To get rid of the annoying YouTube message (ad blocker are not allowed on Youtube) use this custom filter in uBlock extension

  1. Open uBlock extension dashboard
  2. Open my filters tab
  3. Copy & Paste this code into my filter
  4. Apply changes and close all tabs

via: enderman

  • arc@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Yup. Ad blockers work on pattern matching rules. Countering them might take some work but it’s not impossible - make the URLs that do the bad shit indistinguishable from the ones that make the video works and likewise html elements. Randomise everything, make the paths to things unpredictable. I’m sure YouTube could even merge the ads into the content stream so they are unavoidable.

    • abcxyz@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      “I’m sure YouTube could even merge the ads into the content stream so they are unavoidable.”

      Who is going to tell him?

      • m12421k@iusearchlinux.fyi
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        1 year ago

        aren’t they already? It’s been some time since I worked in video. but I remember HLS manifest had ad insertion built-in.

    • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      Last part is already done. Ads are delivered by the same DNS as the video, which is why DNS-based blocking methods like Pihole don’t work for YouTube video ads.

      If you meant that Google will re-encode every video on their platform and insert ads like the sponsor segments, that’s not feasible. Ads ads served on a bidding basis and the advertiser who pays most, gets their ad delivered. That would be Impossible unless you keep multiple copies of the video with different ad segments.