# YouTube "forbidding" ad blockers. Concerns, if any? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 13, 2023, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493 "2023-10-13T04:54:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493/401 "2024-06-03T13:33:32Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > A bit of noodling around I found a series of new (to me at least) filter settings to add to uBlock and all is as it should be again (and no ads of course). The hard part was finding them. Can you point those filter settings out? I’ve lost those buttons too, and I also find that YouTube no longer tracks what videos I’ve viewed in the past. thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493/402 "2024-06-03T13:34:42Z")
Sure! * * * ! Youtube New UI Fix [youtube.com###related](http://youtube.com###related) #thumbnail.ytd-rich-grid-media:style(margin-right: 8px!important;height: 94px!important;width: 168px!important;min-width: 168px!important;) [youtube.com###related](http://youtube.com###related) #avatar-link.ytd-rich-grid-media, #related #attached-survey.ytd-rich-grid-media, #related .ytd-rich-shelf-renderer .button-container.ytd-rich-shelf-renderer:style(display:none!important;) [youtube.com###related](http://youtube.com###related) #dismissible.ytd-rich-grid-media:style(display:flex;flex-direction:row!important;) [youtube.com###related](http://youtube.com###related) #details.ytd-rich-grid-media:style(width: 100%!important;min-width: 0!important;) [youtube.com###related](http://youtube.com###related) #contents ytd-rich-item-renderer:style(margin:0!important;margin-top:8px!important;) [youtube.com###related](http://youtube.com###related) ytd-rich-grid-row #contents.ytd-rich-grid-row,#related h3.ytd-rich-grid-media,#related ytd-rich-section-renderer #content,#related #rich-shelf-header.ytd-rich-shelf-renderer:style(margin:0!important;) [youtube.com###related](http://youtube.com###related) ytd-rich-item-renderer.ytd-rich-grid-row,#content.ytd-rich-item-renderer:style(width:100%!important;) [youtube.com###related](http://youtube.com###related) #video-title.ytd-rich-grid-media:style(font-size:1.4rem!important;) [youtube.com###related](http://youtube.com###related) .ytd-channel-name a,#related #metadata-line.ytd-video-meta-block span:style(font-size:12px!important;) [youtube.com###related](http://youtube.com###related) ytd-rich-grid-renderer #contents:style(padding-top:0px!important;) [youtube.com###related](http://youtube.com###related) .ytd-rich-shelf-renderer ytd-rich-item-renderer.ytd-rich-shelf-renderer:style(width:130px!important;min-width: 130px!important;) [youtube.com###related](http://youtube.com###related) #contents.ytd-rich-shelf-renderer:style(display: flex !important;flex-direction: row !important;gap: 8px !important;flex-wrap: nowrap!important;max-width: 400px!important;overflow-x: scroll!important;overflow-y: hidden!important) [youtube.com###related](http://youtube.com###related) .ytd-rich-shelf-renderer .yt-core-image:style(object-fit: cover!important;) [youtube.com###related](http://youtube.com###related) ytd-rich-section-renderer #contents:style(margin-left:0!important) [youtube.com###related](http://youtube.com###related) #contents ytd-rich-section-renderer ytd-rich-item-renderer:style(margin-top:0px!important;) [youtube.com###related](http://youtube.com###related) .ytd-rich-shelf-renderer ytd-rich-item-renderer.ytd-rich-shelf-renderer[hidden=“”]:style(display:block!important;) [youtube.com###related](http://youtube.com###related) #dismissible.ytd-rich-shelf-renderer:style(margin:0!important; border-color: transparent!important) [youtube.com###title](http://youtube.com###title) yt-formatted-string.ytd-watch-metadata:style(font-size:20px!important; font-weight: 700!important; line-height:28px!important) [youtube.com##+js](http://youtube.com##+js)(set, yt.config\_.EXPERIMENT\_FLAGS.kevlar\_watch\_grid, false) [youtube.com##+js](http://youtube.com##+js)(set, yt.config\_.EXPERIMENT\_FLAGS.small\_avatars\_for\_comments, false) [youtube.com##+js](http://youtube.com##+js)(set, yt.config\_.EXPERIMENT\_FLAGS.kevlar\_watch\_comments\_panel\_button, false) [youtube.com##+js](http://youtube.com##+js)(set, yt.config\_.EXPERIMENT\_FLAGS.web\_rounded\_thumbnails, false) [youtube.com##+js](http://youtube.com##+js)(set, yt.config\_.EXPERIMENT\_FLAGS.web\_watch\_rounded\_player\_large, false) [youtube.com##+js](http://youtube.com##+js)(set, yt.config\_.EXPERIMENT\_FLAGS.kevlar\_watch\_max\_player\_width, 1280) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493/403 "2024-06-03T13:38:54Z")
