You might have noticed that even on Firefox (depending on your lists) YouTube may detect uBlock Origin on Firefox now

There’s already a workaround (found, again, here), but I figured I would use this opportunity to tell people that projects like Piped and Invidious exist, which both allow you to watch YouTube without loading their ads, with improved Privacy and (in the case of Piped) even Geoblocking-Circumvention and SponsorBlock out of the box.

They’re both great tools, and using something like LibRedirect you can even automatically go to Piped or Invidious when clicking/opening a YouTube link (and more).

Both don’t load ads, but unless changed in the settings Individous may still make connections to Google/YouTube to load the video(s) themselves.

Bit of a shameless plug for these projects, but I figured this is a really good time to show these projects as I often see people asking what they are in threads on here

  • code@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    1 year ago

    How long until Google says “fuck it” and outright starts banning adblock users? Considering how deep a lot of people are into the Google ecosystem, this is potentially devastating. Imagine losing access to you email, photos, etc., with no way to appeal. Good luck if you want to actually speak to anyone human at Google.

    • BaardFigur@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      I’m already in the process of decoupling from gmail for this exact reason.

      I’ve decoupled the most important things, but there’s just so much stuff that is still using my gmail.

      • JasSmith@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        It took me a couple of years to migrate away from Gmail but it was completely worth it. People lose their Google accounts for any and no reason at all. People don’t realise how many important accounts would be lost without access to their email. Now, with my own domain, I can move hosts at any moment.

          • JasSmith@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            Fastmail and Proton. Don’t shoot me but iCloud is actually a good option if you’re already in the Apple ecosystem. Personalised domains are included if you’re paying for any iCloud tier, even the very cheap one. That will support personal email domains for the whole family. For families I think it’s the best value. iCloud also includes other things like cloud storage/backup, “hide my email,” and private relay.

      • Usul_00_@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Set u a forward from the Gmail address to the new one, and maintain the account at least minimally. As a reference, I have an account created at least 14 years ago still forwarding email. Should be enough time to change the profiles.

      • shneancy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        in case of a bank Im sure you can just walk to a physical office and get your account linked to another email

        things will get hard with things like steam

    • JasSmith@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I don’t think they’d ever ban users, but this game of cat and mouse will continue forever. They’ll make the service worse and worse, while alternatives like Rumble and Odysee will get more and more users.

      That said, back up all your Google data, and migrate to your own email domain. Millions of people all over the world lose access to their Google accounts each year for any and no reason at all. All it takes is a capricious algorithm. They don’t have any customer support at all.

    • darkkite@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      unlikely especially if they’re paying for other services. they’ll most likely prevent playback

      • code@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        There’s plenty of stories online like this one. It’s all automated and if it decides you’re bad, you’re out. No questions asked, no appeals.

        Google search it up and you’ll find many more.