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YouTube Shows Adblock Plus Users an Error Message Instead of Ads

Posted by timothy on from the you-seem-to-have-forgotten-your-eyeball-peeler dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Do you use YouTube with Adblock Plus? Some users have been getting the following message instead of ads: "An error occurred. Please try again later." The error message is only shown for the duration of the ad, meaning Adblock Plus is still technically getting the job done. But adblocking extensions typically block ads as well as remove them: For banner ads that means gaining back screen real estate on the webpage while for videos that means the content starts playing right away.

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  1. The advertising industry is dying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's pretty amazing. I don't own a TV, don't listen to radio, ane don't see any ads online. I have no fucking clue what movies are in theatres, what shows are on TV, or the names of up and coming celebrities. It is pure fucking BLISS.

    Life is even more fantastic once you eradicate all that bullshit.

  2. Not just adblock by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It doesn't matter which adblocker you use or which browser you use. I've been following this story closely, and this is what I've learned:

    Whether or not you get this error (which lasts as long as an advertisement, by the way) depends on how many ads your YouTube account has blocked recently. For example, if you log out of your YouTube account you won't get the error. If you switch to a Google (or YouTube) account that you haven't used in a while, you won't get the error. And if a couple of days later you log back in with the original account, you won't get the error. But if you watch a bunch of videos with ads that get blocked, the error will start again.

    And yes, it doesn't matter which adblocking software you use. uBlock users are reporting the error as well. YouTube support has basically said, "This is happening because of something we did, but it wasn't intentional. And since it wasn't intentional, we're not going to do anything about it, so you'll have to contact your adblocker's support."

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    You are welcome on my lawn.
  3. Re:uBlock Origin master race by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I use Adblock Plus and don't see any ads or errors on Youtube. I use uBlock Origin on a different computer, not seeing ads or errors there either.