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YouTube's server-side ads resulted in a black screen for ad blocker users (www.ghacks.net)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Mashable reports that users ran into a black screen on YouTube, and that it stayed for about 6 seconds before the video began playing. The reports indicate it affected several browsers including Firefox, Edge, Vivaldi.

Some users joked that they would rather see a black screen than an ad. While that's certainly a better experience, it does waste precious seconds of our time. A simple workaround for the black screen on YouTube is to just refresh the page, hit F5 as soon as the page starts loading. uBlock Origin's filters were updated with a patch to resolve the problem, the add-on updates its filters automatically. If you are still experiencing the black screen issue, just open the extension's dashboard and manually update the filters. This tug-of-war is getting annoying, but it appears to me that Google's efforts are actively promoting the use of ad blockers, instead of attracting new subscribers.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

if im gonna lose time regardless, i'd rather spend it staring at 6 seconds of black nothingness, than 15 seconds of PragerU talking about how slavery was a boon the black man.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

Out of principle, if I can't block or skip an ad, I'm closing the window. I'd rather not use the service than be force-fed advertising.

I take public transit on the daily, and that's just about the only place I can't avoid advertising.