You might have noticed that even on Firefox (depending on your lists) YouTube may detect uBlock Origin on Firefox now

There’s already a workaround (found, again, here), but I figured I would use this opportunity to tell people that projects like Piped and Invidious exist, which both allow you to watch YouTube without loading their ads, with improved Privacy and (in the case of Piped) even Geoblocking-Circumvention and SponsorBlock out of the box.

They’re both great tools, and using something like LibRedirect you can even automatically go to Piped or Invidious when clicking/opening a YouTube link (and more).

Both don’t load ads, but unless changed in the settings Individous may still make connections to Google/YouTube to load the video(s) themselves.

Bit of a shameless plug for these projects, but I figured this is a really good time to show these projects as I often see people asking what they are in threads on here

  • code@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    1 year ago

    How long until Google says “fuck it” and outright starts banning adblock users? Considering how deep a lot of people are into the Google ecosystem, this is potentially devastating. Imagine losing access to you email, photos, etc., with no way to appeal. Good luck if you want to actually speak to anyone human at Google.

    • BaardFigur@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      I’m already in the process of decoupling from gmail for this exact reason.

      I’ve decoupled the most important things, but there’s just so much stuff that is still using my gmail.

      • Usul_00_@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Set u a forward from the Gmail address to the new one, and maintain the account at least minimally. As a reference, I have an account created at least 14 years ago still forwarding email. Should be enough time to change the profiles.

      • shneancy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        in case of a bank Im sure you can just walk to a physical office and get your account linked to another email

        things will get hard with things like steam

    • darkkiteEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      unlikely especially if they’re paying for other services. they’ll most likely prevent playback

      • code@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        There’s plenty of stories online like this one. It’s all automated and if it decides you’re bad, you’re out. No questions asked, no appeals.

        Google search it up and you’ll find many more.