I feel like YouTube has gone back to normal now. I used to need to update uBlock (origin) manually few times a day but I haven't needed to do that for weeks now.

[+] Psythik@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

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[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

50 yo sysadmin using uBo, had the same issue as the other fellow. Don't be so dismissive, you are not the average case.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

Well I did get the warning several times while using Firefox + uBlock Origin and I had to manually go update the "quick fixes" filters in order to get it to work again. I did have other add-ons for YouTube aswell but no other adblockers.

[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

I didn't even know know there was a non Origin version of uBlock and I've had the same problems as everyone else

On my laptop I actually have AdGuard (I think? The one with the hedgehog mascot) and that has never given me any ads

It's really a case by case basis

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Youtube pro (cant remember what the plugin was actually called) is what was fucking me over for a while

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Funny, I still have yet to see ads or performance changes and I've been using Vivaldi with no ad blocker but the built in one.

Guess that answers whether it has a better ad blocker than Brave.

[–] Vrtrx@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

YouTube keeps buffering and skipping short sections of videos for me on PC with uBlock origin. I'm so confused since apparently AdBlock Plus which I don't use was responsible for the whole buffering thing and now I'm here and wondering wtf is wrong with my setup

[–] Reddit_Is_Trash@reddthat.com 4 points 8 months ago

What browser do you use?

Google slows down YouTube for any browsers that don't run chromium

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah my videos sometimes skips forward a few seconds aswell but it doesn't happen often enough to be an issue. Assuming you have other extensions disabled for youtube and if you're on FIrefox; remember to also turn off the enhanced tracking protection for YouTube (shield icon at the address bar while you have youtube open)

[–] Vrtrx@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I do have Firefox although on LibreWolf I didn't experience those problems a few weeks ago. Thanks I'll check! I also have Enhancer for YouTube as a plugin so I can set custom speeds etc for videos but I disabled its ad blocker and use ublock for that. Wasn't a problem on Librewolf either but I'll try to look into it. Thanks!

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah I have the YouTube enhancer aswell with adblock disabled and it doesn't seem to be causing any issues.