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Ublock no longer blocks youtube ads today (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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The fools at YouTube have been hard at work circumventing adblock to make our lives miserable so they can make 3 more cents per view. Hopefully ublock catches up.

Fuck these people.

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[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No ads in yt-dlp

[–] hyperencabulator@lemmy.today 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When it works, it's great!

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

Or you don’t accidentally download so much YouTube that your IP gets flagged as a bot and you have to sign in for every freaking video.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

For some reason I'm getting errors today with it

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 3 points 2 months ago

Use the --verbose flag