Youtube Unplayable Videos with Adblocker
Postedabout 2 months agoActiveabout 2 months ago
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seems youtube has ramped up their adblocker efforts
- can't search or play videos while ublock origin is on.
on firefox that is.
anyone experiencing the same ?
YouTube has made videos unplayable with adblockers, specifically with uBlock Origin on Firefox, prompting users to seek alternatives or update their adblockers.
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tjpnz
about 2 months ago
Update UBO and it works again. Had the same problem earlier.
blueflow
about 2 months ago
The problems with the adblocking stopped after i switched to Soundcloud Go+.
roscas
about 2 months ago
Yes. I stopped using Youtube.
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