YouTube's being stupid again.
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Since YouTube is forcing us to watch ads now, what are the best alternatives?
Firefox and Ublock Origin.
And if you are fearless and have a spare Android phone/tablet, aaand time to create a new Google account that isn't linked to your current Google or Outlook account. You could try using YouTube Revanced. Of course, when I tried it, it deleted my Gmail emails. Thankfully I used my college Outlook email.
ReVanced
Continuing the legacy of Vanced. ReVanced has 35 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
github.com
Firefox and Ublock doesn't magically get you around Youtube trying to force ads on you. I got blocked on my desktop yesterday because I opened up several videos in new tabs at once and caused me to use up all the "warnings" at once I think. A little basic troubleshooting and I figured it out. First I tried to watch videos on my phone signed in and that worked fine so it's not tied to your account (or IP address), then I tried another browser on my desktop and that worked just fine so it's not recognizing a specific device. So, the only thing it could be is Youtube using cookies to do it so I deleted all my Youtube and Google cookies, signed back in on my main Firefox browser and I can watch videos again just fine.Firefox and Ublock Origin.
And if you are fearless and have a spare Android phone/tablet, aaand time to create a new Google account that isn't linked to your current Google or Outlook account. You could try using YouTube Revanced. Of course, when I tried it, it deleted my Gmail emails. Thankfully I used my college Outlook email.
ReVanced
Continuing the legacy of Vanced. ReVanced has 35 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
It's not just you: YouTube is slowing down your PC if you have AdBlock installed by making your CPU sweat—though despite the company's past behaviour, it's probably AdBlock's fault
YouTube Premium members also appear to be impacted.
www.pcgamer.com
Did you read the article before or after the edit?Apparently it does this even if you paid for premium.It's not just you: YouTube is slowing down your PC if you have AdBlock installed by making your CPU sweat—though despite the company's past behaviour, it's probably AdBlock's fault
YouTube Premium members also appear to be impacted.
For people reading only link titles; YouTube pages were slowing down for people because of a bug in AdBlock and AdBlock Plus, not because of YouTube.
YouTube pages weren't the only pages affected by it either.
Google Chrome is killing one of the most popular ad blockers around
The party's over for uBlock Origin.
mashable.com
Guess who's switching to Firefox.
That may change my browser in Android as I currently use the chromium-based Kiwi Browser on mobile because it's one of the few browsers that supports extensions.Google Chrome is killing one of the most popular ad blockers around
The party's over for uBlock Origin.
Guess who's switching to Firefox.
Switched to Firefox. Felt weird at first. I stopped using it 10 years ago.Google Chrome is killing one of the most popular ad blockers around
The party's over for uBlock Origin.
Guess who's switching to Firefox.
This is Cory Doctorow's "enshittification" in process. The basic idea is that they made a great product for consumers, waited until enough got locked in, and then maximised their revenue by fucking those consumers over.Google Chrome is killing one of the most popular ad blockers around
The party's over for uBlock Origin.
I love the article sentence: "That said, some ad-blockers aren't safe or compliant with Google's policies, so you can't blame the company for enforcing that." Right. And who writes Google's policies? And who is primarily designed to benefit from Google's policies? Hmm...