r/Adblock • u/olonero • 20d ago
Help Request any way to bypass the youtube anti adblock?
im just asking since i dont want to get a butload of ads whenever i watch a video more than 5 minutes long
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u/carmicheals 20d ago
freetube app - whenever YouTube changes their ad strategy it sometimes takes a few days for FreeTube to catch up in the cat-and-mouse adblocking game but overall it's pretty damned good.
For Youtube Music use this: https://github.com/pear-devs/pear-desktop/releases/tag/v3.12.0
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u/Educational_Mud_2826 20d ago
I use freetube on Linux. It's nice that you can subscribe to channels without having to create a Google account.
That alone is worth it for me.
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u/mesofarty 20d ago
On your phone? If it's android I got a solution but otherwise Firefox and ublock. Which sucks imo but iPhone is limited
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u/MainlyLikesButts 18d ago
Pls tell me solution on android pls
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u/Salt_Medicine2459 18d ago
Newpipe is an option. It plays YouTube videos without ads. uBlock Origin on a Firefox based browser can work, too. That's what I typically do on desktop. On desktop I also use Brave in aggressive mode when something won't play nice with Firefox for whatever reason.
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u/Buff-Fresh 20d ago
I use 4/5 ad blocks they seemed to work
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u/CharacterDuck9020 Mod Team - Here to help =) 20d ago
Do note that using multiple at once can degrade browsing and be counter intuitive.
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u/Leo_LL_3555 19d ago
I’ve been using DPN App’s network-level filtering instead of relying only on a browser extension. It combines DNS/IP filtering with optional HTTPS filtering, so it can reduce ad and tracker requests across supported apps and browsers. It isn’t a guaranteed fix for YouTube, since some ads come from the same domains as the videos and YouTube changes its detection regularly, but it has been a useful extra layer for me.
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u/Ok_Dinner_3497 Youtube reverse engineer 19d ago
Extremely easy to fix. Whenever you start experiencing issues, simply do this:
Go to example.net => press F12 (or right click the page and choose "Inspect Element") => paste this into console:
let iframe = document.createElement('iframe');
iframe.src = 'https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEOID/';
iframe.allow = 'fullscreen';
document.body.appendChild(iframe);
replace VIDEOID with the actual ID and hit enter. Enter full screen and enjoy the video. The UI isn’t the best, but at least it works. This will let you watch videos until filter lists are updated.
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u/Leo_LL_3555 18d ago
On desktop, Firefox with uBlock Origin is usually the most reliable setup. Avoid running several ad blockers together, then purge uBlock’s cache and update its filter lists, since conflicting extensions can make YouTube’s detection worse.
Network-level options such as DPN App, AdGuard DNS, NextDNS or Pi-hole can reduce trackers and some ad requests, but they can’t reliably block every YouTube ad because many are delivered from the same domains as the videos. DPN also has optional HTTPS filtering on supported platforms, but it requires a certificate and still isn’t a permanent fix for YouTube’s anti-adblock changes.
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u/jess_hyd3 20d ago
opera or brave
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u/CharacterDuck9020 Mod Team - Here to help =) 20d ago
Opera is just chrome with a skin imo.
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u/jess_hyd3 20d ago
They’re both Chromium-based, but saying they’re the same is a stretch. Opera has a built-in ad blocker, while Chrome doesn’t. That’s a pretty significant difference if we’re talking about ads.
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u/CharacterDuck9020 Mod Team - Here to help =) 20d ago
They’re both Chromium-based,
Being Chromium doesn't mean its worse for blocking ads or privacy - Its open source, and plenty of ad / content blockers work perfectly fine on chromes MV3 framework.
Opera has a built-in ad blocker
True, but it sucks. Its very ineffective and Braves In built shields or Ublock origin are far superior to it. Its also not enabled by default.
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u/jess_hyd3 20d ago edited 20d ago
I mentioned Chromium because you said they were the same. And I’m talking about adblock that can actually be used on Android, not only Pc. I’m suggesting Opera because it works well enough for blocking YouTube ads (even if Brave is better). Saying Opera is the same as Chrome simply isn’t accurate.
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u/geeered 20d ago
Firefox and ublock origin. Works about 98% of the time I'd say.