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?

  • @Boozilla@beehaw.org
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    269 months ago

    Please be careful, as YouTube is owned by Google, and getting banned by Google is potentially devastating for some people. Google’s products and services dominant the web and mobile, unfortunately.

    I’m not saying you will get banned, just pointing out the potential risk.

    The whole thing is a cluster. Ad blockers are a necessity IMO.

      • @Boozilla@beehaw.org
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        89 months ago

        They ban people for all kinds of crap. Some of it is for violating their TOS. I’m guessing some is just arbitrary corporate BS, too. I mean it is Hooli, er, Google.

        Trying to circumvent their anti-ad-blocking detection on YouTube could get you banned on YouTube or maybe more.

    • @shortwavesurfer@monero.town
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      49 months ago

      You know, it’s kind of great not having to be concerned about this as I deleted my Google account over a year ago and have not missed it.

    • Chris RemingtonOP
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      39 months 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
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        69 months ago

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

          • @stardust@lemmy.ca
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            9 months 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.

              • @stardust@lemmy.ca
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                19 months 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.

      • @apis@beehaw.org
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        49 months 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 [they, il]
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        29 months ago

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