ardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoYouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around itwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square259fedilinkarrow-up1535arrow-down120
arrow-up1515arrow-down1external-linkYouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around itwww.androidauthority.comardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square259fedilink
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up101arrow-down2·edit-211 days agoSo my adblocker now also removes youtube comments? That’s more of a feature than a hurdle!
minus-squarehelpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-211 days agoWhen adblox inevitably fixes this, you can block comments, and a bunch of other crap, on purpose with Unhooked https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-recommended-videos/
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·11 days agouBlock Origin (I’m still seeing the comments, though).
minus-squareRawrosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoI recall having some firefox addon once upon a time to specifically remove youtube comments.
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down8·11 days agoI usually find the comments more useful than the video, sometimes more entertaining too.
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down2·11 days agoThen you really should watch better videos.
So my adblocker now also removes youtube comments? That’s more of a feature than a hurdle!
When adblox inevitably fixes this, you can block comments, and a bunch of other crap, on purpose with Unhooked
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-recommended-videos/
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uBlock Origin (I’m still seeing the comments, though).
Are you still seeing the ads?
No, ads are still blocked.
Splendid. Thank you!
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I recall having some firefox addon once upon a time to specifically remove youtube comments.
I usually find the comments more useful than the video, sometimes more entertaining too.
Then you really should watch better videos.