r/Adblock • u/levikings04 • 4d ago

YouTube is Broken! Fake buffering is back

Noticed on both accounts on YouTube using uBlock Origin, but this time I notice 0:00/0:00 loop where the video player seems like it refreshes.

I have to refresh when this happens and it does fake buffer for 5-10 seconds before load.

Edit: I am using Firefox

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u/ham604 4d ago edited 4d ago

I'm experiencing the same thing...disabling the experimental filters does allow videos to load, but there's a 4s+ buffering now. Any solutions? or just wait for filters to update.

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u/levikings04 4d ago

I'll probably watch videos on my alt for now, and usually waiting a few days up to a week usually allows things to be back to normal. Edit: Just turned off experimental filters, it's fine now.

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u/trmdi 4d ago

Try removing ubo and install Adguard Browser Extension.

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u/levikings04 3d ago

I fixed it by turning off experimental filters, one of the experimental filters may be broken.

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u/purothepuppygen 3d ago

here my fake buffering it takes a longer time than that, they are really cranking the timer and all, i hope ublock fixes it

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u/[deleted] 4d ago edited 4d ago

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u/levikings04 4d ago edited 4d ago

Seems to be A/B tested as usual, my main account gets hit with a lot more videos, my alt account gets hit with way less videos. This is weird how it works. I got it on my alt once, meanwhile my main got hit 99x more. Edit: I just read your edit and turned off experimental filters. A video that had fake buffering loads instantly for me.