YouTube Channel Whitelister

Helps whitelist YouTube channels in uBlock Origin

Author
teknogeek
Daily installs
0
Total installs
97
Ratings
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Version
2.2
Created
2017-06-11
Updated
2017-06-11
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Applies to

NOTE: This script has been designed to work only with YouTube's new material design layout

How to Whitelist a Channel

Personally, I use uBlock Origin since it's faster, more efficient, and less biased than Adblock Plus. So, here are instructions on how to add a whitelist rule for a channel in uBlock

  1. Goto a YouTube video posted by the channel you want to whitelist
  2. Wait for it to load and copy the text following the &user= portion of the URL
  3. Click on the uBlock icon
  4. Click on the gear in the corner of the pop-up window
  5. Click on the "Whitelist" tab in the options page
  6. Add a new line to the list containing the following: youtube.com/*user=USER_ID BE SURE TO CHANGE USER_ID TO THE TEXT YOU COPIED EARLIER!
  7. For example, if you wanted to add Vet Ranch to your whitelist, you would add: youtube.com/*user=VetRanch
  8. Click the "Apply changes" button
  9. Reload the tab and you should notice uBlock is disabled

Caveat

There's always a caveat isn't there...since this is unable to get the channel information before the video starts playing, it is impossible to actually load an ad when the channel ID is initially gotten and put into the URL. To fix this, the script will reload the page automatically once it knows the channel ID to allow ads to load. Sorry!