YouTube intensifies fight against ad blockers showing pop-ups, and users are frustrated | Blocking ad-block users::undefined

  • @grte@lemmy.ca
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    301 year ago

    Same. I’m wondering if it’s limited to certain markets for the time being.

    • @abhibeckert@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      For me it’s a “soft” popup - a simple banner with a close button telling me not to block ads. And it doesn’t appear very often, I think I’ve seen it twice.

      • Brownian Motion
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        211 year ago

        You will get the timer one in due course.

        I first got the ‘soft’ banner, then it went to timer one (and this timer comes after watching 3 videos with ‘soft’ one.)

        However, uBlock still removes the banner, but you have to click on the video after a few seconds to start it. Alternately you can hit F to fullscreen the video, and the banner just goes away and the video starts (without uBlock).

    • @Azzu@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Many people have either not up-to-date filters, or are using some other addons/features that interfere with uBlock/trigger the adblock detection.