How to bypass YouTube ad-blocking restrictions?

2•thunderarea•2h ago

Today was the first time YouTube showed me the message “Ad blockers are not allowed”. I am trying to find a way to bypass YouTube’s ad-blocking restrictions. This is partly for personal use, but I also have a browser extension that improves the YouTube experience and, among other things, blocks ads. How can I avoid my extension being recognized as an ad-blocker from YouTube? Some users have already reported seeing this warning because of my extension.

Is it possible? Any technical insight is appreciated.

p.s. The extension is Music Mode for YouTube™

Comments

hotbit9•2h ago

Use Brave browser and turn on filters, nothing else.

thunderarea•2h ago

I got the same answer from a friend of mine :) That's good for my but it does not help with my extension. I cannot tell the users go and use Brave. I am trying to find a way to avoid my extension being detected as an ad blocker

delaminator•1h ago

Best I managed with mine (which pressed Skip for you) was to make it mute ad-videos

thunderarea•1h ago

So, you stopped blocking ads and muted them instead?

miladyincontrol•1h ago

Update your ad blocker and it's filters. Use a better adblocker

Or what I'd really suggest if on a computer is to use an open source client like freetube. Much better experience, with integrated adblock, sponsorskip, and dearrow (de clickbait)

thunderarea•1h ago

The problem is that I own an extension that blocks ads and is detected as an ad blocker. So, I am looking for a technical solution on how to prevent YouTube from detecting my extension as an ad blocker.

sgt•35m ago

I don't think you can easily block those ads as they are part of the video...

thunderarea•19m ago

The problem is not blocking the ads. I already do that. The problem is how to prevent YouTube recognizing my extension as an ad blocker

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