Post A46QbG2xBVMbNjTOgi by gatooscuro@mastodon.la
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(DIR) Post #A460aVwI0tizZdLCD2 by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T11:26:39Z
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Am I the only one who's adblockers in #Firefox don't work anymore when it comes to #Youtube? Super annoying, it basically makes watching Youtube from a browser impossible.
(DIR) Post #A460g9U2Pr5dfMoZlY by stux@mstdn.social
2021-02-09T11:27:41Z
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@Gina On other browsers it also has troubles :sad_cat: Even in Chrome with uBlock Chromecast shows ads 😠
(DIR) Post #A460h0KHwpmbYTf2Qa by Canadiancuckcoin@paypig.org
2021-02-09T11:27:53Z
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@Gina I bought YouTube premium I enjoy Ni ads when I'm streaming to my Roku
(DIR) Post #A460iZlFgfzFkC1RQG by Canadiancuckcoin@paypig.org
2021-02-09T11:28:11Z
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@Gina I bought YouTube premium I enjoy no ads when I'm streaming to my Roku
(DIR) Post #A460sPMXCifOOB9JaK by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T11:29:56Z
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@Canadiancuckcoin I refuse to pay for premium when they've already made boatloads of ad revenue off of me.
(DIR) Post #A460sPbmI2rN9SHULQ by toromino@fedi.absturztau.be
2021-02-09T11:29:58.113949Z
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@Gina You could use the invidious front-end for YouTube, it doesn't have ads. I have an instance on https://betamax.cybre.club
(DIR) Post #A460wAsUzzgCcmtdFw by mezzodrinker@tooting.ch
2021-02-09T11:30:30Z
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@Gina uBlock Origin still works perfectly fine. The only thing that isn't blocked reliably for me is the "Do you want to log in?" and "We're going to use cookies to track you." notices.
(DIR) Post #A46163OveXGCKamAls by Canadiancuckcoin@paypig.org
2021-02-09T11:32:25Z
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@Gina Eh, I use to think the same I got a 4 month free trial and ended up hating going back to double fucking ad rolls. But it's all personal preference I guess.
(DIR) Post #A4616cSLJpmt3JdtS4 by cadence@is.badat.dev
2021-02-09T11:31:24.302393Z
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@Gina I assume you already went into the uBlock Origin settings and forced a filter list update?
(DIR) Post #A4616cxBTASQay4WWW by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T11:32:25Z
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@cadence I did not, where would I do that?
(DIR) Post #A4617ZSjw0A63dHXlI by ij@nerdculture.de
2021-02-09T11:32:40Z
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@Gina Well, indeed YT got very annoying.. every day some popup to deny (login or something) and from time to time I'm even forced to solve captchas to proceed because of "too much traffic from your site"...
(DIR) Post #A461JfrTy7afNYctSC by floppy@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T11:34:03Z
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@stux @Gina Have you considered websites like Invidious?I'm using it exclusively for a while and I'm pretty happy and without ads. It works well, if you're mostly just interested in viewing (and maybe playlists).It makes sense to combine Invidious et al. with a browser addon that automatically forwards you to those pages, when e.g. a youtube-dot-com link is about to be followed.
(DIR) Post #A461KER7Q8IYbvYpii by Rynach@mstdn.io
2021-02-09T11:33:22Z
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@Gina I have no problems whatsoever which may be because of the many filter lists I have subscribed to.
(DIR) Post #A461QweHx80rTEvE0G by moritzheiber@mastodon.social
2021-02-09T11:35:02Z
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@Gina FWIW, it does still work for me with uBlock, but I also use this addon and it's glorious and "the best thing since sliced bread" for YouTube for me: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/yt2embed/
(DIR) Post #A461fFQ6xSiDk86vYG by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T11:38:42Z
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Oh holy crap I found the culprit! #Firefox came with this Widevine DRM extension by #Google. That was overriding uBlock Origin. As soon as I disabled the YT ads were gone. TIL.
