[GUIDE] How to bypass YouTube's Anti-Adblock popup

There are mainly 5 ways to avoid this by which 4 of them were tested.

Method 1 (The RECOMMENDED way)

Just update your ublock filters and that's it ;) How to do it?

Step 1: Open uBlock Settings

Step 2: Update the filters

In the Filter lists tab, click on Purge all caches.

and now click on Update now.

That's it, just restart your browser and check YouTube to see if it's working or not.

Method 2

Using this method, we use some CSS hacks to force hide the popup overlay.

⚠️ Note that this can cause scrolling issues but it's better than getting locked down so follow the steps given below.

Step 1: Open the uBlock Extension and click the settings icon

Step 2: Go to 'My filters' Tab

Step 3: Copy paste the filters

The script:

youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.openPopupConfig.supportedPopups.adBlockMessageViewModel, false)
youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.adBlocksFound, 0)
youtube.com##+js(set, ytplayer.config.args.raw_player_response.adPlacements, [])
youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.hasAllowedInstreamAd, true)
www.youtube.com##.opened
www.youtube.com##tp-yt-paper-dialog.ytd-popup-container.style-scope > .ytd-popup-container.style-scope
##.ytp-endscreen-content
youtube.com##.ytp-scroll-min.ytp-pause-overlay
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-covering-shadow-top
youtube.com##.ytp-pause-overlay
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-covering-overlay
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element

Now, Reload the page and now it should be gone.

⚠️ Please note that this is a temporary fix and YouTube will definitely add some new stuffs that could render this method useless.

Method 3 (ugly)

Using a Windows Phone user agent to trick YouTube and make it not show ads.

[#todo, info will be added soon]

Method 4

Use a third party YouTube instance like piped.video or FreeTube app

[#todo, info will be added soon]

Method 5

Use incognito mode or open in private tabs

[#todo, info will be added soon]

Is it ILLEGAL to use an ad block?

NO, Actually they are the ones who are violating the ethics principle written by World Wide Web Consortium.

2.12 People should be able to render web content as they want

People must be able to change web pages according to their needs. For example, people should be able to install style sheets, assistive browser extensions, and blockers of unwanted content or scripts or auto-played videos. We will build features and write specifications that respect peoples' agency, and will create user agents to represent those preferences on the web user's behalf.

Criticize them how the ads affect badly to the users. Ask them if they really uphold web standards when their ads not only disrupt the user experience but also hinder users from blocking potentially malicious connections.

How to send feedback on YouTube page:

Go to this link (click on profile picture -> Send feedback)

Template to send.

The current anti-adblock measures are extreme to a point where they resemble anti-user measures instead, which is saying a lot considering YouTube ads have already been in a pretty bad state of affairs for years now.

For a company that not only claims to be in favor of W3C Ethical Standards but is also a member of it, this goes blatantly against said principles. If you want users to not be so vehemently against ads in your website, try making them less invasive instead of having them constantly undermine the website experience, then people won't bother going out of their way to find ways to fix this.

Your users are not to blame for the way the world works, seeking more profitability isn't inherently a bad thing but there are better ways to make the site more profitable than resorting to this.

Credits: Tsuzuriko on Reddit

Further Discussion on this Topic

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Credits

• [1] anonymous user from 4chan (for the ublock script)
• [2] This and this posts by uBlock Reddit Team

Changelogs

• 15/10/2023 - Made the page
• 16/10/2023 - Updated the CSS filters
• 01/11/2023 - Added Method 1

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