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pkann18:

Youtube vs. Adblockers

Copy and pasting from Reddit user Mike J Smith on the Reddit page for ublock origin, an adblocker extension:

Condensed Update for Newcomers:

  1. YT is making a concerted anti-adblock push via a tattler script tied to a “3 strikes and you’re out” style warning message.
  2. Each time you click on a video that WOULD have shown you ads, the tattler script detects that you blocked it and you’re given a warning popup. This can be X’ed out of quickly, it’s just a warning.
  3. After 3 warnings on a given account, it no longer allows you to close the warning popup, thus acting as a soft block on that YT account until YT’s tattler script no longer detects ad-block running. As of right now, it does not lock your other Google services and it does not count as a traditional account ban.
  4. To protect the new tattler script from our jamming efforts, YT is also updating it at least once a day and sometimes multiple times, basically trying to force us into a war of attrition in coding hours. This naturally has put a MASSIVE strain on the volunteer team and will probably result in extended outages on YT as they try to keep up. They are holding their own, but just barely.
  5. None of the uBO team are paid for this, they are volunteers with day jobs. The success of their efforts will depend largely on what YouTube decides to do next, because fighting their legions of paid coders off indefinitely would be impossible. If YouTube wants to kill adblock forever with sheer force, it’s within their power – we are all hoping they’re just “shaking the tree” to see what falls out and they’ll stop once their accountants are satisfied.
  6. The soft block is only tied to the individual account, not the IP. Thus, FreeTube still works fine and you can still view videos logged out. If you export your history, subs and playlists to Freetube, the only thing you’ve really lost is your ability to comment. I miss it, but not enough to give $20 a month to a pack of scavenging vultures.

So What Do I Do Now???

Look at the original post in the original thread, find the bold headline midway down that says “I followed the 4 steps, but I’m still experiencing issues”. Directly below that is a line that says “The latest fix for anti-adblock was made on [date] and currently corresponds to ID [xxxxxxx]”.

The ID refers to the version of YouTube’s tattler script that it is capable of defeating. Compare that number to the bottom line on this list: https://pastefy.app/G1Txv5su/raw. The listings look like: “https://www.youtube.com/s/desktop/ea2534f4/jsbin/desktop_polymer_css_polymer_serving_disabled.vflset/desktop_polymer_css_polymer_serving_disabled.js”. The bolded portion is the ID number you want to compare it to.

If the numbers are the same, then the tattler has been temporarily neutralized by the volunteer team. Once you purge and update your caches, soft locked accounts will be open again and no warnings will be issued. Use it while you can. Don’t forget to purge & update or it won’t work.

If the numbers don’t match, the volunteer team hasn’t caught up yet and the tattler script is still active. You will still be warned and soft-blocked. Give them 4-5 hours to catch up.

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#oh is *that* why I haven’t encountered the anti-adblock? #because I don’t leave my Google account logged in? #huh #the more you know #fun with loopholes #Youtube #disappointed permanent resident of The Future #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once

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casualcarnage:

saint-batrick:

purrfectly:

dykecadence:

every moment of every day i am thinking about this tiktok

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Lumpfish come in a variety of shapes and colors.

[He scoops up the fish, it spits water and he turns it toward the camera]

This one is stumpy and green. Very beautiful, very powerful.

[He picks up another fish and turns it toward the camera]

This is what a normal lumpfish looks like. It is more elongated, but still a vibrant blue color. Very beautiful, very powerful.

[He picks up another fish and turns it toward the camera]

This is one of the stumpiest ones we have. Its hump is very high. It is very stumpy, but yet very beautiful, and very powerful.

[He pans over a lot of fish, all looking up at the camera]

My fish army is ever growing, and soon I will over throw the world. Very beautiful, very powerful.

because of this tiktok, i frequently murmur “very beautiful, very powerful” at myself, and i cannot recommend it enough.

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@zmavli

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#my brain looked at this and went ”…you know‚ that’s not *not* what Zmavli Caimle means”

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mizeliza:

I think lower decks should do another time travel episode to the events to trouble with tribbles/trials and tribble-ations so this time they’re running around trying not to fuck up two timelines and having heart eyes at twice as many crew members

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#Star Trek #anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog #story ideas I will never write #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once

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hatingongodot:

hatingongodot:

hatingongodot:

God bilingual people are so cool. I’d love to be bilingual someday.

“Aren’t you alrea–” Shut the fuck up I’ve never spoken any language in my life

The thing people don’t understand is that mathematically speaking, being slightly bilingual actually makes you LESS bilingual than people who are monolingual. I’ve created a helpful chart to assist:

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This is known as the I’d Rather Die Than Attempt to Converse With A Native Speaker paradox, and it has befuddled scholars for centuries

#don’t worry if you do get fluent in another language you just start envying the people with three or more #i’m not sure at what degree of polygloty this stops #probably never (sigmaleph)

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#that one post with the thing #thinking about Sofi’s comment here while listening to Swahili-language music with one of my Indian coworkers #language #this probably deserves some warning tag but I am not sure what #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once

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derinthescarletpescatarian:

mildlysentientboots:

derinthescarletpescatarian:

heyo-phillip-dead:

heyo-phillip-dead:

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the suns getting eaten by space algae and this is the plan

they nuked antartica

Do you have a better idea for what to do when the sun’s getting eaten by space algae

This is the biggest culture shock for me coming from reddit. There we had subreddits so there was context behind a post when you see it.

Here, is it a book? Movie? Game? Am I just REALLY out of touch on current events? Who’s to say

Don’t worry, if you were learning about a real life event then this would be pasted on a Destiel meme.

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#(the alt text describes this as ”quote from Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir”) #anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog #apocalypse cw #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once