(DIR) Post #A461kUKgwOUDRR4gj2 by mracreep@social.tchncs.de
2021-02-09T11:39:00Z
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@Gina uBlock Origin works for me.
(DIR) Post #A461pCPP0dkvIbWZbk by newt@stereophonic.space
2021-02-09T11:40:35.405824Z
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@Gina Firefox is certainly fun, isn’t it?
(DIR) Post #A461ycbIzuHP8daKEy by stardust@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T11:41:57Z
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@Gina Even though you found the solution, I recommend using hBlock: https://github.com/hectorm/hblock:“hBlock is a POSIX-compliant shell script that gets a list of domains that serve ads, tracking scripts and malware from multiple sources and creates a hosts file, among other formats, that prevents your system from connecting to them.”
(DIR) Post #A4626Tzat24ikzh6DA by feyn@toot.feynman.monster
2021-02-09T11:42:26Z
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@Gina do you use uBlock Origin?
(DIR) Post #A4626VoK7uFSOcR7vE by feyn@toot.feynman.monster
2021-02-09T11:42:46Z
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@Gina ok nevermind.
(DIR) Post #A462CvlEYcGGcI3HMW by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T11:43:35Z
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@newt So scummy that you can't even delete the extension. What the hell #Firefox.
(DIR) Post #A462E4gkqjriaxVCjo by newt@stereophonic.space
2021-02-09T11:45:04.855606Z
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@Gina 80% of Mozilla’s budget comes from Google. Just saying.
(DIR) Post #A462Fn972lX4lbaLei by mracreep@social.tchncs.de
2021-02-09T11:44:31Z
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@Gina that could get ennerving, as you need this plugin to watch netflix :/
(DIR) Post #A462JaWHvghglXEfuC by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T11:45:27Z
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@newt That's... not great.
(DIR) Post #A462UHRFDJc0lsyVai by brooklynbridge@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T11:47:40Z
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@Gina I had hardened my Firefox by following privacytoolsIO steps (includes disabling Widevine) and that's why my uBlock Origin was working fine.
(DIR) Post #A462ajmgjmREQE5HY8 by PeterCxy@sn.angry.im
2021-02-09T11:48:56Z
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@Gina I just checked and it seems that I have this enabled too, but I don't seem to have any problem with uBlock Origin and YouTube. (It's also quite strange that Widevine has anything to do with YouTube Ads, as far as I know YouTube does not even invoke Widevine except for a few paid resources)
(DIR) Post #A462hULYX4hIZPc1vk by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T11:49:36Z
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@PeterCxy No idea what else it could be though.
(DIR) Post #A462wGLYrkyNUgey6y by PeterCxy@sn.angry.im
2021-02-09T11:52:51Z
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@Gina I guess it could be something about Firefox for Windows? (It seems that yours is the Windows version)
(DIR) Post #A4635kWu13QLi8UKQK by duponin@udongein.xyz
2021-02-09T11:54:46.763972Z
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@Gina @newt Firefox's CEO needs moneyAnd security engineers are useless, let's save money too
(DIR) Post #A4639Ttvma6JIS2TtA by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T11:55:22Z
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@PeterCxy It could be. To be honest, this new laptop came filled with Windows and Dell bloatware, I still have to reimage it.
(DIR) Post #A463FQ01Cbd4vtiXT6 by laufi@chaos.social
2021-02-09T11:56:26Z
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@GinaIt's not a typical extension. It's the DRM stuff that is standardized by the #IETF to make #DRM possible for big streaming platforms. #Firefox would lose a lot of users, if they could not watch all their beloved streaming services. Then the #Google browser engine monopoly would be completed. In my opinion, this is entirely Google's fault. Although #mozilla did shameful things, they are still one of our greatest allies. If we are fundamentally divided, Google wins.@newt
(DIR) Post #A463Q3NXe50nxgn87s by kiudecan@framapiaf.org
2021-02-09T11:58:08Z
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@Gina havent had any problem as of now.. using uBlock, coupled with PrivacyBadger , Decentraleyes and DisconnectMaybe adding one of these addon would do the trick..Using NewPipe from Fdroid for watching videos on smartphone. No problem observed
(DIR) Post #A463SujeEori1VUmem by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T11:58:52Z
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@kiudecan On my Android I use Vanced. But this was desktop specific.
