YouTube is automatically skipping videos if you use Adblock Plus

Google’s tug of warfare with advert blockers continues. This time, Adblock Plus customers are reporting that movies are mechanically skipping to the tip.

This isn’t the primary time YouTube has irritated customers who use a content material blocker, the shenanigans started a few 12 months in the past, earlier than Google formally introduced its crackdown on advert blockers. The problems had been quickly sorted out by advert blockers, who blocked the prompts that had been displayed by the streaming service, permitting customers to guard their privateness and use YouTube ad-free.

Are YouTube movies skipping to the tip mechanically should you use an advert blocker?

The brand new video-skipping conduct was reported by customers on Reddit, who stated that movies that they loaded ended mechanically with out taking part in. Just a few feedback talked about that movies had been skipping ahead forward earlier than the playback resumed. Some customers additionally stated that YouTube is mechanically muting their movies. However, I could not assist noticing that almost all of those complaints had been from customers who had been utilizing the Adblock Plus extension. It’s unclear if the problem impacts different advert blockers.

A press release despatched by a Google spokesperson to 9to5Google says the next: “Advert blockers violate YouTube’s Phrases of Service, and we’ve been urging customers for a while to assist their favourite creators and permit adverts on YouTube or attempt YouTube Premium for an ad-free expertise. An unrelated push to enhance YouTube’s efficiency and reliability could also be leading to suboptimal viewing experiences for advert blocker customers.”

That does appear slightly complicated, since solely Adblock Plus customers have been experiencing points. How do you repair this downside? Use uBlock Origin, because the extension just isn’t impacted by this. In the event you nonetheless face any issues with adverts on YouTube, simply restart your browser, or replace the filters manually from the add-on’s settings.

Chances are you’ll or might not have skilled the problem on YouTube, because it relies upon totally on the adblocker that you’re utilizing.

FreeTube different

I want utilizing FreeTube. It is an open-source entrance finish for YouTube that has a built-in advert blocker, SponsorBlock, and allows you to subscribe to channels with out an account. You may additionally use it to obtain movies. The app was up to date not too long ago to assist consumer playlists, which was the one factor I used to be lacking. This lets you create, save, export/import playlists throughout the app.

The one challenge I’ve confronted with FreeTube is that closed captions might not work in some Invidious situations, generally the button doesn’t seem in any respect, regardless that it did work after I tried accessing the occasion by way of an internet browser, so it wasn’t a query of too many customers accessing the service from a particular API. In the event you’re dealing with this bug, you could have to alter the API Backend underneath Common Settings to make use of Native API to get captions to work. Talking of which, should you want accessing YouTube from a browser, you should utilize Invidious straight.

Google is more likely to intensify its methods within the battle towards content material blockers, thankfully uBlock Origin or different advert blockers will all the time discover a approach round these restrictions.

Have you ever confronted related points on YouTube?

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