Do we add those via the ‘import’ tab on uBlock? ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493/404 "2024-06-03T13:47:09Z")
Here: [![](https://i.imgur.com/Zj9DApq.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/Zj9DApq.png) Then here: [![](https://i.imgur.com/my3NOwS.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/my3NOwS.png) Be sure to “Apply Changes” when done then re-load the YouTube page. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493/405 "2024-06-03T13:54:17Z")
Thanks, but sadly uBlock gives me an error messages on items 2-18 after I paste them in, saying a percentage sign is expected on each of those lines. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493/406 "2024-06-03T13:56:04Z")
Maybe a line break problem given the SDMB is not printing them all on one line? You can see in the pic above (taken from my filters list) each entry is on one line. Also, I am using Firefox (not sure it matters for this though). How do I do code here? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493/407 "2024-06-03T14:01:47Z")
I’m using chrome. this is what it looks like. [![](https://i.postimg.cc/gcLpMDCt/ublock-code.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/gcLpMDCt/ublock-code.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493/408 "2024-06-03T14:04:48Z")
Yeah…I _think_ it is the word wrap starting on line 3. Each entry should be one line no matter how long. And be aware Chrome will be killing uBlock and other ad blockers soon (this month it seems). ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493/409 "2024-06-03T14:10:32Z")
I can’t figure out how to turn off word wrap. I think I’ll just have to move my YouTube viewing to firefox. Thanks for your efforts on my behalf! ETA: Well, it also does the wordwrap thing and gives the same error messages when I try to add those filters to Firefox. Just not my day. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493/410 "2024-06-03T14:25:48Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > How do I do code here? Highlight it and select “Preformatted text” (\) ```auto ! Youtube New UI Fix youtube.com###related #thumbnail.ytd-rich-grid-media:style(margin-right: 8px!important;height: 94px!important;width: 168px!important;min-width: 168px!important;) youtube.com###related #avatar-link.ytd-rich-grid-media, #related #attached-survey.ytd-rich-grid-media, #related .ytd-rich-shelf-renderer .button-container.ytd-rich-shelf-renderer:style(display:none!important;) youtube.com###related #dismissible.ytd-rich-grid-media:style(display:flex;flex-direction:row!important;) youtube.com###related #details.ytd-rich-grid-media:style(width: 100%!important;min-width: 0!important;) youtube.com###related #contents ytd-rich-item-renderer:style(margin:0!important;margin-top:8px!important;) youtube.com###related ytd-rich-grid-row #contents.ytd-rich-grid-row,#related h3.ytd-rich-grid-media,#related ytd-rich-section-renderer #content,#related #rich-shelf-header.ytd-rich-shelf-renderer:style(margin:0!important;) youtube.com###related ytd-rich-item-renderer.ytd-rich-grid-row,#content.ytd-rich-item-renderer:style(width:100%!important;) youtube.com###related #video-title.ytd-rich-grid-media:style(font-size:1.4rem!important;) youtube.com###related .ytd-channel-name a,#related #metadata-line.ytd-video-meta-block span:style(font-size:12px!important;) youtube.com###related ytd-rich-grid-renderer #contents:style(padding-top:0px!important;) youtube.com###related .ytd-rich-shelf-renderer ytd-rich-item-renderer.ytd-rich-shelf-renderer:style(width:130px!important;min-width: 130px!important;) youtube.com###related #contents.ytd-rich-shelf-renderer:style(display: flex !important;flex-direction: row !important;gap: 8px !important;flex-wrap: nowrap!important;max-width: 400px!important;overflow-x: scroll!important;overflow-y: hidden!important) youtube.com###related .ytd-rich-shelf-renderer .yt-core-image:style(object-fit: cover!important;) youtube.com###related ytd-rich-section-renderer #contents:style(margin-left:0!important) youtube.com###related #contents ytd-rich-section-renderer ytd-rich-item-renderer:style(margin-top:0px!important;) youtube.com###related .ytd-rich-shelf-renderer ytd-rich-item-renderer.ytd-rich-shelf-renderer[hidden=""]:style(display:block!important;) youtube.com###related #dismissible.ytd-rich-shelf-renderer:style(margin:0!important; border-color: transparent!important) youtube.com###title yt-formatted-string.ytd-watch-metadata:style(font-size:20px!important; font-weight: 700!important; line-height:28px!important) youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS.kevlar_watch_grid, false) youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS.small_avatars_for_comments, false) youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS.kevlar_watch_comments_panel_button, false) youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS.web_rounded_thumbnails, false) youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS.web_watch_rounded_player_large, false) youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS.kevlar_watch_max_player_width, 1280) ``` ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493/411 "2024-06-03T14:59:33Z")