(DIR) Post #A463V7UTmj8QA8S6XA by kiudecan@framapiaf.org
2021-02-09T11:59:20Z
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@Gina so the rest of the comment is adressing it
(DIR) Post #A465qsWOJvI811qjfE by katie@mstdn.io
2021-02-09T12:25:40Z
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@Gina That's interesting. I have no such plugin.Though I do wonder if ads on #YouTube is due to this extension or #UBlock Origin not yet having updated the filter lists on a new laptop. UBlock doesn't block all that until you enable more than default filters and it updates them.
(DIR) Post #A465srxFOmrGpwMQ6K by MrMagne@framapiaf.org
2021-02-09T12:26:00Z
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@stux @Gina if I remember correctly chromium has disabled some api requiered by ublock, not firefox.
(DIR) Post #A466W35NwldYeZqiW0 by jaze@mastodon.social
2021-02-09T12:33:04Z
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@Gina Are you using #uBlockOrigin?https://ublockorigin.com/
(DIR) Post #A4675R22uKbP3ZA1ui by chuculate@freespeechextremist.com
2021-02-09T12:38:51.865581Z
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@mracreep @Gina That could get liberating, not having to suffer DRM.
(DIR) Post #A467GKuI1M47FGjNg0 by blkpws@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T12:41:21Z
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@katie @Gina I neither have that plugin, also you can always use ungoogled-chromium https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium for the extensions you can use https://github.com/NeverDecaf/chromium-web-store
(DIR) Post #A4689zFVjMyCI9C2jY by anonymoose@fedi.club
2021-02-09T12:51:34.691676Z
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@Gina It's closed source and now part of the official browser spec. EFF (and IIRC a few other principled members) resigned their seat on the w3c over that vote.https://boingboing.net/2017/09/18/antifeatures-for-all.htmlNot surprisingly, google has been using it to road-block developers from creating new browser projects:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19553941&p=2
(DIR) Post #A468xqy2nQD75Mnkmm by stevefoerster@mastodon.oeru.org
2021-02-09T12:57:30Z
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@laufi @Gina @newt And yet Brave amd Vivaldi don't come with it.It's not like I can't understand your argument; I agree that most casual users would think it was the browser that was broken if they couldn't watch streaming services. But an inability to remove it?
(DIR) Post #A469ueYEbRxFf8lckS by devurandom@cybre.space
2021-02-09T13:11:10Z
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@katie @Gina most linux distros don't package the drm plugin along with firefox, at least bc it's not open-source. (also, firefox has a togglable preference that lets you disable drm altogether last time i checked)
(DIR) Post #A46Al0fZc2XdJtAJqS by dsfgs@activism.openworlds.info
2021-02-09T13:20:38Z
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@katieFor reference: #FirefoxHardening #WideVine (see above)Assuming you've disabled WebAssembly. You may notice interesting things after you disable the running of pre-compiled sent direct to your browser. *wink*@Gina
(DIR) Post #A46BiHfI4Ew57EIU7c by shironeko@fedi.tesaguri.club
2021-02-09T13:31:22.410787Z
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@Gina try invidious
(DIR) Post #A46FBqaRbjJBgTopay by mmu_man@m.g3l.org
2021-02-09T14:10:20Z
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@Gina Fx 85.0.1 with uBlock Origin here and it works fine.
(DIR) Post #A46FmYTNuw1MDg1Ka0 by wylel@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T14:16:48Z
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@Gina I prefer FreeTube or NewPipe, havent watched a YouTube video in my browser in a long time.
