Youtube detecting adblockers

[guibin]

YouTube has been cracking down on ad-blockers and it seems MB Browser Guard's Ads/Tracker blockers is not immune. Any advise on how to deal with this other than to turn off the Ads/Tracking blocking?

 

Thank you.

[Porthos]

I am not having that issue YET. I have Browser Guard fully enabled and Ublock Origin.

[AdvancedSetup]

Yes, YouTube has recently started this new campaign

I would still recommend using both content blockers as @Porthos has mentioned.

Wait a moment and click the X to close the YouTube alert and continue on The Ad currently should not show up if using both content blockers

 

[leo3487]

I no have that issue

Tried with UBO disabled and MBG enabled and still all ok

[AdvancedSetup]

6 hours ago, leo3487 said:

I no have that issue

Tried with UBO disabled and MBG enabled and still all ok

I'm sure it's like many campaigns. Certain factors are applied to test user groups. Not everyone will get or see this is my guess

 

[guibin]

It used to allow me to close out of that message. Then it put a timer on the X. Then it gave a me final 3 video limit. Now it just stops the player from running.

Other browsers worked for a little while before being blocked.

I am using uBlock Origin and MB Browser Guard. 

On 10/10/2023 at 2:58 PM, AdvancedSetup said:

Yes, YouTube has recently started this new campaign

I would still recommend using both content blockers as @Porthos has mentioned.

Wait a moment and click the X to close the YouTube alert and continue on The Ad currently should not show up if using both content blockers

 

 

Edited October 12, 2023 by guibin

[guibin]

17 hours ago, leo3487 said:

I no have that issue

Tried with UBO disabled and MBG enabled and still all ok

My friends aren’t getting this either. I found topics on various discussion sites and forums related to anti-adblock going back to May, 2023. It seems to be rolling out slowly.

Edited October 12, 2023 by guibin
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[Porthos]

@guibin What browser and are you signed in to your Google account on youtube?

[guibin]

Just now, Porthos said:

@guibin What browser and are you signed in to your Google account on youtube?

I mainly use firefox but I occasionally go on chrome too. And yes, I am signed in to my google account. 

[FetzBox22]

On 10/12/2023 at 6:33 AM, guibin said:

It used to allow me to close out of that message. Then it put a timer on the X.

 

On 10/12/2023 at 6:33 AM, guibin said:

I am using uBlock Origin and MB Browser Guard. 

same here...

Now I bought Premium light.

 

 

[Porthos]

[FetzBox22]

3 hours ago, Porthos said:

I got 1 month free - I am so excited and sad.

The problem on Premium light... if I watch some music videos - there are still ads.

 

[Porthos]

5 minutes ago, FetzBox22 said:

I got 1 month free - I am so excited and sad.

The problem on Premium light... if I watch some music videos - there are still ads.

 

https://www.phonearena.com/news/youtube-discontinues-premium-lite-plan_id150967

[CtrlAltDel63]

I too have a very similar problem.  I'm using Firefox 118.0.2 with MWB Browser Guard 2.6.12

I do NOT log into YouTube for one thing.  What happens with me is that I have the Ad/Trackers turned on along with Malware and Scams.  Once I click on something to play, it immediately turns OFF the Ads/Tracker in Browser Guard.  It's annoying.

[AdvancedSetup]

 

 

 

 

Edited October 18, 2023 by AdvancedSetup
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[AdvancedSetup]

Once I hit the 3 videos it blocked all videos

I deleted cookies and restarted. No block on a guest account but as soon as I logged in it brought the full block up again.

 

I disabled all Content blocking on the site and so far in watching about 8 videos I've not seen any in-video ads. The Ads are in images of the main panel and in links in the topic but so far not in the actual video.

That I can actually live it and simply ignore them. The only reason was using Content blocking was they were have 2 or more 3 minute Ads inside each video. That's just unwatchable

 

[guibin]

I watch youtube logged in to my account. So far, I can stave off the anti-adblock by deleting browser cookies and cache but it eventually comes back.

[AdvancedSetup]

In my testing it is not connected to cookies. It is connected to a logged on account and current methods tried cannot be bypassed.

On a guest account there is no block. Once can delete cookies as well as change IP on a VPN.

 

[Xauma95]

On 10/18/2023 at 7:25 AM, AdvancedSetup said:

Once I hit the 3 videos it blocked all videos

I deleted cookies and restarted. No block on a guest account but as soon as I logged in it brought the full block up again.

 

I disabled all Content blocking on the site and so far in watching about 8 videos I've not seen any in-video ads. The Ads are in images of the main panel and in links in the topic but so far not in the actual video.

That I can actually live it and simply ignore them. The only reason was using Content blocking was they were have 2 or more 3 minute Ads inside each video. That's just unwatchable

 

im using firefox and even though i've disabled all content blocking it keeps warning me that i have and adblocker and sometimes i just get a balck screen on the video player but if i refresh the site it goes back to normal

[guibin]

On 10/18/2023 at 12:35 PM, AdvancedSetup said:

In my testing it is not connected to cookies. It is connected to a logged on account and current methods tried cannot be bypassed.

On a guest account there is no block. Once can delete cookies as well as change IP on a VPN.

 

Interesting. I'm just noting my observations.

Today, the video playback was blocked for me again with uBO and Browser Guard. It was unblocked when I turned off Browser Guard's Ads/Trackers blocking but I left uBO on. I just turned Ads/Trackers back on, cleared my cookies and cache like before, and I was able to watch youtube like normal with both uBO and Browser Guard on.

[Xauma95]

8 hours ago, guibin said:

Interesting. I'm just noting my observations.

Today, the video playback was blocked for me again with uBO and Browser Guard. It was unblocked when I turned off Browser Guard's Ads/Trackers blocking but I left uBO on. I just turned Ads/Trackers back on, cleared my cookies and cache like before, and I was able to watch youtube like normal with both uBO and Browser Guard on.

I've tried that a lot of times and im only able to watch the videos if i open them on new tabs instead of just opening the video on the same tab or refreshing, but i have to do that every time i want to watch a video, if i enabled ad/trackers on YT with BG then i'm not able to watch even doing the previous steps

Edited October 20, 2023 by Xauma95

[Xauma95]

I found that if i disable browser guard and keep ublock origin Youtube works fine, but i don't want to do that and lose protection

Edited October 20, 2023 by Xauma95

[leo3487]

I confirm, ublock on and MBG off, youtube works

[Porthos]

On 10/20/2023 at 5:53 AM, Xauma95 said:

but i don't want to do that and lose protection

Put youtube in the allowed list and see what happens.

[AdvancedSetup]

At the moment - if I disable ALL other Content blocking tools and use only Malwarebytes Browser Guard on YouTube I'm no longer getting the alert from YouTube and Ads are being blocked.

Maybe a combination of Content blockers was triggering YouTube for the alert? Have not really spent much time on looking at the issue myself