L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoYouTube intensifies fight against ad blockers showing pop-ups, and users are frustrated | Blocking ad-block userswww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1541arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1528arrow-down1external-linkYouTube intensifies fight against ad blockers showing pop-ups, and users are frustrated | Blocking ad-block userswww.techspot.comL4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square107fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareFeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·edit-22 years agoI installed a userscript today that plays ads in muted embeds hidden behind the actual player so that it effectively and quite literally blocks them while still leaving actual ublock disabled on the site. works pretty well. EDIT: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/477464-beta-youtube-no-preroll-ads-undetectable
minus-squareramenshaman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoIf I wanted to learn how to do that what should I search for?
minus-squareFeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years agonot on my computer at the moment so I don’t have a copy of mine to send you but this one looks like a similar premise.
I installed a userscript today that plays ads in muted embeds hidden behind the actual player so that it effectively and quite literally blocks them while still leaving actual ublock disabled on the site. works pretty well.
EDIT: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/477464-beta-youtube-no-preroll-ads-undetectable
If I wanted to learn how to do that what should I search for?
not on my computer at the moment so I don’t have a copy of mine to send you but this one looks like a similar premise.