He has real life unlike us :(
Happened to me last week i didn’t believe them until they actually blocked the player. I started using brave and realized their threats are only valid on chrome because Google owns both… Google can kiss my middle finger, which is conveniently located on my pelvis
I'd voluntarily step out of that "us". And it would be pretty obvious if he ever used YouTube once in the past 6 months.
I don't get time to watch it mostly as well but I did encounter that strike system long long ago.
Edit : If I sound mad here, I wasn't. I apologise if it sounded rude.
It went away for a while I think?
Either that or my adblocker updated to get around it.
I have no idea since I have uBlock Origin now.
I want to get it, how do I do so?
Assuming you’re on desktop and use one of the common browsers just google uBlock Origin and find it on chrome web store or their own website and just press “add to chrome” or “get uBlock Origin”
I was able to add it to Oprah GX with one click.
I have already had like 40mins of ad free music
Now if only I could add it to my Xbox and phone
I think Edge browser allows extensions in phone to some extent, you can try that for blocking browser ads.
the way you got mad at that I'd say you got no choice but to stay in that "us"
Did I sound mad there lol... I wasn't actually irritated but meant to say this strike system should be pretty common seeing YouTube annoyed everyone with that, and I don't really get to use YouTube much at all anymore, but I encountered it long ago.
Thing is I don't know if they opted for regional implementation for these.
Edit : I edited that comment to specify I didn't mean to be rude!
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Our man missed the epic battle we won.
We won?
Yes we won, but now youtube will force ads in the video, they are going to mount them to the vid so it won't be skippable when I think about it
Ublock has already got round that. We won again.
The arms race continues lol
fuck adblock ublock is better
Just to confirm, this is not for mobile right?
It's also taking control of ad placement from creators. I noticed I can't go in and move them like I used to. I'm going to try again because it may have just been with the live stream, but I'm going to be really irritated if I can't change it in the video
to block server side ads: https://www.reddit.com/r/estrotestingsubreddit/comments/1d58nmj/yt_firefox_adblocking_guide/
6 months? Where has he been for the past year? I don't even bother replying to these type of posts anymore. Sink or swim. If they haven't figured it out yet, then sink.
I always appreciate it when people self identify as colossal douches; it really simplifies things for mr.
"sink or swim" is such a strong sentiment when what we're talking about here is youtube ads
Well don't you sound like a kind soul
I use Brave browser so idk any of these happened lol.
Same here, Braves built in ad blocker is still working everywhere including youtube, for me.
You guys seen it 6 months ago? Never seen it...
Youtube now removes your ability to reply to comments if you have a certain adblock extension on
Having Restricted Mode enabled, I couldn't have been more disappointed in such a disgusting action of taking my freedom of replying to random comments on a YouTube video.
Honestly, I couldn't care less. Most of the comments are not interesting either way.
Sneaky. Start hashtagging not to buy from forced commercials. Money is all they care about so make a difference in their bottom dollar. Then things will change.
I'm lucky enough that I still haven't seen this. I am not a heavy user by any stretch but probably still use it most days. I wonder if they're targeting the highest users?
Use firefox and ublock origin. The only fix atm.
I use it on Edge and works perfectly as well
I personally preffer firefox as developer, but edge may be pretty good as well. Didn't try it since explorer was a thing.
Chrome just works fine too.
Chrome works too
Until Manifest v3 rolls in.
Fire Fox, Brave or Safari browser
Nope. Chromium browsers are getting updates that basically blocks Adblockers from existing.
A lot of browser are based on chrome, not just google. Use something else because Chromium is dying.
For me it works just fine
Youre lucky I'm guessing. 3 days after the Manifest v3 update i started noticing ads/long loading/buffering.
Switched to Firefox. All gone again. It seems to take different lengths of time for people
Which is a bad idea considering how bad ads gotten to the point where the FBI recommends using adblock.
Using it on chrome, works also..
brave works for me
So what happens when they eventually find out about that?
I use Chrome with ublock origin and I'm not getting Ads on YouTube :)
Still the only way as of the moment, at least for me just missing the autoplay feature, screen size and occasional double audio on chrome currently
I live in Russia and Putin blocked all the ads from YouTube via imposed sanctions from the US 🥹
imagine having him as your AdBlocker!
I don't need to imagine that, it's currently happening 🥹
Yeah....great guy putin
I thought he changed his name to "XI's Bitch"
Reddit isn’t blocked in Russia? Or are you on VPN?
No it's still available without VPN
Все я переезжаю
I feel it is more likely that youtube itself doesn't deliver ads to russia, as there is unlikely a way to make money with them.
use ublock origin, if it stops working just update it
How to update it?
