I’ve been using AdBlocker Ultimate with Firefox on YouTube. Occasionally I start to see ads but they disappear when the filters update. I can also update the filters manually.
I think you’re confusing some elements of:
- The core software, which was last updated at addons.mozilla.org May 13.
- The GitHub, which had some minor updates 20 hours ago
- The filter lists, which update schedule depends on which one you’re subscribed to, though @Joey_P says recent which seems reasonable.
The core software doesn’t need to be updated to draw from existing updated sources.
Subscribed…? I see no option for that anywhere. Is this not plug and play? You all seem to be indicating that I need to jump through a huge amount of hoops manually each and every day, maybe several times a day.
No, there’s several default lists of sites to block. I think by default it comes with uBlock filters, EasyList, EasyPrivacy, Peter Lowe’s. These update automatically. If really want to be more strict, you can subscribe to others. You really don’t need to do anything except install the addon though.
Yeah, per the extension description:
Out of the box, uBO blocks ads, trackers, coin miners, popups, etc. through the following lists of filters, enabled by default:
- EasyList (ads)
- EasyPrivacy (tracking)
- Peter Lowe’s Ad server list (ads and tracking)
- Online Malicious URL Blocklist
- uBO’s own lists
By default, auto updating of the filter lists should be on so it greys out the Update Now option
It IS possible that you had everything set up correctly and yet you got hassle from YouTube. This thread is full of people saying they had a new issue just come up and everyone else saying “Nope, still works for me”. I suspect that Google tries new ways of defeating the ad blockers on a limited basis so it’s rare that everyone reports a failure at once.
But, out of all the uBlock users, there’s still a lot of people affected, it gets reported and the filter lists are adjusted so it generally fixes itself (from your perspective) in a day or two.
Welp since my post I’ve gotten no more nags-as always, dunno if YT finally waved ye olde white flag and ceased their little crusade, or if the apps finally gained the upper hand.