Article: Firefox providing .deb package for Debian and Ubuntu users.

[Bret Busby]

On 28/1/24 01:52, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
> On Sat, 2024-01-27 at 14:15 +0000, Wade Smart wrote:
>> YT videos now are all blocked
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I seriously doubt that this is correct, since Firefox from upstream
> still plays YT videos when build from source for e.g. Arch Linux
> packages or when installed via the iStore.
> 
> Have you installed an outdated add blocker?
> 
> On iPadOS there seems to be no way to block YT video adds at all, when
> using Firefox, while on Arch Linux uBlockOrigin seems to do the job.
> 
> However, on Linux I tend towards "Waterfox" with uBlockOrigin and on
> iPadOS towards "Perfect Web", to watch YT videos without adds.
> 
> On Linux, when using Firefox or Waterfox, the Add-on "Hide My IP"
> sometimes is required to show some YT videos. Some YT videos are not
> available in Germany (and/or other countries), but "Hide My IP" does the
> job.
> 
> Regards,
> Ralf
On Linux Mint Mate v21.2, running Firefox for Linux Mint mint-001-1.0 
122.0 (64-bit), with multiple Ad-blockers, including AdBlocker for 
YouTube and Adblock Plus (which apparently also blocks ads on youtube) 
and Bluhell Firewall and uBlock Origin (and others), I have no problem 
in accessing youtube videos.

As the thread subject refers to Firefox .deb packages, whilst the Linux 
Mint Firefox is not snapstuff, it is, apparently, flatpack (the IKEA 
version of Firefox?), rather than a .deb package.

So, the blocking of youtube videos, may be something to do with the 
individual system/platform/Firefox configuration of Wade Smart.

One possibility just occurred to me, while writing this - Wade Smart - 
in your Firefox settings, under Browser Privacy -> Enhanced Tracking 
Protection, which option do you have selected?

I have the Standard option selected, and, the Strict option has the note 
that selecting that option, "may cause some sites or content to break".

Also, what video resolution do you try to access or download? If you try 
1080p or higher resolution, apparently, those higher resolutions have 
been deliberately made problematic by youtube.

And, if you are trying to download youtube videos, what method are you 
trying to use to download them? I use the Firefox add-on named "Easy 
Youtube Video Downloader", limiting the maximum resolution that I try to 
download, to 720p.

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Bret Busby
Armadale
Western Australia
(UTC+0800)
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