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YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world (9to5google.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/2787773 ([email protected])

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

Use http://grayjay.app

EDIT: I'm fascinated by the childishness of those who are complaining about the $10. Not only you don't have to pay it, and not only that it's open source, and not only the intentions are clear on why it's not a permissive license made to fight filling average Joe with malware like always being done with NewPipe and others on Play Store, but also you can pick your poison. Would you like google to win this dumb war on ad blockers? Or would you like to support non-perfect people making FOSS apps for your benefit? I really don't get you, guys. Pick your battles! Take the win and shut up for once!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

...If you have Android and $10 to throw at the problem.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Absolutely good suggestion. Please check this out. Louis Rossman has a really in depth video with more information about the app on his channel

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

A lot of people here hate brave but so far I’ve been able to block YouTube ads with brave with no issue whatsoever.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nope ... at least not mine (adblock+)

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Meanwhile here I am with a YouTube premium account that they don't charge me for

Back when YouTube red/premium came out. I was big into vulnerability/pen testing, and I used several scripts and spoofing techniques to try to get it for free. I failed and failed and failed. But then after I had given up. I decided to just watch some YouTube videos, and realized it said I had premium. And then I checked on the YouTube app, I had premium there too.

Years and years have gone by. I still have YouTube red/premium for free. They have never charged me. And I even had support transfer the YouTube red/premium to a new email at one point. Not ONE question. It says active and a price. But, I'm never charged. And the card that is on file, isn't even active anymore and hasn't been for about 2 years.

My theory is, one or several of my attempts combined with each other to get it for free. Glitched their system somehow or straight up allowed me to have it for free. But in terms of what I did. Whatever I did, I did everything again recently for my boyfriend, all the failed methods, everything again like I did for me. In the same exact order. Same error messages, same failed connection messages, same everything I went through. Didn't have hope for him, but. He goes on YouTube later that night, and has premium.