(DIR) Post #A46FqFy8elglzNAcoC by ademalsasa@floss.social
2021-02-09T14:17:00Z
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@Gina thanks Gina for sharing this.
(DIR) Post #A46FyyobnqWDOTs9Z2 by redfrog@mamot.fr
2021-02-09T14:19:13Z
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@Gina ublock origin blocks everything.....
(DIR) Post #A46GfOK3MGmEfJnt4a by seachaint@hackers.town
2021-02-09T14:26:40Z
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@PeterCxy @Gina Widevine is Google's DRM so they wouod absolutely do this in their typically anti competitive manner.As this has affected ye though, maybe ye might send a message to the EU Antitrust/Competition authorities and let them know? :) This looks like another clear antitrust issue and could get Google in some trouble.
(DIR) Post #A46Glvc8UesxegNXzE by george_@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T14:27:07Z
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@Gina You can uninstall it via `about:preferences`, there is a checkmark for "play DRM controlled content". (Unchecking it uninstalls it)The default preferences must differ per OS / distro, as it's disabled by default for me.
(DIR) Post #A46HOovJIrnUCKtP6W by redneonglow@neckbeard.xyz
2021-02-09T14:35:06.282418Z
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@Gina I never had this problem and Widevine is enabled on my browser.
(DIR) Post #A46HSc4f1BuRVO4gnw by george_@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T14:35:43Z
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@Gina @newt You can uninstall it via `about:preferences`, there is a checkmark for "play DRM controlled content". (Unchecking it uninstalls it)The default preferences must differ per OS / distro, as it's disabled by default for me.
(DIR) Post #A46ICQVoL16ay0cTPk by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T14:43:59Z
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@redneonglow it's either that or uBlock Origin took some time to update its lists or something. I didn't change anything else in the meantime.
(DIR) Post #A46IPIjCadyUad1R4q by PeterCxy@sn.angry.im
2021-02-09T14:46:10Z
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@seachaint @Gina I don't think one should jump to such a definitive conclusion too quickly from one case that may or may not be caused by that Google plugin. I don't doubt Google's willingness to do something like this, and I do dislike Widevine DRM, but I'd say just wait and see if more cases like this start popping up recently, and then try to determine whether it's Google or something else. AFAIK that thing loaded in Firefox is not even activated at all (even though the plugin shows as enabled) unless you explicitly allowed it to download the blob from Google.
(DIR) Post #A46ISJ7PavrGfZmOdU by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T14:46:51Z
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@PeterCxy @seachaint I'm gonna try to reproduce it.
(DIR) Post #A46IqhnXULxaA57ODY by PeterCxy@sn.angry.im
2021-02-09T14:51:09Z
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@Gina @seachaint I'll try to get a fresh Firefox for Linux install and see if this can be reproduced.
(DIR) Post #A46Iv3zauc249eppUe by nuala@toot.wales
2021-02-09T14:52:02Z
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@Gina thanks for this! I'd been wondering what changed
(DIR) Post #A46JCqqAY8sOZpuNRA by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T14:55:05Z
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Just tried reproducing it. The first time Widevine was on by default, I installed uBlock Origin, and restarted Firefox. Ads weren't blocked. I disabled Widevine, ads were suddenly blocked.Just uninstalled uBlock Origin. Enabled Widevine. Restarted browser. Installed uBlock Origin. Restart browser. Widewine still enabled. I see ads. I then disabled Widevine and lo and behold I don't see ads. HOWEVER, I restarted Firefox again. Now Widevine is disable, and crap I see YT ads again.
(DIR) Post #A46JLTnrZRv3jbwacS by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T14:56:33Z
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Just tried reproducing it. The first time Widevine was on by default, I installed uBlock Origin, and restarted Firefox. Ads weren't blocked. I disabled Widevine, ads were suddenly blocked.Just uninstalled uBlock Origin. Enabled Widevine. Restarted browser. Installed uBlock Origin. Restart browser. Widewine still enabled. I see ads. I then disabled Widevine and lo and behold I don't see ads. HOWEVER, I restarted Firefox again. Now Widevine is disabled, and crap I see YT ads again.
