On 8/21/20 9:39 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
This may belong on plug-talk, but my problem probably has
a technical solution to block YouTube spam, without getting
into the sordid politics beneath.
This evening, I searched for a YouTube video about opening
a can with a manual rotary can opener. See the PPS below.
The problem is, a well funded national politician has
saturated YouTube with a gazillion whack-a-mole pop-up
attack ads, and I can't close them fast enough to finish
the video I want to see.
snip
The TECHNICAL/LINUX subject:
I WANT to learn what SOFTWARE or TECHNIQUES to use to
filter and block the F***ING pop-ups. Unless I do that,
YouTube is ruined. Other services may soon be ruined as
well. I need to find and install and learn those tools
before the internet turns into S*** and I can't get to
the tools.
I use Firefox an older version of CentOS Linux on a small
screen 4GB laptop; I hope for a compatible solution.
Are you getting literal popups, as in separate windows coming up that
play the unwanted ad? I'm running CentOS and Firefox here and I don't
see popups. Lately I have seen some ads from he who shall remain
unnamed, but they are not popups. They show up as part of the youtube
home page and they autoplay, but their sound is muted, so IMHO they are
not terribly intrusive. Note, however, that I have some extensions
installed that might be affecting this. In particular, I'm using
NoScript and PrivacyBadger, which means that nothing from
doubleclick.net gets run.
CentOS Linux release 7.8.2003
Firefox 68.11.0esr (64-bit)
galen
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