- click on the extensions
- ublock origin
- click on settings icon
- on the top select filter lists
- update now
if this doesnt work they might have not updated it yet, ig wait a bit and try again later, has worked for me ever since youtube started being agressive towards adblockers
If i see this post one more time i‘m unfollowing this low effort sub
r/youtube is basically an adblocker sub now.
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The thing about video hosting sites is they are very expensive to run. I hate ads too, but I just bought premium. If you use ad blockers on smaller sites then you will kill them, because they have no way of actually producing enough income to cover their expenses.
The real value of an ad blocker is security. It greatly lowers the amount of bandwidth and hacks you are exposed too.
What Google needs to do is create a "premium" version of their entire ad service, so websites can get paid for users, and users don't have to deal with ads or random third party code running on their machine.
They should also fix their algorithms to not promote people who are liars, whether they be political operatives, or grifters, or scammers. It doesn't have to be mainstream, just derank people who lie and try to take advantage of stupid people. There is too much incentive to poop out low effort content that preys on people's fears and insecurities. I don't know if I trust some people with that role, but sometimes it's very obvious.
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I was. Then I got the "ultimate punishment" where the video player does end up getting "blocked". uBlock Origin helped fix that stupidity.
Lol all that effort from yt devs just to being mocked at by a single web extension
just download brave and swap to that instead, chrome is a mediocre browser at best anyways
I doubted it
And I'm back so it is
hm, is it your first time here mate?
I once got it while watching YouTube on my iPad Pro via Brave Browser on exactly the 3rd of November 2023, but that issue had been resolved since then.
Still, f**k Neal Mohan.
Brave adblocker has no issues
Yep. Thankfully best mate has youtube premium and after researching thoroughly that they can't see what I play (very politically different and they would get offended on some) I took their fifth slot.
Thank you Suze for my not having to struggle with an ad blocker which youtube constantly detects.
Nah this is the first time it's happened to anyone, ever
I use AdBlock and Chrome and I've never had that warning. I have had the adblocker break for the day and stuff, but never that warning.
They put vastly more effort into making ads worse and blocking adblocks than into fixing the site or moderation
Ad revenue is how they make money how are you surprised by this.
Enjoy ad blockers while you can. If you owned a shop and you had customers that came in and stole something small every day for a week.
How long do you think it would take you to have measures in place to prevent it?
But, but, but, a billion dollar company doesn't need to run ads!!!!! /s
Lol, if they think their ads are predatory or excessive, they really don't know what other companies will do to make money.
We've been lobbying our bosses to remove a charge that is completely predatory and makes us look bad.
They laugh at us.
I caved a while back and got Premium… at least I have no ads
Honestly, I've seen people make really good arguments for getting Premium - namely, more direct monetary support for the channels and creators we watch the most. If YouTube had gone that route of convincing us to go Premium, I'd have almost certainly have made the jump, as my husband and I do have several creators we watch very frequently.
Instead, YouTube went this way, aggressively trying to force our hand. And that alone makes me very loath to get Premium, because I don't want to make it seem as though these tactics worked.
Honestly, I wouldn't even mind ads if there weren't too many, but the ads I get are all really unsettling - stuff about Sandy Hook, OCD symptoms, political ads...it's not even applicable to me, so it all just seems pointless.
You summed up my situation, and thoughts, perfectly. 👏
Me to. I’m just sick of the already expensive monthly subscription prices for Premium ever increasing!
At this point, I can't be convinced that this isn't all just a scam to get more money out of the users.
I said it before and I'll keep saying it:
If your selling point of premium is to keep ruining the free product rather than improving the paid product, I am not going to pay you. That's a scummy business practice and I'm not going to support it.
🎯
Hasn’t increased for me
I think there was an increase some time last year if I remember correctly.
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Something called Adskipper (?) works fine for me. But I think most people prefer UBlock Origin.
One time I saw it when I wasn't even using the add blocker
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i havent been getting ads on xbox
Nope
Just use ‘BroBrowser’ on the App Store, literally no problems with it
Welcome to 6 months ago.
I had one of those with ublock a couple of months ago. Just clear the cache and restart the browser and you should be good to go...
ublock origin, it works even without firefox im using opera gx
Old news. Firefox + uBlock Origin. If that doesn't work, go into ublock and disable javascript.
I got it once a few months ago. I clicked on the "X" to close the window and nothing happend. I didn’t got it since. I guess youtube forgot about me lol
I get the stuff "you use an adblocker" and they make me wait five seconds before i can click on the cross, but not those
Yes, Spotify has also changed its subscriptions recently.