(DIR) Post #A46JPWttzqtEV1hSNc by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T14:57:23Z
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So yeah anywho welcome to the adventure that is adblocking. Sorry for the crappy troubleshooting, been out of IT too long 😂
(DIR) Post #A46JS6ItL8M0sZc9uC by nathand@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T14:57:54Z
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@Gina I imagine some ads probably take advantage of Wildvine, but advertising is randomized on YT, IIRC.
(DIR) Post #A46JZwAssqinmTbctk by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T14:59:24Z
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@nathand Maybe it itsn't Widevine at all but maybe uBlock just.. needs some encouragement or something? God so glad I don't have to solve IT issues for a living anymore.
(DIR) Post #A46Jioxp3ufU1WjTXM by seachaint@hackers.town
2021-02-09T15:00:48Z
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@PeterCxy @Gina Google do use Widevine for a few videos on Youtube AFAIK, so they would probably argue that it has to hook into Youtube to prevent "tampering". But in disabling adblock that looks brazenly like a way to lock users into ads using its dominance over the DRM market.
(DIR) Post #A46JjuP6K1IZBX0hrE by scully@the.vermonters.club
2021-02-09T15:01:11Z
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@Gina no apologies needed. I am following along and appreciate your keeping us in the loop.
(DIR) Post #A46JsIg5xHromoxcXY by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T15:02:45Z
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@seachaint @PeterCxy I realize now it's quite a big assumption to make. I tried reproducing the issue, and the same happened, but then there was a little twist in that after a browser restart where I had Google's DRM disabled and uBlock Origin enabled it showed ads again.So idk, maybe a uBlock issue.
(DIR) Post #A46K5AoAWgU08wsKum by murks@social.tchncs.de
2021-02-09T15:05:03Z
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@Gina @nathand So far ublock origin has been 100% reliable for me and Youtube ads. I don't have that widevine plugin but I don't recall whether it was installed by default. I doubt ads use DRM but that doesn't mean the plugin doesn't do silly things.
(DIR) Post #A46K9JdPeRaGg0osKW by nathand@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T15:05:06Z
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@Gina youtube-dl and/or mpv 😎 Actually, don't do that. You might try enabling some of the other filter lists in uBlock.
(DIR) Post #A46KCURru0P55FvwBc by PeterCxy@sn.angry.im
2021-02-09T15:06:17Z
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@Gina @seachaint Maybe try to ask uBlock devs about this and see if they could reproduce? Here on Linux it really seems to be fine and I cannot reproduce the issue whatsoever.
(DIR) Post #A46KD1JVi6KH0tHEEy by gray@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T15:05:45Z
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@Gina Sounds like it could be an issue with the filters. Although you say you've removed and re-installed, so that would be odd - unless it didn't clear the settings.Have you tried "purge all caches" and then updating the filters from the filter lists settings screen?
(DIR) Post #A46KFfyHW8Nvgpc6Yi by robbnl@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T15:05:58Z
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@Gina I use invideous ridirect addon: https://github.com/metiis/invidious-redirectNo youtube (and thus no ads)
(DIR) Post #A46KPNW4zFWXLh35BA by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T15:08:46Z
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@gray I have not, but I do think maybe that could be it. After reproducing and then finding out the ads were appearing again after a browser restart (with uBlock on and DRM disabled), I now think it might not be the DRM after all. Maybe uBlock just takes a while to enable or something? I don't know, but installing uBlock (=ads), and then disabling DRM (=no ads) is odd.
(DIR) Post #A46KX1BDuuU2OGw7Tk by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T15:09:33Z
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@gray I have not, but I do think maybe that could be it. After reproducing and then finding out the ads were appearing again after a browser restart (with uBlock on and DRM disabled), I now think it might not be the DRM after all. Maybe uBlock just takes a while to enable or something? I don't know, but installing uBlock (=ads), and then disabling DRM (=no ads) was odd.
