Youtube has added a new “feature” that blocks users with adblockers from viewing videos. How do I get around this while still blocking ads? I currently use uBlock Origin on firefox.
by issue with ublock getting blocked, always try updating the filter lists
I’m getting this since a few days and just refreshing the page always works
Is it the first time you’ve encountered this? If yes, they’re likely testing something and you happened to be randomly selected. It should work again the next day. If not, try refreshing your filters.
Yes, new today. Definitely being ab tested. Seems to be IP based though
Use noutube instead
I also use Firefox with UBlock and I’m able to view YouTube content via m.yotube.com. Maybe loosen your UBO settings a bit?
I ran into this for the first time today, and for some reason the video that didn’t play in Firefox with uBlock Origin downloaded just fine with yt-dlp
- Disable Enhanced Tracking Protection in the little padlock (on the Firefox URL bar, not somewhere in uBlock Origin)
- If you’ve got a VPN, try disabling it. YouTube likes to be very heavy-handed with their blocking if I have my VPN on vs. not
- Clear your cache. For some reason this can help sometimes, idk why. Can be beneficial to sign out and in again, too. (try Firefox settings > Privacy & Security > Manage browsing data > search “youtube” and delete too.)
- Reload your uBlock filter lists in settings (un-select, then re-select)
- If you’re not signed in, this’ll make things a million times worse. YouTube, especially nowadays, loves to block clients without a login because they’re often used by video downloaders, AI scrapers, etc.
Other than that, there’s not much else. Sometimes switching to a chromium-based browser helps too, but I doubt you want to have to entirely switch browsers any time you want to watch a YouTube video.
I find https://preservetube.com/ to be useful when nothing else works.
Try disabling the quick fix filter. It worked for me.
Use one of the few Invidious instances that still exist while that’s still an option, although I have a bad feeling this sorta thing is screwing with Invidious too because I’ve had a few streams corrupt when skipping through the vid before.
Grayjay is also an option, while it’s still an option.
Google has been directly attacking Invidious nodes for about 2 years now. As soon as they figure out a node, it gets IP-banned. All the working instances use IPv6 with huge address blocks or crazy IPv4 address rotation, plus cycling login credentials, …
Fuck YouTube. The only real solution is PeerTube.
I’ve never really figured out Peeetube tbh. It never finds me the type of content I am looking for, usually only instance local content.
It’s largely because there is very low incentive to create videos for peertube: smaller user base and less revenue options. So you find less videos because there are less.
The iron fist of Metcalfe’s Law aka network effects.
I’d like to see more sites sync YT channels , though ofc the problem is YT lawyers (though PeerTube does work perfectly well behind .onion addresses…)
Use a flamethrower, that way you’ll never have to deal with YouTube’s anti-adblock stuff again
I use a vpn and change my location to Mexico and all the videos work again.
uBlock origin > Open the dashboard > Filter lists > Uncheck uBlock Filters > Check uBlock filters
This will force an update & reapply the filters. Usually the first thing you should try when issues like this pop up
Thanks, this worked c:
Does not work for me. At also tried download it from release and install through devloper mode
I’ve been using FreeTube for years, it does break from time to time but never for very long, and it’s a much nicer experience all round.
Use GrayJay.
