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Ask HN: How are you bypassing YouTube anti-adblocker?

2 points by johntiger1 ↗ HN
Adblock was fine for me until just recently. Any hacks around it?

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ClassyJacket
With anti-anti-adblocker. Also known as an anti-anti-anti-ad-addon.
MountainMan1312
uBlock Origin[1] is still working for me, as long as I've been keeping it updated. I use the "Medium Mode"[2] setup, but I don't bother with dynamic filtering. The main thing is enabling almost all of the filter lists, and keeping them updated regularly as well.

There's also Invidious[3], which I think has all YouTube videos, but I don't like the interface quite as much to be honest.

- [1]: https://ublockorigin.com/

- [2]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

- [3]: https://yewtu.be/

Quillbert182
UBlock Origin on Firefox has been working for me, I just have to update my filters once a week or so.
johntiger1
Yep, Firefox still works for me. What do you update your filters to?
johntiger1
Edit: FF no longer works for me, Chrome does though
figure8
I subscribe to YouTube Premium and strongly recommend it. With my heavy usage, I'm happy to pay each month to avoid ads.
pestatije
time spent watching ads vs time spent discovering/installing/managing ad blockers...not worth it