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[Lunokhod]

So, in a new separate topic:
Recently, whenever I go to YouTube following a link for example, the video starts playing, then a pop up window appears obscuring the video, it stops playing, and the new window says:
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Then if I click No thanks, I can press play to start the video, and it starts again from the beginning. Has anyone else experienced this issue, and is there a way to avoid it? I suppose I could create a YouTube account and get the various benefits of having saved playlists and viewing 18+ rated content and whatever else there may be, although personally the pop up tends to make me less disposed to doing so. I could also avoid YouTube where possible but realistically there's likely to be useful stuff on there that cannot be found elsewhere.

[coffeebreak]

I found it helpful to add this cosmetic/element hiding rule to my custom filters in uBO:

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youtube.com##.ytd-popup-container.style-scope > .ytd-popup-container.style-scope

If you use uBlock Origin, add it to: Dashboard -> My filters tab.

If you use Adblock Latitude/ABPrime, add it to: Filter preferences -> Custom filters.

If using ABL/ABPrime, btw, you might consider installing Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4, if you haven't already.
It can be obtained via the Classic Add-ons Archive, and assists with the crafting of these element hiding rules.

[back2themoon]

It is constantly happening on Google searches, too. They DO want you to log in, I guess...

[Lunokhod]

After installing the Classic Add Ons Archive, which worked, I got a message saying Element Hiding Helper 1.4 was not compatible with Pale Moon 29.0.0a6, so it doesn't look like it works with the latest unstable.
But pasting that into ABL as suggested seems to have resolved it. Very helpful, thank you.

[New Tobin Paradigm]

Is it a Firefox Extension?

[coffeebreak]

Glad the rule worked for you.

I got a message saying Element Hiding Helper 1.4 was not compatible with Pale Moon 29.0.0a6

Element Hiding Helper doesn't target Pale Moon, so it will need a PM application block added to its install.rdf if you wish to use it, like this:

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	<em:targetApplication>
		<Description>
			<!-- Pale Moon -->		
			<em:id>{8de7fcbb-c55c-4fbe-bfc5-fc555c87dbc4}</em:id>
			<em:minVersion>28.0</em:minVersion>
			<em:maxVersion>28.*</em:maxVersion>
		</Description>
	</em:targetApplication>

[coffeebreak]

Firefox Extension?

Off-topic:
Long ago, you actually mentioned possibly integrating it into what was then ABL, though I gather it would not be a small job.

[New Tobin Paradigm]

Well I don't use or work on ABL anymore and it wouldn't be able to be integrated with ABPrime. It is NOT trivial. So you're WRONG AGAIN. However, it could be forked.

BTW if you guys persist on just selfishly modifying install.rdf maybe we should switch the install manifest format to json. Sure would solve a number of issues for both the Add-ons Site and the legacy parsing of the install manifest.

[coffeebreak]

WRONG AGAIN

Off-topic:
Well fwiw, here is the relevant part of that post, linked previously.
(I don't think that I really misrepresented anything, if you read it, and my post, carefully)
Was just mentioning that, at one time, EHH appeared to be on your mind:

It would be really nice if we could reintegrate full on EHH functionality in but it would be a big job. I would ask for help on this.

Off-topic:
I'll admit, I believe the developers of the two ABP-family adblockers would be the most natural fit for who, if anyone, forks the Element Hiding Helper. But I also understand that there are other fish to fry.

if you guys persist on just selfishly modifying install.rdf maybe we should switch the install manifest format to json.

Off-topic:
I'm sorry you see it that way.
I can only say that I hope you don't modify things in a way that disables people from being able to make their (otherwise functional) Firefox extensions useable again.

[Moonraker]

I have noticed this too and google is really pushing for us to log in.I noticed another pop up for cookies seconds later and this occurs also with every google search so i don't bother using google anymore.

I could hide the element but then youtube cannot be accessed or google searches either.

[back2themoon]

The I don't care about cookies extension is good at removing the Google pop-up. Perhaps it will be updated to take care of the YouTube pop-up, too.

A filterlist version is also available but I'm not sure if it works for this sort of pop-up (author: "the filter list is not as effective as a browser extension but it will hide most cookie warnings").

In the end though, it's probably best to look for alternatives than play yet another never-ending cat-and-mouse game with them. Or just give up, sign in and keep those cookies.

[badnick]

You can get rid of this with the help of "element picker" if you have uBO installed

[back2themoon]

Yes, adding this to uBO's My filters seems to work for now. Only tested it for 5 minutes or so.

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www.youtube.com##.ytd-app.style-scope:nth-of-type(1) > .ytd-popup-container.style-scope

[Tomaso]

This is a known issue, currently widely discussed amongst EasyList's, uBO's and AdGuard's filter maintainers.
All current blocking rules, which takes care of the popups, results in unexpected playback stops, since the popups are still loaded in the background (they're only invisible).
Unless they come up with some type of fancy new scriptlets, adblockers might not be able to properly work their way around it.
Therefore, a separate browser extension could be needed.

For now, this Greasemonkey script has been reported to solve the problem:
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/41068 ... e-shut-up/

[Andrew Herbert]

BTW if you guys persist on just selfishly modifying install.rdf maybe we should switch the install manifest format to json.

Off-topic:
JUL and JBL when?

[Moonchild]

Off-topic:

JUL and JBL when?

I would like to get some nice JBL speakers at Christmas (=Yule/Jul), sure!

[coffeebreak]

Only tested it for 5 minutes or so.

TBH, I use YouTube so little any more that I didn't test the flter for an extended time either and could easily miss sporadic problems.

[Lunokhod]

The You Tube pop up seems to appear less often today, but when it does it causes the video to stop as noted by Tomaso, so I removed the blocking rule. I didn't encounter that yesterday.
With the suggested change (and altering max version to *) I installed Element Hiding Helper 1.4 successfully. That seems to work, I blocked a banner saying sign in to Twitter at the bottom of a Twitter page. I was going to test it on the pop up that appeared on some FaceBook pages, but the ones that did it are no longer visible at all without signing in.

[New Tobin Paradigm]

You're on the shitlist, btw. Totally improper.

[coffeebreak]

and altering max version to *

Please do not ever set maxVersion to *. EVER. Just don't.
See Extension compatibility versioning guideline

BTW, please don't detour this thread into being about that extension. Everything that can usefully be said about it here has already been said.

The You Tube pop up seems to appear less often today, but when it does it causes the video to stop as noted by Tomaso

You might try the userscript linked by Tomaso.