YouTube's controversial addition of anti-AdBlock measures has had an interesting effect on the internet community. In short, it's accelerated a technological arms race between YouTube's anti-AdBlock software and creative methods to skirt around it. And considering many suggest that the majority of creators make very little through ad revenue, using one may not be as negative as the Alphabet corporation may claim (here and here for reference). But, of course, there's a wide variety of options available with one of the most popular being uBlock Origin. While you could always go hardcore and block ads across your entire local network using something like Pi-hole, a lighter hand is usually desired. Though many of these options are now hampered without additional workarounds.
One such workaround, I discovered and implemented in my new mini-project YouTube Embedded. At it's core, the system works using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS that can be run in any local browser without a web server (unlike the errantly popular Node.JS based options). The operation is quite simple and only requires the user to input one or more YouTube URLs. Upon submission, the indicated YouTube video will be added to an official YouTube embedding <iframe>. From there, the user can the video normally without ads or the message from YouTube that their browser has been blocked.
Of course, this project is presented as an experiment and was designed to bring light to that idea that the internet is not as fortified as many corporations like to suggest. For in the absence of a bigger fish, clever ones will evolve.
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TLDR: If you're still having trouble with YouTube's ad blocker blocking, give YouTube Embedded a try and let me know what you think of this new quirk in YouTube's structure.
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