How to replace or open blocked embedded youtube videos (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by mnmalst@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hi all,

I use ublock origin in medium blocking mode which blocks a lot of urls by default, google / youtube included. For the longest time I have to unblock, google.com, googlestatic.com, youtube.com (and usually some more) every time I want to watch an embedded video.

I don't use the youtube website in general, I use freetube for all my youtube watching. Libredirect even opens direct youtube links in freetube but it can't handle embedded videos (at least not in a way without unblocking the urls before).

The best solution would be a userscript or extension that replaces all embedded youtube videos with links I can click to open them in freetube. I was surprised I couldn't find something like this. Does anybody know about a solution?

*EDIT: I found a a way to make embedded youtube videos clickable: https://xcancel.com/gorhill/status/1377613397710229506#m

This is straight from the ublock origin developers. Sadly even in this case you have to globally unblock youtube.com and google.com which is a no go for me.

Cheers

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[-] mnmalst@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

I mean sure, but "to get the preview to work" means I have to globally unblock google.com and youtube.com which means all sites can track me at that point which I am not willing to accept. I think you have those two domains not blocked? Otherwise I don't see how it could work, no matter if you use the "embedded option" in libredirect or not.

Thanks for testing it!

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