YouTube acting up at Adblock

[trevskoda]

Does Brave have an email service?

No but slimjet and other do, anyway best use thunderbird, its got updated with extras this mth.

 

[maingate]

I have had no more threats from YT for a couple of days. Instead, it takes a while for a new video to start (I get a black screen and the whirling circle). I checked my broadband speed in case it had dropped but it was fine. Strange.

 

[GWAYGWAY]

I reckon that will change to having to turn adblock off eventually so it'll load the video then well be stuck with adverts.

_I pay for it with the TV licence money and really do hit it hard, to get my moneys worth. I threw the TV, out and never regretted anything, there is so much you can learn from it. The adverts drove me mad and it was worth it to dump them

 

[trevskoda]

Does Brave have an email service?

Try vivaldi it has for sure a email within, so does seamonkey.
Vivaldi can be set up with google acc as well, works on all platforms.

 

[RSD7a]

The get-around advice from Ghostery (the ad blocker I use) is when using YouTube make sure you go in via private/incognito setting which seems to allow the ad blocker to work. For now.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Not for long I expect as Google own YouTube.

 

[RSD7a]

Not for long I expect as Google own YouTube.

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Unless I'm mistaken, I don't think what I described involved Google ...

 

[Pudsey Bear]

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Unless I'm mistaken, I don't think what I described involved Google ...

Sorry, you said "when using YouTube make sure you go in via private/incognito" I assumed that meant Google, not used whatever it was you mentioned I thought it was Google only who had incognito mode.

 

[trevskoda]

Not for long I expect as Google own YouTube.

In linux we can use freetube which gets around all googles intrapments LOL

 

[trevskoda]

Sorry, you said "when using YouTube make sure you go in via private/incognito" I assumed that meant Google, not used whatever it was you mentioned I thought it was Google only who had incognito mode.

Sleeping in again, most browsers are hidden from google on my sys, have you never used the TOR union browser.

 

[Rumour]

I use Dropbox 1tb £96 per year.

Take a look at Google One. 2tb for £80 a year and no adverts on google platforms.

 

[maingate]

Well, I had to bite the bullet and accept ads because YT blocked me from viewing vids.

I use Firefox and I had to google how to switch adblock plus off as the adblock logo did not appear in the top right hand corner of the screen.

 

[trevskoda]

No adds with Brave, and i dont accept cookies, to fat as is.

 

[maingate]

Went on YT this morning. The leading Ad was for the following product.

TotalAdBlock.
"Block all those annoying Ads".

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Don't know why but YT isn't blocking me on Google now.

 

[trevskoda]

Don't know why but YT isn't blocking me on Google now.

I had a word with Mr Google.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Google on trial over Monopoly claims - Google Search

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Nothing to do with YouTube though.

 

[number14]

There's an article and discussion on this topic at 'the register' , a website aimed at IT professionals, although this particular item is quite readable by non-experts (like me).

YouTube cares less for your privacy than its revenues

Ad blockers are firewalls for our sanity – turning them off is madness

www.theregister.com

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Makes a lot of sense, for a lot of people no revenue means no videos, but plenty do put stuff up and get nothing, some of it is pure shite though, not mentioning any names