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Revisiting YouTube's Anti-Ad blocker Message (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by admin@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org
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The original post I made about this is here.

At first, I implemented the uBlock Origin method, recommended by @salarua@sopuli.xyz, and it seemed to work at first.

Today, I got another Anti-Ad blocker message and decided to try the method described by @Peekystar@kbin.social and, again, this seemed to work at first.

Later today, neither of these methods work when trying to use YouTube itself. The redirect methods, probably, work fine if you are NOT using YouTube itself.

Does anyone else have another solution?

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[-] admin@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

The work that I've done, using my Google account, has been a labor of love. To explain, I have a couple of channels that I used to help others that are seeking particular content. It was never about making money.

That being said, and the road that YouTube (i.e. Google) has chosen to go down, what is the most efficient way in which to separate my self from Google?

[-] stardust@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Using YouTube without an account and logging in only if you want to upload or interact with votes or comments.

[-] admin@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Simple enough I guess. Thanks.

[-] stardust@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can export your YouTube subscription list through YouTube takeout and then import that to like freetube, piped, newpipe, etc for the accountless alternatives so at the very least you continue to be able to keep up with your subscriptions.

You could use syncthing to keep the subscription file synced across whatever platform you use across phone and desktop.

[-] t0fr@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

You can sync the subscription file between Freetube and NewPipe?

[-] stardust@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

You'll need to manually export the list from one to import into the other, but that's how I keep things in sync if I remove or add channels.

[-] t0fr@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I guess that's okay. I wish there were an automatic process

[-] apis@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe run those through a browser you only use for that (and maybe to login to associated email accounts), then another browser for a youtube account that is solely for commenting & voting, then use invidious with max privacy settings as you please?

[-] alex@jlai.lu 2 points 1 year ago

For the videos specifically, probably hosting them on a friendly Peertube instance?

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