Well, that seemed to work! Thanks so much!!! ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493/412 "2024-06-03T15:02:13Z")
Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493/413 "2024-06-05T04:04:22Z")
> [@DETXL](#): > > Kagi feels like a philosophically _different_ search engine. Forgot to say thanks for all the info here. Sounds like just what I want. Agreed about the few-to-no results. I loathe how Google sometimes ignores search terms just to give me some results. And the occasions that it legitimately corrects a spelling error are outweighed by all the times it has altered the thing that I deliberately searched for. Plus, banishing Pinterest might be worth the price on its own. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493/414 "2024-06-05T14:44:37Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > banishing Pinterest might be worth the price on its own Blocking pinterest results is the entire reason I have this extension installed in all of my browsers. > **[GitHub - iorate/ublacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google...](https://github.com/iorate/ublacklist)** > > Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results - iorate/ublacklist ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493/415 "2024-06-12T03:57:57Z")
I am not sure what has changed but I am getting ads on YouTube again. Not a lot…waaay less than without an ad blocker but some are happening again. I am not getting them mid-video but at the beginning. And not always, only a few. I have not researched this or updated anything but YouTube is clearly still at it. I am using Firefox and uBlock Origin on Windows 10. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493/416 "2024-06-12T12:54:10Z")
I started having trouble with uBlock a few days ago where videos would only load an error. On the uBlock reddit was a post about it and them saying they’d have to loosen some other filter to temporarily restore service. That didn’t work for me (the ads would play but the video still would not) but opening the video in a private window works. Like 90% of reports in this thread, I mentioned this to some friends who all said “Works fine for me…”. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493/417 "2024-06-12T14:47:28Z")
I’m getting a complete stop on all videos from YouTube now - it will not play anything while AdBlock is active. (I’m using Chrome on Mac). I have to disable AdBlock and endure the ads to watch anything. Frustrating. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493/418 "2024-06-12T19:02:10Z")
(Brave /ublock) For a few weeks once in a while a video won’t play (either from start or after a pause) and an ad-ish thing appears with the play button. Testing, the play button does nothing. I reload the page proceed from there although often I lose my place in a paused video. The really, really, awful thing is the paused ad is sometimes indistinguishable from the paused video if I’m not familiar with the channel. This is clearly a violation of FTC rules: There should be big letters saying “AD” on such a screen. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493/419 "2024-06-12T19:05:58Z")
I find that Brave’s built in adblocking is working okay. A little bit ago, it had a bit of a problem where the video would spin for a few seconds, and then show some text indicating where an ad should be, and I’d have to click “Skip” to watch the video. But now even that has gone away, and YouTube works normally. I assumed you turned off Brave’s built in adblock. Maybe try disabling uBlock Origin on YouTube and reenabling Brave shields on YouTube. (And if you do have both of them running, then maybe try disabling one or the other on YouTube, but not both.) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493/420 "2024-06-12T19:11:49Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > (I’m using Chrome on Mac) I think you absolutely have to ditch Chrome if you want to avoid ads. Google makes Chrome and have been clear they mean to stop ad blockers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-forbidding-ad-blockers-concerns-if-any/991493.md?page=22)