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Why are people not using Ublock Origin ?
Two words: Smart TVs
Need a hardware solution (pi hole/router with custom firmware) for that.
Please use Smartnext tube app for android TV.
Unfortunately I have a stupid Samsung TV and the app offering SUCKS (though I am pretty sure it technically runs on Android). There's also no way to sideload apps afaik.
God! Never buy Samsung products. I learnt my lesson after buying a Samsung phone.
Ah, what was that? I'm currently using one oneui 5. Compared to xioami, the software is more stable and doesn't have stupid restrictions like not allowing access to running services or frequently killing background apps and services.
It used to drain battery like crazy. Then I bought a pixel with stock android and it was same. After that I installed a custom ROM and this is the result- My overnight idlecdrain is around 1% and if I not use my phone too much, it last 4 days on single charge.
It takes a while for adaptive battery to kick (weeks). Especially, when you newly setup an android device. Same with adaptive brightness. Mine drains fast in active heavy use on 5G with motion smoothness set to high. I also have a dual sim model where one can be pulling the lowest signal strength from tower which can also affect battery drain.
Mine started to work within minutes. Custom roms are the best. Never going back to stock.
Samsung TV's run on tizen OS, not android.
Yep. I watch YT primarily on my AppleTV, which is why I'm subbed to YT Premium. Otherwise it's basically unusable because of the ads. But I fucking hate that I'm being extorted like this
PiHole does not work for YouTube sadly. There's no current solution for YouTube ads on (non-android) smart TVs.
Does Ublock Origin successfully circumvents the new system that is being tested in select countries?
Yes. You need to not use any other content blocker (including potentially browser tracking protection) and keep uBo up to date. Occasionally it might not be up to date with latest YT changes but that's pretty rare.
I read that you need to update the filters to make it work however I can't confirm.
I'm using uBlock, so far it works no problem for me :)
EDIT: Ignore the following, the next day the popup message returned unfortunately
I can confirm, I was getting the popup message yesterday with ublock-origin and was able to fix it by not only updating my filters but also subscribing to all the optional filters. It seems the default lists don't have a fix yet but one of the optional ones does.
Can you share the optional filters for others? Probably best to create a new post
The lists are fortunately pre-installed with ublock-origin, just need to enable all lists within options: Built-in, Ads, Privacy, Malware, Multipurpose, and Annoyances
EDIT: I spoke too soon, saw another popup today
OP mentioned already using ublock-origin. Youtube still blocked him for good after multiple warnings to disable