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[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 219 points 1 year ago

Some solutions:

[-] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 56 points 1 year ago
[-] PeachMan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

ReVanced is definitely worth mentioning, but I'm here to tell you that GrayJay is better.

[-] Skies5394@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago
[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Currently not working, but Firefox Focus is!

A fix for Vinegar is on the way.

[-] squaresinger@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago
[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 61 points 1 year ago

Just use a proper ad-blocker like uBlock Origin in combination with a browser like Firefox or LibreWolf that supports proper ad-blocking extension. Fuck this Chromium garbage that deprecated MV2 because Google is scared of adblockers. Don't support Google's monopoly on browser rendering engines and use Firefox or something even better like LibreWolf.

[-] squaresinger@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Did you read what the addon is about? It's not an adblocker but is to be used in conjunction with one. All it does is circumventing the adblockerblocker. It specifically recommends being used together with uBlock.

Btw, I use FF with uBlock. But I am not everyone, so when I stumbled across this, I thought it might be helpful for some people.

And I found it ironic, that Googles own extension store contains an extension that circumvents the YouTube adblockerblocker.

[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I know, but uBlock has built in circumvention features, and you can add custom blocking rules or filterlists to uBO without having to install an additional extension. If the addon becomes outdated, it might start interfering with uBlock Origin. It's best not to combine uBO with any other ad-blocking addons and just use the existing mechanisms like custom rules and filterlists to extend uBO if needed. The uBO team is constantly working on ensuring that the built in circumvention mechanism works, most of the time, the only thing a user needs to do is clear the cache and update the filterlists.

And I found it ironic, that Googles own extension store contains an extension that circumvents the YouTube adblockerblocker.

It will probably be taken down soon lol

[-] Barack_Embalmer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Tangential question - what is stopping youtube from restricting access to their API for 3rd party apps like Reddit did?

Remember people start logging out for these services. Any day they could decided to start terminating accounts if this whole anti Adblocking campaign doesn’t get subscriber numbers up

[-] Rexios@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago
[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I am aware of this option, but sideloading on iOS currently kinda sucks. You have to use AltStore which sometimes goes unmaintained for a few months, even when it's maintained it's kinda buggy and the Windows version almost never works for me. It's also not available for Linux. And you have to connect your phone to a computer running AltStore every 7 days, otherwise the app will stop functioning. It's just not a great solution and especially bad for less tech-savvy users.

[-] Rexios@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

You don’t have to use AltStore. I re-sign the IPA myself and install with Apple Configurator

[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

But you still have to do it once a week, right?

[-] Rexios@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

If you don’t have a paid developer license yeah. But I do so I don’t have do deal with that.

[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I'm definitely not gonna pay Apple money to use my device that I already paid way too much money for the way I want to. But I just switched to Android (GrapheneOS to be percise) and now I don't have to deal with any of this BS anymore.

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