(DIR) Post #A46KfFQmodxuuE8kXg by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T15:11:36Z
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@PeterCxy @seachaint I'm gonna try some other ways to reproduce it. Would suck if I led everyone to the wrong conclusion just from being a shitty troubleshooter 😂
(DIR) Post #A46Ki7YkXS6FMTEcfQ by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T15:11:50Z
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@PeterCxy @seachaint I'm gonna try some other ways to reproduce it. Would suck if I led everyone to the wrong conclusion just by being a shitty troubleshooter 😂
(DIR) Post #A46KzRHsRaktT9bJTc by PeterCxy@sn.angry.im
2021-02-09T15:15:08Z
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@Gina @seachaint It was brought up by @rility that uBlock Origin may not load properly for the first few tabs opened in a session (although I cannot reproduce this here either)
(DIR) Post #A46LGxp4jOapIbU9zs by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T15:18:06Z
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@PeterCxy @seachaint @rility That's weird, uBlock Origin doesn't show up for me after a Firefox restart or tab refreshes.
(DIR) Post #A46LYczYv0bxuDoUro by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T15:21:36Z
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Just restarted my whole system. I still see YT ads. uBlock Origin is enabled, Widevine disabled, so I'm guessing it's not the latter. SORRY FOLKS, PLEASE LOWER YOUR PITCHFORKS, IT maybe WASN'T GOOGLE THIS TIME. 😂😂
(DIR) Post #A46LekH2l0n2EBuJEW by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T15:22:00Z
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Just restarted my whole system. I still see YT ads on Firefox. uBlock Origin is enabled, Widevine disabled, so I'm guessing it's not the latter. SORRY FOLKS, PLEASE LOWER YOUR PITCHFORKS, IT maybe WASN'T GOOGLE THIS TIME. 😂😂
(DIR) Post #A46M8D3koOjNu2jzfc by Acro81@merveilles.town
2021-02-09T15:27:54Z
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@Gina I use AdBlocker ultimate and EFF Privacy Badger and I don't see ad's anywhere
(DIR) Post #A46M9QH9A10XBIaFSS by msh@coales.co
2021-02-09T15:28:05Z
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@Gina it is, if course, completely by design. Most people just think of DRM as technology that prevents you from viewing content that licensors don't want you to see but it's more than that. DRM is also about REQUIRING you to view content licensors wish for you to see (ads) as well as forcing you to run certain software (trackers) in lieu of monetary payment to view their protected content.I think if more people were aware of DRM's full scope there would be more resistance to it.
(DIR) Post #A46MIJPM3zy4UJf5FY by gray@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T15:28:40Z
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@Gina That is utterly bizarre. uBlock should be good from either a new tab or a page reload.Here's the filter lists I have running:
(DIR) Post #A46MLlLWe83m0PW2zY by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T15:29:22Z
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@gray Where can I find those settings?
(DIR) Post #A46MPS5UBwIVQylyHg by oedmarap@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T15:30:30Z
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@Gina Hey, I use this addon for Firefox and I haven't seen a YouTube ad in a long, long time. 🙂 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-for-youtube/
(DIR) Post #A46MUFYqBzFc21n6m0 by gray@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T15:31:36Z
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@Gina Click the addon icon in firefox and in the bottom right there should be a settings icon.
(DIR) Post #A46MW9oAYHcqljs132 by Infoseepage@mastodon.social
2021-02-09T15:32:14Z
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@Gina Have you tried deleting your profile, uninstalling Firefox and reinstalling?
(DIR) Post #A46N1dN2gnlrQsBuls by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T15:38:03Z
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@gray Ah it probably doesn't help that I don't see the icon button at all. I swear I have it enabled.I can't add it to from 'customize firefox' either. It's like Firefox doesn't detect uBlock.
