YouTube functions not working properly cause of Adblock.

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Rade155
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YouTube functions not working properly cause of Adblock.

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So I had this issue with YouTube appear around 2-3 weeks ago that has been really frustrating.

These are the issues I am having:
- When in "My Subscriptions" and trying to hide videos from clicking the arrow in the top right corner, nothing happens.
- Using the "Watch Later" button that appears in the lower right corner of the thumbnail does not work.
- When in "Watch Later" list cannot rearrange videos by dragging on the three dots on the left of the video tab.
- When in "Watch Later" list cannot remove videos by clicking the x in the top right corner of the video tab.

So I went to Firefox Support forum and we figured out that one of the Extensions was causing the problem. So I disabled one by one until I figured out it was Adblock Plus, to my surprise. When Adblock Plus is disabled, these functions work fine. I tried reinstalling the Extension but the problem remained. I really cannot use Firefox without Adblock Plus and I do not want to switch browsers. What is it about it that is causing this problem? How can I fix this?
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mapx
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Did you try cleaning cookies + cache ?
if you have custom filters for YT remove them and re-test
Keep only 1 blocking addon

or reset firefox then install ABP and re-test: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/reset-fi ... t-problems
Rade155
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I tried cleaning cookies and cache.
I don't know what filters you mean. I only use add-on for automatic HD.
I only have 1 ad blocker.

Alright so I tried resetting Firefox. I reset it, instal Adblock Plus and it works fine. I'm like this was too easy. Then I install the rest of my add-ons, and then again it doesn't work. So I reset Firefox again, and install only Adblock again and then again it doesn't work. This is so weird.
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mapx
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-click ABP icon, filter preferences
-"custom filters" tab ==> do you see some YT filters ? (see all the groups and the filters - if any - in the right panel of the group)
-"filter subscriptions" tab ==> what subscriptions are enabled ?
Rade155
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Nothing in the custom filters tab.
Subscriptions are for EasyList and EasyPrivacy.
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Anybody?
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mapx
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Choose one of the situations and submit an issue report, then post here the report's link.
(add your addons to the report)

Which is that add-on for automatic HD ? Link ?
Did you test with / without it ?
Rade155
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Hey I did another Firefox Reset and now it works again. I will see if it will continue working and if not I will come back here.
Thanks for now.
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Post by D A »

I also have had this issue and it's related to blocking of a script on the "doubleclick.net" domain (if you use NoScript this issue will appear unless you've allowed the doubleclick.net domain).

I had to add an exception for the following address for the watch-later function to start working again: https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/id

Seems like Google has added some tracking code to see how the watch later button is used.
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