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Really interesting read about the history of YouTube adblocking, how the new detection works, how uBO is responding, and how not to block the new popups.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I've moved on from trying to block the ads to using a front-end and a macro to do the annoying part for me. It's been nice. I hadn't realized how bad youtube's UI was until seeing a clean one. I definitely recommend using one of the less notable ones, they seem to be faster.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's also how I often access YT. Libreddit is already selfhosted in the local network (+ wireguard on clients) and I'll look into hosting something for YT.

Sadly most people want to keep their recommendations and the UI, so they'll stay on the official site.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which one do you use? I've never heard of them until reading this post but you've got me interested.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's an invidious instance, but I ain't tellin!