(DIR) Post #A46NHQCxOaPNF60BTE by EWings@pl.eternawings.com
2021-02-09T15:39:11.728151Z
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@Gina @PeterCxy Try create a new profile and see?
(DIR) Post #A46NHQdBp3OMYSH8MK by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T15:39:57Z
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@EWings @PeterCxy A new profile?
(DIR) Post #A46NVaWTqFiXHttAnY by oedmarap@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T15:43:29Z
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@Gina Hey, I use this addon for Firefox and I can't remember what a Youtube Ad looks like. 🙂 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-for-youtube/It's a Firefox Recommended Add-on and if you go to 'Add-ons > Settings > Debug' you can inspect the code, which basically blocks the YouTube ad networks in the DOM via up-to-date regexes.
(DIR) Post #A46OHK5YFOxODY3Sm8 by luricaun@chaos.social
2021-02-09T15:52:05Z
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@Gina May I offer a suggestion for an additional add-on?
(DIR) Post #A46OMCoKjWDn5tKUVM by Blort@social.tchncs.de
2021-02-09T15:52:59Z
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@GinaDon't care. BURN THEM ALL!!!! 🎊🎉🔥🔥🔥🧨
(DIR) Post #A46OZ63X9u8FuPaPcu by bimmer@bimmer.social
2021-02-09T15:55:01Z
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@Gina Thank you for posting this! I found it on ubuntu firefox. Debian,popos, and mint dont have it.
(DIR) Post #A46OjAxnlduY1ci9xo by moritzheiber@mastodon.social
2021-02-09T15:55:26Z
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@Gina So, to tackle this further, what does your filter list in uBlock Origin look like? Mine are these ...
(DIR) Post #A46OlYwrYz6CzZPV32 by gray@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T15:55:59Z
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@Gina Hmm, can you get to the preferences of it from your addons manager screen?
(DIR) Post #A46Os1WqDPYFMzJsf2 by edgren@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T15:58:42Z
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@Gina Use Invidious. Problem solved 🙂 My favourite instance: https://invidious.048596.xyzMore instances: https://github.com/iv-org/documentation/blob/master/Invidious-Instances.md
(DIR) Post #A46Ow9rFBpyyMOpn0K by edgren@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T15:59:30Z
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@Gina Recommendation: use Invidious. Zero ads. Zero age restriction. Zero Google 🙂My favourite instance: https://invidious.048596.xyzMore instances: https://github.com/iv-org/documentation/blob/master/Invidious-Instances.md
(DIR) Post #A46PLCIBH9hV9NNDSi by stardust@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T16:04:01Z
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@Gina https://fosstodon.org/@stardust/105701108413387980
(DIR) Post #A46QbG2xBVMbNjTOgi by gatooscuro@mastodon.la
2021-02-09T16:18:10Z
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@Gina I guess it's just for your region because in my case it doesn't happen to me and under the last stable version, it still doesn't stop being critical.
(DIR) Post #A46V0bqteHvM4CB4ro by mike@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T17:07:18Z
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@Gina Not to put too fine of a point on it, but it's definitely still Google. They may not be the ones messing with your ad blocker, but they're 97% of the reason you need one in the first place.
(DIR) Post #A46YkoSZPDuWLsWRFo by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T17:49:28Z
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I discovered why the uBlock icon wasn't showing up in my taskbar. 🎉 The 'run in private browser' option was disabled. Why did I not think of this? Because I didn't know that "disabling cookies and site data when Firefox is closed'' == "permanent private browsing mode" despite Firefox displaying a VERY CLEAR WARNING. 🤦♀️ Still doesn't explain seeing ads after installing uBlock Origin and the lack of adds directly after disabling DRM, but at least I can use YT again. Sorry for the drama yall 😙
(DIR) Post #A46YtAXnBHsHA4wvJI by 11112011@freespeechextremist.com
2021-02-09T17:50:23.293483Z
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@Gina hard day
(DIR) Post #A46Yx3o6Af7FQRQqga by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T17:51:45Z
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@11112011 Meh pretty average day to be honest. Kinda explains why I'm not solving IT issues for a living anymore.
