Youtube has added a new “feature” that blocks users with adblockers from viewing videos. How do I get around this while still blocking ads? I currently use uBlock Origin on firefox.
I just reload the tab, ublock lite on Vivaldi.
I gotchu fam
uBlock origin > Open the dashboard > Filter lists > Uncheck uBlock Filters > Check uBlock filters
This will force an update & reapply the filters. Usually the first thing you should try when issues like this pop up
Thanks, this worked c:
Does not work for me. At also tried download it from release and install through devloper mode
I’ve been using FreeTube for years, it does break from time to time but never for very long, and it’s a much nicer experience all round.
by issue with ublock getting blocked, always try updating the filter lists
I also use Firefox with UBlock and I’m able to view YouTube content via m.yotube.com. Maybe loosen your UBO settings a bit?
i just use yt-dlp to download the video these days. i have lots of filters in addition to ublock’s default ones, somehow they’re clashing with youtube and i can’t properly play any video. yt-dlp+mpv is also much faster on my potato system, and makes me save videos.
yt-dlp gets blocked more often than Firefox + ublock Origin for me.
i always use their latest nightly build, so maybe that helps. also i generally don’t watch youtube a lot, so my ip probably didn’t get flagged yet
I also do this. If yt-dlp keeps failing, change the VPN location or download the latest build and it works.
I’m getting this since a few days and just refreshing the page always works
I ran into this for the first time today, and for some reason the video that didn’t play in Firefox with uBlock Origin downloaded just fine with yt-dlp
- Disable Enhanced Tracking Protection in the little padlock (on the Firefox URL bar, not somewhere in uBlock Origin)
- If you’ve got a VPN, try disabling it. YouTube likes to be very heavy-handed with their blocking if I have my VPN on vs. not
- Clear your cache. For some reason this can help sometimes, idk why. Can be beneficial to sign out and in again, too. (try Firefox settings > Privacy & Security > Manage browsing data > search “youtube” and delete too.)
- Reload your uBlock filter lists in settings (un-select, then re-select)
- If you’re not signed in, this’ll make things a million times worse. YouTube, especially nowadays, loves to block clients without a login because they’re often used by video downloaders, AI scrapers, etc.
Other than that, there’s not much else. Sometimes switching to a chromium-based browser helps too, but I doubt you want to have to entirely switch browsers any time you want to watch a YouTube video.
I don’t directly use youtube anymore to watch youtube videos, ever. It’s all through the frontends. No ads period, runs smoother, and none of google’s bullshit.
https://yewtu.be/
https://inv.nadeko.net/
https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/I actually have a redirect extension set up on my browser so that any youtube link just automatically redirects to one of those. But if you don’t want to do that, and just want to use one when you’re having trouble with some particular video, just look at the url and copy-paste the
watch?v=********part of it onto the end of one of those^.you can also do this: append farside.link/
oh, good call. I didn’t know about that, thanks.
Funniest part it is will STILL block you if you’re using an ad blocker on YouTube Premium.
I find https://preservetube.com/ to be useful when nothing else works.
Is it the first time you’ve encountered this? If yes, they’re likely testing something and you happened to be randomly selected. It should work again the next day. If not, try refreshing your filters.
Yes, new today. Definitely being ab tested. Seems to be IP based though
Can you link to the video in question? Have you temporarily disabled your adblock plugin, to confirm that the problem is an anti-adblock function of the video player page?
It’s every video, and stops being in issue as soon as I turn ublock off.
