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YouTube's server-side ads resulted in a black screen for ad blocker users (www.ghacks.net)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Mashable reports that users ran into a black screen on YouTube, and that it stayed for about 6 seconds before the video began playing. The reports indicate it affected several browsers including Firefox, Edge, Vivaldi.

Some users joked that they would rather see a black screen than an ad. While that's certainly a better experience, it does waste precious seconds of our time. A simple workaround for the black screen on YouTube is to just refresh the page, hit F5 as soon as the page starts loading. uBlock Origin's filters were updated with a patch to resolve the problem, the add-on updates its filters automatically. If you are still experiencing the black screen issue, just open the extension's dashboard and manually update the filters. This tug-of-war is getting annoying, but it appears to me that Google's efforts are actively promoting the use of ad blockers, instead of attracting new subscribers.

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[โ€“] solsangraal 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

lol i was mostly being facetious, in reply to the number of people in this thread expressing extreme skepticism about whether ads work at all

for myself, i'm sure they have worked and probably do work, but i can tell you that i make every effort to avoid even seeing them, because i fucking hate them. i use ublock origin. i don't watch tv. i torrent movies. i pay for tidal. that still doesn't eliminate billboards and other forcibly shoved bullshit into daily life

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I have enjoyed the content of creators on YouTube, content that perhaps wouldn't have come to exist without adverts, but if I could press a magic button to make it so anyone could easily prevent adverts then I would.

A simple reduction in copyright term (say 10 years) would allow authors to be creative with existing works - newbies need not start from scratch. After 10 years users could choose a copyrighted work from who they'd prefer created it, rather than who currently owns the "IP" trading card to for the next ~150 years.