy for queueing videos and proper theater mode without borders. Using Youtube is becoming more and more cumbersome lol.
I wish there was a simple executable that pre-downloads and buffers my youtube channel videos and then just launches an optimized local web server that has good UX.
but the issue is that my VPN is blocked now, and a self hosted invidious or piped won't help with that, right?
If I’m not mistaken this is incorrect, when you self host Invidious you also must host their companion tool to help skirt around YouTube’s blocking system.
https://docs.invidious.io/installation/#linux
You have to run this command on the same public IP address as the one blocked by YouTube. Not necessarily the same machine, just the same public IP address.
You will need to copy these two parameters in theconfig.yamlfile.
Subsequent usage of this same token will work on the same IP range or even the same ASN. The point is to generate this token on a blocked IP as "unblocked" IP addresses seems to not generate a token valid for passing the checks on a blocked IP.
Documentation here is a bit outdated but I assume this is how it still works, just automated without the need to manually run their commands.
Huh, thanks. I don't quite understand it but I guess a token makes sense. Similar to how I can use reddit with VPN when logged in, but not without. I don't even have a youtube account any more though since they forcibly degoogled me by demanding my phone number.
We'll get there eventually. Google will just have to finish cracking down on DRM.
Brave will probably need to stop working before we finally put that much effort into it.
PC plus HDMI capture device plus com skip. You can't stop us but man you can make it painful.
Just be patient for the inevitable uBlockOrigin update that will fix it.
True aha. yt-dlp still works mostly, so I suppose I could just use it to download my subscribed and watch offline. There's always a way
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You can block element on that pop-up with uBlock Origin, and it starts working again.
If you can't click anything, there's a transparent layer still in the way, so you may need to do a second block element (click anywhere and the entire screen should highlight).
Weird side effect is that the scroll stops working sometimes, but if you make the video full screen then back it fixes it.
for anyone interested:
the scroll not working is most likely due to the main container in the page (usually the tag but it can be some other element) having the overflow: hidden CSS property assigned to it.
overflow dictates the behavior of an element that has its content overflow past the parent element's boundaries.
the property can have four values:
visible, where the overflow is fully visible and allowed to extend past the parent element,scroll, which clips the overflowing content and allows the user to scroll the parent element,hidden, which clips the overflowing content and prevents scrolling, andauto, which works almost identically toscroll
most sites run a script that assigns this property with the value of hidden to the tag, making the user unable to scroll the page.
ive seen this behavior the most with sites that blast you with an unavoidable cookie banner which you have to click through to access the page. usually removing the cookie banner element is not enough to freely access the page, and so you have to additionally find which element has its overflow set to hidden and disable that property.
i reckon youtube's adblocker popup is doing the same thing, and coincidentally turning off fullscreen also runs a script that makes sure the overflow is set to either scroll or auto
It feels strangely vindicating when symptoms that just look like 'a weird bug' to my dumb ass actually make sense to folks who know what they're doing.
Thanks for the insight!
I always wondered how this worked.
There are a few browser extensions that force a scrollbar even on pages its disabled if you need to work around it.
Though not being able to scroll down to YouTube comments should be considered a blessing.
AdGuard on Mac for safari, unlock origin for anything other than chrome.
Is this with Firefox + ublock origin? Things are still fine on my side.
It happened to me for the first time today and that's what I use.
I literally just clicked the x and played the video so it didn't effect anything though.
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Freetube on my PC and devices, Smartube for Fire TV.
Yep. Got this yesterday (UK).
I had a couple of adverts make it through yesterday in the UK, just closed the tab and went to some locally hosted content instead. Seems like its working again today. I don't log into youtube at all.
I use pipe pipe on android, haven't had any issues and works great. Freetube on the PC, works great!
Woot woot, added that to my arsenal.
Vanced, new pipe, free tube, tubular, pipe pipe, mobile brave, yt-dlp->jellyfin, laptop->HDMI splitter-> capture card +comskip
The spice will flow.
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Freetube is patched often and remains usable 99% of the time for an ad(and sponsor, if wanted) free experience.
As Youtube makes changes solely to break these players, they are quick to jump through the new hoops.
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