YouTube isn’t happy you’re using ad blockers — and it’s doing something about it::undefined

  • jeremyparker
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    15
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    I think that just means you weren’t part of the test group.

    I was part of it. It’s not that ad blockers don’t work - they still work fine. YouTube just doesn’t load the content; it’s a full screen modal telling you to disable it.

    When it happened to me, I was able to just open the link in a private window and it loaded fine - ive_never_seen_this_man_before_in_my_life.jpg - but that may have just been because it was a test; if they roll this out to everyone everywhere I’m guessing that wouldn’t work.

    The other thing that worked was yt-dlp … Hopefully that won’t be impacted by the adblock prohibition… That also gets around workplace filters (at my work anyway).