▲ 380 ▼ Youtube slowing down due to addblock (www.tomsguide.com) submitted 2 years ago by hurtn@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 80 comments fedilink hide all child comments Any suggestions on alternatives for blocking adds?
[–] Amputret@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago (3 children) Using Firefox and uBlock Origin, and following uBlock’s instructions re: resetting and updating. Getting timeouts and popups from YT regardless. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 5 points 2 years ago Hmmm, I'm not seeing these problems at all. It's probably worth reporting permalink fedilink source parent [–] peg@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Make sure you're not using other ad blockers/privacy tools in addition to uBlock Origin. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Adubya@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I'm sorry to hear that because I had similar problem but clearing cookies & cached web content option ended up working for me. Hope you find something that work because it was awful to experience ads after so long. I track stuff I subscribe to with TubeSync but still like to search for new topics & the ads were annoying. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 5 points 2 years ago Hmmm, I'm not seeing these problems at all. It's probably worth reporting permalink fedilink source parent
[–] peg@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Make sure you're not using other ad blockers/privacy tools in addition to uBlock Origin. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Adubya@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I'm sorry to hear that because I had similar problem but clearing cookies & cached web content option ended up working for me. Hope you find something that work because it was awful to experience ads after so long. I track stuff I subscribe to with TubeSync but still like to search for new topics & the ads were annoying. permalink fedilink source parent