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Just stick with Firefox and uBlock Origin.

The workaround: Switch from Adblock Plus to uBlock Origin.

ABP has had random issues that break it often for years now. It's crap.

Is this a sponsored article? Bc buying yt premium doesn't seem like a workaround to me.

Tom’s Hardware, Ad Block Plus, paying for YouTube Premium as a “work around”?

Guys this content was by boomers for boomers

I hate when they say paying the premium is a "solution". It's worse. That's why nobody is doing it.

No, author of this article, paying for premium is not a workaround.

"If your adblock doesn't work, a workaround is to pay for YouTube Premium"

AW NO I HADN'T FUCKING THOUGHT OF THAT

That said though, there is one ad blocker that still works. Two words: uBlock Origin. Yes, I know that Google has blocked it from its Chrome Extension store, but there is still a way to get uBlock Origin on Chrome that our how-to extraordinaire Kaycee has detailed.

Or..... You could just ditch Chrome altogether!

I don't know why people are so fixated on using Chrome. It's a crippled browser made by an evil company that is actively looking to screw the user at every turn.

I switched to Firefox when Google essentially killed uBlock Origin on their browser. At first I ran into some problems with some sites not rendering correctly. But it seems like that's become much less of an issue with later updates. And the best thing is that there are some phenomenal extensions for blocking ads - like a fully-fledged uBlock Origin to name just one. I don't even see sponsor promotions in YT videos now.

And if you don't want to deal with Mozilla directly you can use Waterfox instead.

All this dancing around and jumping through hoops to get uBlock Origin working on Chrome is kind of absurd. Just ditch Chrome (and all Blink-based browsers) altogether where you can (I get that corporate environments are often off the table for this).

Collectively we should be sending a message to Google whenever we can that we are done with their browser bullshit.

The workaround is using uBO

Stop using Adblock Plus and start using Firefox with uBlock Origin.

If you’re on iOS, swallow your pride and install Brave and just turn off the crypto features. You’ll thank me later.

The internet hasn't noticed yet

Says article on the internet shared with others on the internet and linked to from many internet places.

Article titles are fucking garbage. At least it didn't pul the "Here's why" bullshit.

"I've found a workaround"

Workaround (according to article): "First of all, YouTube Premium"

The actual workaround (according to article): "Two words: uBlock Origin. Yes, I know that Google has blocked it from its Chrome Extension store, but there is still a way to get uBlock Origin on Chrome"

Seems like they are being paid by Google. Actual workaround should be to drop Chrome.

Damn sure was clickbaity. No ads? Buy YT Premium they say.

Whoopee. Saved you a click.

I stopped using ABP years ago and switched to uBlock Origin. That and some *Monkey scripts.

Bah, This is just an add for a YouTube premium subscription

"Adblock Plus" Me: WHAT YEAR IS THIS?

FreeTube with an ipv6 rotator and Invidious will make sure you never have to deal with this.

ABP hasn't been relevant for years, because they started on "acceptable ads" back in 2011.

Anyone with sense has long since moved on.

Imagine using Adblock/Adblock plus in 2025.

The workaround is pay for YouTube premium.

Edit: the above is is what the article says. Not my opinion. YT can get bent. Firefox + uBlock has been my "workaround" for years.

Who uses Adblock Plus? Isn't uBlock Origin (Lite) the shit to go to?

Ublock Origin and NextDNS FTW.

I mean, Firefox + uBlock Origin + SponsorBlock makes YouTube usable without giving Google more money

What if people just learned to use Firefox or NewPipe?

If someone is fixated on using chrome, so far there is still a workaround:

https://www.neowin.net/guides/you-can-still-enable-ublock-origin-in-chrome-here-is-how/

Other than that, just switch to Firefox.