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YouTube detects AdNauseam, blocks playback

Open q-l-p opened this issue 1 year ago • 82 comments

*** Before commenting on this issue, please make sure that you have installed AdNauseam v3.19.0 ***

My settings:

  • OS/version: Windows 10
  • Browser/version: Firefox 118.0.1 (64-bit)
  • AdNauseam version: 3.18.0
  • Other extensions you have installed: NoScript, Dark Reader, SimpleLogin
  • AdNauseam settings: Hide, Click, Block, no exceptions

After a few days, the warning changed to:

I switched to uBlock Origin and for a few days I had no problems. But then, after a PC restart: youTubeBan3 So, this is not AdNauseam-Specific.

q-l-p avatar Oct 12 '23 01:10 q-l-p

Just got this as well. Also on Firefox 117.9, on Linux, with AdNauseam version 3.17.9.1 (but got it on 3.18.0 on a different computer).

kozross avatar Oct 12 '23 02:10 kozross

As a bit of a bypass you can use the ublock element picker in adnauseum to block both the popup message itself and the black background around it, this will make videos start paused when clicking on them but will allow you to unpause them immediately instead of waiting for youtube to let you close out of the pop up since the pop up will never appear.

Acethekangaroo avatar Oct 12 '23 02:10 Acethekangaroo

As a bit of a bypass you can use the ublock element picker in adnauseum to block both the popup message itself and the black background around it, this will make videos start paused when clicking on them but will allow you to unpause them immediately instead of waiting for youtube to let you close out of the pop up since the pop up will never appear.

They have also blocked the scrolling feature. I am not sure how to bypass this as well.

nathanpete1 avatar Oct 12 '23 04:10 nathanpete1

This started happening to me too today, its making using Mixes as background music while gaming etc hell

UphillSky avatar Oct 12 '23 13:10 UphillSky

I confirm this was happening, but then I updated the filters and it stopped, should be because of filters not up-to-date. Before updating, can you please share what was the time of the last update of uBlock filters on the dashboard filter-list tab? It shows if you hover the time icon like this:

Screenshot 2023-10-12 at 18 16 31

mneunomne avatar Oct 12 '23 16:10 mneunomne

Updated all filters and lists (after purging them) and this message still occurs for me

davidakachaos avatar Oct 13 '23 14:10 davidakachaos

This is a consequence of YouTube's commitment to fight against ad blockers. The question is, will AdNauseam fight back?

q-l-p avatar Oct 13 '23 15:10 q-l-p

I've not gotten YouTube's No Adblock message (Linux Firefox v118 AdNauseam 3.18.0)

SkylerFur avatar Oct 14 '23 20:10 SkylerFur

Started getting this today as well, doesn't pop up on every video though

blazingwinter avatar Oct 15 '23 00:10 blazingwinter

Update: the pop up is happening mid video now too

blazingwinter avatar Oct 15 '23 16:10 blazingwinter

Can't play videos now. Reached 3-videos limit.

seacat17 avatar Oct 15 '23 20:10 seacat17

It seems that this issue is also happening to some uBlock users https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/19976, maybe we are suffering a bit more since our lists may not update as fast as uBlock (still investigating this). Sorry for any users suffering from bans because of this, the ad-blocking community is doing its best to keep up with youtube's new methods.

I'm currently waiting for a new official release from uBlock, so we can pull merge and release, I'm hoping it should happen this week.

mneunomne avatar Oct 16 '23 10:10 mneunomne

I'm wondering if this has to do with Operating System, because on my Linux PC and my Linux Steam Deck I've not gotten the YouTube AD block detection.

SkylerFur avatar Oct 16 '23 19:10 SkylerFur

I'm wondering if this has to do with Operating System, because on my Linux PC and my Linux Steam Deck I've not gotten the YouTube AD block detection.

I don't run anything other than Linux boxes, but I've also noticed them increasingly showing up on all said boxes.

kozross avatar Oct 16 '23 21:10 kozross

I'm wondering if this has to do with Operating System, because on my Linux PC and my Linux Steam Deck I've not gotten the YouTube AD block detection.

I don't run anything other than Linux boxes, but I've also noticed them increasingly showing up on all said boxes.

The first other Linux I've seen, it does then seem to be that it is not yet my turn

SkylerFur avatar Oct 16 '23 22:10 SkylerFur

Seems like YouTube is doing some A/B testing and more of us are a part of the "A" group now. I'm just gonna say it, I prefer this popup over the ads themselves. (Not banned from watching videos, they just have a 5 second timer for me)

ARitz-Cracker avatar Oct 17 '23 02:10 ARitz-Cracker

I don't think it's A/B testing, more like A/B/C testing. As something I've been noticing recently is YouTube has been shrinking my buffer size and how fast it refills I get quite a bit. It's not my speeds because Google helpfully pops up it's "Experiencing interruptions? Find out why" thing still, and it always shows me that my provider and my speeds are good.