Welcome to r/WeHateYT
yeah me too
My guy that's the whole ass sub for the past year
It tells me that and three videos later it's perfectly fine
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It’s a warning not a threat
That macbook is threatening
No. Adskipper used to work till recently, guess back to adblocker till that is fixed.
yes. i am getting the same. that is because youtube is a soulless entertaiment giant who wants to milk out every last cent of their customers.
they also play the most unhinged disturbing ads while censoring the shit out of their users and creators. wanna know why? because they are a soulless entertainment giant and ads pay them money.
they also bomb you with ads in shorts, up to 3 ads in videos and on their homescreen while not even notifying when the content creator you watch uploads. thats because they are a soulless entertainment giant that doesnt give a singe fuck about their customer’s experience, except for when you are paying.
Use Firefox and ublock origin
Press the x button and ignore it or if it forces u refresh do that and ignore.
Update your ad blockers dude lol
Doesn’t work
Which ones do you use?
Adblock Adblock+ ublock
Firefox or Brave with uBlock origin is your friend.
Don't use chrome, chrome is their product
Seriously, why tf do they need more money?
Use add speed up
You been under a rock this whole time?
Yes! I hate yt ads!
Use Firefox + uBlock Origin
I've had this before when it's detected my ad blocker. I switched my ad blocker and it doesn't do this anymore. Just refresh/reset your adblocker then reload the page. it should fix it.
Use ublock origin ;)
uBlock origin has been updated to nuke these warnings into the ground as well
I just hit the X and it stopped popping up for me. Only happened once to me anyways.
YES. ALL the time. Sometimes YouTube threatens me by muting me for no good reason. I just tell the truth. They say it's "to protect the community", but it's not. They do it just to harass me.
Yes.. tons of 'crack downs' spreading. I got blocked from commenting for the first time in my life this past week. Have no idea what comments it was, but something is going on on the Tube for sure.
unrelated but i thought i was the only one that uses ecosia 😭
I use Brave and it's built in ad blocker is still working perfectly
Threatened? No. But they have my daughter and wont let her go until i upload at least 2 shorts per day for 3 years :(
UBlock for the win! It combined with Firefox & all is well.
"turn off the ad blocker or you will be shot" -the youtube support team
No. No one has ever had this specific error ever. This is the VERY FIRST time this has ever happened. Never seen this error before. Nope! Never. 🙄
I was threatened once and YouTube hasn't followed through! I've been ad-free for free for 6 months (💖U-Block Origin💖)
Youtube won't let videos play. I suspect this has happened. I am using firefox ublock origin.
I just logged in on brave to see if that makes a difference, and sure enough videos are playing again for now.
Youtube has gotten so greedy I have premium but I understand I’m privileged and the ads are so annoying
months ago
Many, many, people have posted the same screenshot. I'm on Premium so I haven't seen it.
Just disable and re-enable ur Adblock and u should be good for awhile
I just ran some tests and you're going to love this. I noticed that live streams keep freezing recently and buffer indefinitely. This just started this past month. When the video is "buffering", I see massive (10-15%) jump in my CPU. I have a fairly beefy computer so this is a lot. I went to Twitch and started a live stream there and had about 2-3% jump in my CPU.
YouTube is intentionally using your computer's resources if they are detecting an adblocker and are still stopping you from watching the video. How this is legal is beyond be.
I should also add that this spike ONLY happens when it's "buffering".
nope
Basically they want users to have to go through an ad volume similar to terrestrial TV.
Ublock origin my guy
Yea. I hear that's becoming a nuisance for people. I suggest an alternative website because YouTube is going down the drain at this point. All we need a small "nudge". That will begin the trickle, then the flood away from YouTube.
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You’re in the wrong sub, try r/entitledkids
Imagine they started banning users if they use ad blockers, that would be the worst ever
Gotten it once, updated uBlock Origin, never gotten it again.
This is only about the 200th time I have seen someone post about this.
My “adblocker” just mutes the ad, removes the skip button, and plays exclusively Grammarly ads for some reason
How did that happen to you??? On my computer YT seems not to detect it.
Nope
“Threatened” lol. Y’all are so dramatic
no
I’ve still never seen that.
Firefox + uBlock Origin
Is there a way to fix this?
Nope
Please just use µBlock Origin, then you are good to go.
All i do is close video and open again over and over until no ad or i just give up
Nice MacBook…
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Allow youtube ads, reenable it, repeat
Every time I see this utter shit I just refresh until it goes away. The audacity of this bitch
How even In hell you got guts to ask that???
Wait, am I being paid?
Firefox + uBO works best now, but too much hassle to wait so I just exploit Premium from Turkey lol
If you hate ads that much just pay for premium and never feel threatened by YouTube again.
I hardly notice the YT ads anymore It's like the annoying birds in the morning I noticed them when I moved into a new apartment... but, I hardly hear them anymore untill I take the ear plugs out 😂
Just eat more leaf -ant
Listen if ads is a problem to you just get premium
Twice before it was fixed. I remember instantly closing the team and opening again when I first saw it for myself.
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What were you doing for the past 6 months?