SponsorBlock (and DeArrow)Oct 14, 2023

Stop using random anti-adblock fixes you find on the internet, these are almost always out of date and interfere with the actual anti-adblock features in uBlock Origin. YouTube is changing their anti-adblock code multiple times per day.

Simply do the following:
1. Use uBlock Origin and no other adblocker. This includes disabling adblocking in "Enhancer for YouTube", and any built in browser blocker
2. In uBlock's settings, purge caches and update filters

More info: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/19976

🟥🟥 YouTube.com: ALL issues - REPORT ONLY HERE 🟥🟥 · Issue #19976 · uBlockOrigin/uAssets

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Show threadJaap Zeldenrust (he/him)
@sponsorblock "anti-adblock" is functionally a double negative, and as a result I have no idea whether you're talking about measures to block ads or about exempting specific sources from your measures to block ads.
Oct 15, 2023 at 11:20amWeb
Show threadJames WoodOct 15, 2023
@jozeldenrust @sponsorblock I believe the first two occurrences of “anti-adblock” should instead be “anti-anti-adblock”. With that, it makes sense. Users use ad-blocking, YouTube counters them using anti-adblock techniques, and users in turn counter with anti-anti-adblock fixes.
Show threadJaap Zeldenrust (he/him)Oct 15, 2023

@mudri @sponsorblock The first one makes sense if the "fix" means countering the countermeasures to your adblocking measures. But since "fix" is ambiguous - it can either mean causing the adblocking measures to work as intended, or causing the countermeasures to work as intended - it gets confusing.

I think this message could be improved by making both perspectives and objectives explicit. Use "Alice" and "Bob". Alice wants to watch YouTube without ads, Bob wants to show Alice ads, etc.

Show threadParienveOct 15, 2023
@jozeldenrust @sponsorblock
"Anti-adblock fixes" are measures taken by web users to counter websites' anti-adblock techniques, so the full phrase is effectively a *triple* negative.