SkylerFur avatar Oct 17 '23 03:10 SkylerFur

A/B testing just means they roll something out to one group and something different to another. Yes. more people have recently been getting caught up in their ad blocker effort. So far just popups for me, but then they actually stop you from watching any videos so it's a bit more serious than just popups. Unsure how long before that happens... it's been a few days of annoying popups for me

sotonin avatar Oct 17 '23 08:10 sotonin

A/B testing just means they roll something out to one group and something different to another. Yes. more people have recently been getting caught up in their ad blocker effort. So far just popups for me, but then they actually stop you from watching any videos so it's a bit more serious than just popups. Unsure how long before that happens... it's been a few days of annoying popups for me

Some people are speculating it's a regional thing. Who knows, maybe there's even more experiments going on. I haven't been blocked or throttled yet.

ARitz-Cracker avatar Oct 17 '23 13:10 ARitz-Cracker

Can't play videos now. Reached 3-videos limit. Found a thread on reddit on uBlock, it said that youtube changes the algorithm to detect ad blocker 2 times a day and instructions on how to update filters and find plugins that youtube reacts to. In my case, updating filters with restarting firefox browser helped (so far it did).

AlexeyMatskevich avatar Oct 18 '23 10:10 AlexeyMatskevich

Thank you @AlexeyMatskevich, yes sadly we are dependant on uBlock regarding this. Since it seems not to be AdNauseam specific, it's useful to check the discussions on their issue tracker as well: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/19976

mneunomne avatar Oct 18 '23 10:10 mneunomne

purge + update = did not solve the problem

q-l-p avatar Oct 18 '23 19:10 q-l-p

Hello, on chrome i found out that by using "AdBlocker Ultimate" youtube does not bother anymore, i do not think this adblocker is OSS but i take it as a temporary solution while we figure out how to implement this behaviour on adnauseaum/ublock , i also would recommend surfing the web or youtube, there is a lot of info we are currently missing out about this problem.

RusticCraftsman avatar Oct 19 '23 00:10 RusticCraftsman

Thank you @Elkellympia for the comment. Using other adblockers along side adnauseam is not recommended, but it is possible, and most of the ad collection works despite other adblockers, so it is fine to use it yes.

mneunomne avatar Oct 19 '23 00:10 mneunomne

Thank you @Elkellympia for the comment. Using other adblockers along side adnauseam is not recommended, but it is possible, and most of the ad collection works despite other adblockers, so it is fine to use it yes.

Of course, i agree, but this is one of my last resources to combat this while we try to fix it for ublock or adnauseam, i have been trying with multiple adnauseam/ublock configs for the past day and no luck yet, let's see if we can beat google on this one

RusticCraftsman avatar Oct 19 '23 00:10 RusticCraftsman

I confirm this was happening, but then I updated the filters and it stopped, should be because of filters not up-to-date. Before updating, can you please share what was the time of the last update of uBlock filters on the dashboard filter-list tab? It shows if you hover the time icon like this:

Screenshot 2023-10-12 at 18 16 31

It worked for me. First of all, I installed 'ublock Origin' from Chrome store. then, i Updated all the 'Filter Lists' from the 'Extension options'. and finally, I Disabled all other Ad-Blocking Chrome Extensions from 'Manage Extensions' Menu. (Most Important -- If any of your Previous Ad-Block extensions are active in the Background, Youtube will detect them and Video will get Blocked.)

It is working without any pop-ups (for now).

GXANAXG215 avatar Oct 19 '23 06:10 GXANAXG215

Worked for you doesn't mean anything. come back in a few days and tell us how well it worked. (it didn't)

sotonin avatar Oct 19 '23 08:10 sotonin

I'm also noticing pause notifications from Youtube appearing again.

kozross avatar Oct 19 '23 22:10 kozross

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubiquiti/s/N1Lbk4dhXY try adding these to your filter lists

cootshk avatar Oct 20 '23 03:10 cootshk

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubiquiti/s/N1Lbk4dhXY try adding these to your filter lists

tried, does not work, in my case the sign is in the video frame, because i already ignored the warnings, in this case, that does not work

RusticCraftsman avatar Oct 21 '23 00:10 RusticCraftsman