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Youtube says I'm blocking ads

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Suddenly when I try to go on Youtube, I get messages that I'm blocking ads. I'm on a Mac-mini using X El Capitan V10.11.6, which is the highest I can upgrade to. I'm using Firefox Browser 78.15 (64-bit) and info shows it's up to date. My old Safari browser still will work with Youtube, but Foxfire is my go-to browser.

Suddenly when I try to go on Youtube, I get messages that I'm blocking ads. I'm on a Mac-mini using X El Capitan V10.11.6, which is the highest I can upgrade to. I'm using Firefox Browser 78.15 (64-bit) and info shows it's up to date. My old Safari browser still will work with Youtube, but Foxfire is my go-to browser.

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That has been an issue for some weeks and youtube apparently keeps changing how it works. There is an ongoing thread on Reddit (first link below). In the second link, a user script is mentioned; to use that you have to install Greasemonkey or one of the other monkey extensions. (You need to remove the blank space in the Reddit links.)

https://www.reddit. com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/178yasm/ https://www.reddit. com/r/firefox/comments/17caygd/anyone_else_getting_this_on_using_ublock_origin/


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sorry, doesn´t say me anything.

I have not installed any ad block. So, what shall I uninstall? Michael

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You can check for issues with Enhanced Tracking Protection. Firefox shows a purple shield instead of a gray shield at the left end of the location/address bar in case Enhanced Tracking Protection is blocking content.

  • click the shield icon for more detail and possibly disable the protection

You can check the Web Console for relevant-looking messages like blocked content.