Youtube vs Google video

firefoxfan · Post by **firefoxfan** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:06 pm

I'm an avid fan of youtube and watch several clips hosted by them daily, with no problems with embedded youtube players on any other site, until today.

I rarely use google video, but last night I watched a full-length clip at the google video site, and now today none of the regular youtube clips are showing up.

I finally figured out why. Youtube is now blocked in AdBlock Plus. I didn't block it. Who did? Was google video able to modify adblock filters to block youtube?

Wladimir Palant · Post by **Wladimir Palant** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:19 pm

No, the websites cannot modify your filters. What filter was blocking YouTube? Do you have any subscriptions?

Wladimir Palant · Post by **Wladimir Palant** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:20 pm

No, the websites cannot modify your filters. What filter was blocking YouTube? Do you have any subscriptions?

firefoxfan · Post by **firefoxfan** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:01 pm

Wladimir Palant wrote:No, the websites cannot modify your filters. What filter was blocking YouTube? Do you have any subscriptions?

I don't know if I have any subscriptions or not, but when *I* block a site, I use *youtube.com* as the syntax. The site that was blocked was http://www.youtube.com/ in the filter. I always strip the "http://www." off the URL and use * on front and back when I'm blocking a site, so I *know* I didn't block the youtube site.

Stupid Head · Post by **Stupid Head** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:13 pm

Go to the Youtube page giving you trouble and press Ctrl+Shift+B to bring up the list of blockable items. Which items are in red? Hover over all the red items and list the filters in effect.

firefoxfan · Post by **firefoxfan** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:33 am

Stupid Head wrote:Go to the Youtube page giving you trouble and press Ctrl+Shift+B to bring up the list of blockable items. Which items are in red? Hover over all the red items and list the filters in effect.

That's a pointless exercise now because I've deleted the http://www.youtube.com/ filter, which is exactly what was blocked. Everything to youtube was blocked in blockables list. What I want to know is how the filter got there in the first place.

firefoxfan · Post by **firefoxfan** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:36 am

It's important to note I also watched a few clips at the cbsnews.com site last night, which I rarely do. Either of these, google video or cbsnews.com are the most likely culprits for adding the youtube filter to adblock plus at this time.

bob · Post by **bob** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:59 pm

firefoxfan wrote:It's important to note I also watched a few clips at the cbsnews.com site last night, which I rarely do. Either of these, google video or cbsnews.com are the most likely culprits for adding the youtube filter to adblock plus at this time.

lol... got any pesky siblings?

firefoxfan · Post by **firefoxfan** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 6:56 am

bob wrote:lol... got any pesky siblings?

Um, no.

Stupid Head · Post by **Stupid Head** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:22 am

Websites cannot add filters. If they had the capability to do so, then they have the capability to do more nefarious things.

BudsieBuds · Post by **BudsieBuds** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 3:25 pm

Dude... YouTube is bought by Google.
So if Google blocks YouTube they will have less profit.
Believe me... they didn't do it.

~Budsie

Peng · Post by **Peng** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:38 am

BudsieBuds wrote:Dude... YouTube is bought by Google.
So if Google blocks YouTube they will have less profit.
Believe me... they didn't do it.

Also, it's kind of impossible, without a security vulnerability the size of a black hole.

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