(DIR) Post #A46Z8070FX5r9PUWHY by schoentoon@mastodon.schoentoon.com
2021-02-09T17:53:39Z
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@Gina This must have been such a blonde moment for you 😂
(DIR) Post #A46ZBdscqhsVMGVEFU by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T17:54:20Z
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@schoentoon Haha welcome to the rollercoaster that is my life.
(DIR) Post #A46ZrjnDFwMfrI2lAe by jasperarkan@mastodon.social
2021-02-09T18:01:53Z
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@Gina Try Librewolf: https://librewolf-community.gitlab.io/
(DIR) Post #A46drHbsRGoIGemQL2 by gekitsu@toot.cat
2021-02-09T18:46:35Z
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@Gina oooh, good you found an explanation. :) not much is as bugging as software behaviour that doesn’t appear to be following a reasonable pattern.
(DIR) Post #A46l5PhBs9pL4uwz0S by harce@mastodon.social
2021-02-09T20:07:40Z
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@Gina @kravietz wait, theres ads on youtube?
(DIR) Post #A46sEPZOPPPEyQXa5Y by Darks@social.darks.fr
2021-02-09T13:26:15.729Z
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@newt@stereophonic.space @Gina@fosstodon.org It's more a question of usability than Google's power.Most streaming website uses DRM to display content (Netflix, Spotify, …), this plugin is required for that.I cannot blame Mozilla for providing a browser that works for most usage to its users.Even if I strongly hate DRM, I understand the position of Mozilla.
(DIR) Post #A46sEQ26geNIPTyVqS by Naughtylus@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T21:27:45Z
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@Darks @newt @Gina Well my FF 84.0.1 doesn't have this plugin and I never needed it 🤷 So... yeah, the problem is still big tech companies, be it google or netflix
(DIR) Post #A46ws9azcStypYUlOa by Logical_Error@fosstodon.org
2021-02-09T22:19:43Z
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@Gina OOOHHHH that’s why some of my add ons weren’t working either. Thanks for the solution :)
(DIR) Post #A47ZTgIGoB0xDM3jeq by systeemkabouter@cybur.nl
2021-02-10T05:32:19Z
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@Gina Right now I'm on a combination of AdBlocker Ultimate and a pihole DNS server. No YT ads to be seen. Not sure which one of those two fixes it.
(DIR) Post #A47ZWHdmvKtFciMh3A by tobykurien@mastodon.social
2021-02-10T05:32:24Z
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@Gina have you tried using an invidious instance (e.g. invidious.site ) instead of YouTube? I run my own instance and have been using YouTube this way for a long time. No ads, no region or age blocks, downloadable streams, etc.
(DIR) Post #A47fTd8j8Mp79pxEx6 by le_ArthurDent@mastodon.social
2021-02-10T06:39:26Z
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@Gina In analytical chemistry, the bug usually sits in front oft the hardware. I had experiences like this concerning "malfunctions" a LOT.
(DIR) Post #A47mLLBUhttEpgF8fg by kingannoy@octodon.social
2021-02-10T07:56:27Z
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@Gina I often block YouTube (and some other sites) in my hosts file during working hours (to maintain some productivity). My browser gives a very clear error when I do this and still try to visit youtube.Some other sites however (looking at you jukebox.today) don't show a error but just get stuck in a perpeptual loading loop. This took me longer then 30 min to solve, but that's not the worst. It happened twice and took me just as long to figure out the second time. 🤦♂️
(DIR) Post #A9cs9SfmzN0QFrnsBM by markus@mastodon.ctseuro.com
2021-07-24T21:17:21Z
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@Gina I have a small script that translates YT links to yewtu.be an invidious instance where you can watch most of YT (sometimes videos won't play there) decoupled from their ad and surveillance system. Yes, it is a bit inconvenient to c&p the links twice, but it's less inconvenient than YT itself got in the last years.