A quick adblock plus question........

[JollySipper]

Hey, everyone...... A couple of days ago i subscribed to AdBlock Plus' premium service. Since they have ended support for Win10 computers, I thought it wouldn't hurt to have that extra protection. I'm sure it's something in my settings, but I can't get youtube videos to play since adding the adblock. Any ideas? I've tried changing a couple settings, but they just won't play.........

 

[stitchdup]

does it work if you turn it off?

[1930fordpickup]

Could your problem be on You tubes end? They love ads

[JollySipper]

Youtube will play with the blocker turned off........ Before I went premium the videos would play just fine, with adblock on. 

[bobthehobbyguy]

I googled it and YouTube does not allow adblockers. It is in the terms of service. They want you to pay for no ads.

[Ace-Garageguy]

^^^

What Bob said.

They've been cracking down on ad-blockers for a while now, but it's kinda spotty whether they shut you down or not.

I just ponied up the few bucks a month ($13 or so) to see everything on YT ad-free.

I hate giving Alphabet any money, but for now, YT is pretty much the only game in town.

Edited Sunday at 06:14 PM by Ace-Garageguy

[JollySipper]

Thanks, Guys..... It's funny though, as one reason they give to upgrade the blocker is to be able to view YT without ads!    

[Ace-Garageguy]

1 minute ago, JollySipper said:

Thanks, Guys..... It's funny though, as one reason they give to upgrade the blocker is to be able to view YT without ads!    

That was the case for a while, but YT has figgered out how to tell if you're running it now.

Kinda bait-and-switch on the part of AdBlock...which has doubled it's monthly fee recently too.

PS: Ad-blockers really don't give unsupported computers any more "protection".

All they do is remove a source of annoyance for those of us who hate the ad's intrusiveness in everything, everywhere.

"BUY BUY BUY THIS OVERPRICED THING/SERVICE YOU CAN'T DO WITHOUT...NOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!"

What you need now more than ever is a good cost-effective anti-virus that's not bloated with useless garbage and tracking.

[Ace-Garageguy]

You can also try a different browser if you're using Chrome.

Alphabet/Google/Chrome/YooToob are all the same entity, essentially, and work together to more effectively thwart ad-blockers.

[Big Messer]

2 hours ago, bobthehobbyguy said:

I googled it and YouTube does not allow adblockers. It is in the terms of service. They want you to pay for no ads.

I run Linux and ad blockers. No ads. Screw youtube policy.

[Big Messer]

2 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

You can also try a different browser if you're using Chrome.

Alphabet/Google/Chrome/YooToob are all the same entity, essentially, and work together to more effectively thwart ad-blockers.

Linux + Firefox + Duckduckgo (can filter out AI) + uBlock Origin= no damn ads. No google either.

Edited Sunday at 08:47 PM by Big Messer

[stinkybritches]

Brave browser is another with built-in ad block. It's what I use 97% of the time. No problems with YouTube.

[dragstk]

I will second the set up that Jose is running. I run the same set up and have had no issues or ads