Pretty much the subject line. uBO has successfully blocked the nag screen enough times that I can’t play anything at this point. No preview loads, and the play button serves no function. I’d really prefer not to have to find content on YT, copy the URL and use Piped/Invidious, but this ongoing escalation is steeling my resolve to screw Google.
I’ve noticed that the nag screen never shows up in a private tab. In the last week I’ve gotten in the habit of right-clicking a video and choosing Open Link in New Private Window. It’s not very convenient, but it has been working.
Isn’t that because all extensions are disabled unless you explicitly turn them on for private windows? uBO is off so you obviously won’t see the nag screen.
I just checked and I do have uBO enabled for private windows, so I’m not sure why it isn’t getting caught. I started doing it because I noticed that YouTube was giving one “free” view per day, and then your second view would get the nag screen. So I figured the private window might make you show up as a new person each time, so you always get the initial nag-free video.
But it seems like the nag screen shows up even on the first view now, so I’m not sure why this private tab trick is still working.
I assume so. But I don’t see why they would need your main session’s cookies to tell if you’re using an ad blocker. I’m guessing this is still something left over from when they were giving you one nag-free video per day, so private tabs will probably see the nag screen too eventually.
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I’ve noticed that the nag screen never shows up in a private tab. In the last week I’ve gotten in the habit of right-clicking a video and choosing Open Link in New Private Window. It’s not very convenient, but it has been working.
Isn’t that because all extensions are disabled unless you explicitly turn them on for private windows? uBO is off so you obviously won’t see the nag screen.
I just checked and I do have uBO enabled for private windows, so I’m not sure why it isn’t getting caught. I started doing it because I noticed that YouTube was giving one “free” view per day, and then your second view would get the nag screen. So I figured the private window might make you show up as a new person each time, so you always get the initial nag-free video.
But it seems like the nag screen shows up even on the first view now, so I’m not sure why this private tab trick is still working.
Then I guess it’s just down to cookies? Private doesn’t transfer cookies from the main session. You start with a clean slate all the time.
I assume so. But I don’t see why they would need your main session’s cookies to tell if you’re using an ad blocker. I’m guessing this is still something left over from when they were giving you one nag-free video per day, so private tabs will probably see the nag screen too eventually.