my adblockers for netflix and hulu randomly stopped working. I tried Ublock lite but it speeds up the ads and ends up skippng parts of the show/movie im watching. are there any adblockers that are currently working?
i used to use AdGuard AdBlocker and it randomly stopped working!
so with youtube saying that there wont be anymore skippable ads that are less than 5 seconds. I want to always watch youtube on my smart tv because its a big screen. its a Samsung smart TV btw. But with so many ads on smart TVs unlike on PC where you can download ublock. its honestly unbarable and I want a solution to this ad problem on smart TV. if anyone got any suggestions to this please tell me.
I got an email today from an electronic appliance manufacturer saying that if I want to keep using their website, I have to agree to a new privacy policy.
The new bit that stood out:
We may provide your ID information or other personal information to third parties who provide services or conduct research, studies, or analyses to verify advertising or marketing.
They add that they’ll
exclude information that directly identifies a specific individual, such as your name, and only provide what’s “necessary.”
Let’s be real though. In 2026, that disclaimer doesn’t mean much. With enough signals, aggregators can easily track individuals without needing a name attached. “Non‑identifiable” data is basically a myth at this point.
It’s depressing how normalized this has become. Companies trying to squeeze money out of every click, scroll, and pause is just accepted as the cost of existing online.
My take: block all ads, everywhere.
Or even better: click all the ads and poison the data.
I haven’t been using AdNauseam (https://adnauseam.io/) yet, but honestly, I think it should be used. I’m seriously considering starting. At this point, it feels like one of the few practical ways users can push back. If companies insist on building massive profiling systems around us, flooding those systems with garbage data seems fair game.
This whole surveillance‑driven ad ecosystem needs to stop — and if companies won’t self‑regulate, maybe it’s time users push back a little harder.
I'm on PC. Things I tried:
- Chrome with Ublock Origin Lite
- Firefox with Ublock Origin
- Brave with Ublock Origin and without, so the integrated adblocker. Also with an imported profile, and with a new one.
Nothing works, it always delays the start of videos that are meant to have ads. At some point I gave up and decided to just let ads play, but it can easily take 30 seconds of unskippable ads, multiple times during the same video or back to back when simply changing video. This whole thing has been going for months now lol, please help.
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Been seeing these shitty "wItH yOuTubE pRemiuM-" ads that don't get blocked compared to the other ads no matter what. How do I get rid of these stupid ass YT premium ads that don't get blocked no matter what? [link] [comments] |
