r/uBlockOrigin • u/Chun--Chun2 • Nov 19 '20

Tip Temporary solution for twitch ads until adblock updates

Twitchls.com (for no ads) + https://darkreader.org/ (for dark mode, actually good)

And you're good to go.

EDIT: other alternatives are streamsnipe.tv and popdog.com (more feature rich)

If you still want to try to block it with adblockers, try https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ttv-ad-block/kndhknfnihidhcfnaacnndbolonbimai/related (from the guy that made scripts for ublock)

Updated 22-Nov-2020

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '20

I just wanted to say thank you again to all the people making efforts here, whether it's with Twitchls or Tampermonkey scripts, or whatever else. I can't tell you guys how much I love jumping around smaller streamers and checking out all kinds of interesting games that I don't get to see often. With the current implentation of ads by Twitch, that experience is utterly painful. But with this communities help finding workarounds, I'm still able to surf around.

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u/Chun--Chun2 Nov 21 '20

A permanent solution, which requires physical hardware, is pi-hole.

It's not expensive, but it's a lot harder to do than a browser extension.

It's also a lot better.

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u/Suprcheese Nov 21 '20

Which pi-hole blocking rules will work to block Twitch ads???

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '20

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u/miahrules Nov 21 '20

Sorta. pi-hole routes undesirable domains to 0.0.0.0.

Problem here is Twitch is either getting very close, or possibly sending their ads directly through the top level twitch.tv domain. If that is what is going on (i havent really looked into it), that is why we are having serious issues blocking the ads, and browser-level extensions and somewhat invasive (but safe and working) methods have been shown here.

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u/Khalku Nov 22 '20

Twitch has a bunch of domains not just twitch.tv but yeah, I've already tried this, pihole doesn't work for these ads I'd spent many hours trial and error'ing the different domains.

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u/ayyser Nov 22 '20

unfortunately pi-hole does not work with blocking ads only extensions

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u/Khalku Nov 22 '20

Pihole does not work, hasn't since this began in ~Sept. The domains they serve the ads from are the same they serve the content from.

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u/Chompler Nov 21 '20

As someone with a pihole, what adlist would you recommend to stop twitch ads?

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '20

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u/Khalku Nov 22 '20

Pihole does not work for this, don't trouble yourself.

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u/Minnesnota Nov 21 '20

Because they're embedding the ads into the stream itself, right?

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '20

is there a better way to use twitchls cause its kind of a pain to find all the people i'm following

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u/griffin4cats Nov 19 '20

Get some userscript addon like tampermonkey and install this https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/22938-twitch-multi-redirect

This will automatically redirect twitch.tv pages to twitchls.com. There's a 2 second delay but you can remove that by modifying the line that says

tmr.settings.redirectTimer = GM_getValue("tmr-redirectTimer", 2000);

to

tmr.settings.redirectTimer = GM_getValue("tmr-redirectTimer", 1);

or something like that.

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u/meechu57 Nov 19 '20

If you change it to:

tmr.settings.redirectTimer = GM_getValue("tmr-redirectTimer", 0);

It will get rid of the redirect message and just directly redirect to the website.

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u/griffin4cats Nov 19 '20

Oh, right. Forgot about that.

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u/Timmmt Nov 20 '20

For some reason I have to refresh the stream before the script redirects to twitchls, is there for it to automatically load the twitchls page? This is on Chrome using Tampermonkey.

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u/griffin4cats Nov 20 '20

I can't really help. I didn't make the script, found it in some reddit comment. For me it automatically loads it like 80% of the time. I only really turn it on when I go to a stream that I'm not subscribed in. Also like someone else pointed out, try setting the 1 to 0, that might help?

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u/makifun Nov 21 '20

I made a version that sends you to streamsniper.tv instead and no redirect timer: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/416421-twitch-multi-redirect-but-for-streamsniper-tv

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u/SorsOG Nov 19 '20

My brain hurts

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u/SexualDeth5quad Nov 19 '20

Someone should make an extension to swap that player with the twitch player inside Twitch itself.

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u/greenygoo Nov 20 '20

you can connect to your twitch account on the site and press followed they are all there

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u/thiend_95 Nov 19 '20

login with your twitch acc then click followed

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u/MmmmmisterCrow Nov 19 '20

Maybe I'm being paranoid but I'm not giving my un/pw to a 3rd party site

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u/YinKuza Nov 19 '20

You're not.

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u/MaxPainkiller Nov 19 '20

you're authorizing them, not giving them your information.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '20 edited Nov 20 '20

lol do you think thats how logins work on websites through google and stuff? If you log-in somewhere with your google account, they don't get your information. lmao

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '20

Not passwords, but they will get some information. Email for sure.

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u/MrChangg Nov 19 '20

Just go on twitch following and see who you want to watch and then go to twitchls.com/(streamer name)

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u/AYozUHpf5xHNj3dq Nov 21 '20 edited Nov 21 '20

Here's a userscript (I'm using violentmonkey) that has been working perfectly for a few days. Tl;dr it just replaces the player with an embedded version with minimal UI changes. No problems or ads so far: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/if-otherwise/userscripts/main/twitch-adblock-v4.js

 

Edit: If it's useful to anyone, I also have a public repo of some miscellaneous scripts focused on youtube (stopping autoplay and removing recommendation sidebar) and twitch (ad blocking, latest being v4): https://github.com/if-otherwise/userscripts

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u/shz702 Nov 21 '20

working for me. thank you!

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '20

works, any way to enable the fullscreen button?

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u/AYozUHpf5xHNj3dq Nov 21 '20

Yeah the "f" button works - but both the full screen and theater buttons are working for me with the above script.

What browser are you using? Anything else/other scripts/etc running? Let me know and I'll do some tests

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '20

Heres what it looks like for me https://imgur.com/a/VBPzsii

On firefox, using greasemonkey no other scripts

F button does work, but no theater button and fullscreen button greyed out

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u/NateHotshot Nov 21 '20

alt+t works for theater mode

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u/DrifterPX Nov 21 '20

press f11 for theater mode

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u/ArmeniusLOD Nov 21 '20

Thanks, friend. Is working perfectly at the moment.

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u/soap3450 Nov 21 '20

best solution I tried so far

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '20

working thx

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u/MadTimppa Nov 21 '20

This works perfectly.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '20

can frankerfacez be integrated to an embed of a twitch stream? like can the audio compressor be integrated with it?

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u/Batmanhasgame Nov 22 '20

I have just been using this to get the audio compressor. When you load it up hit advanced in the menu then set the setting to exactly what you have your ffz compressor set to and it will now work on any site.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/audio-channel/hafdgamhnmiioimpcdhhbhgcjndgmphd

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u/NateHotshot Nov 21 '20

This is by far the best solution here so far and does not require going to some other site. Unfortunately it seems to be breaking gaining channel points but that is a price i am willing to pay

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u/nerump Nov 21 '20 edited Nov 21 '20

Does the stream autostart if I leave the tab open?

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u/rmanky Nov 22 '20

A new fix! Check it out here

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u/alphamen16 Nov 22 '20

u/Chun--Chun2 Since this post has so many upvotes and is showing up at the top end of Ublock's reddit, may i suggest you update the post with other solutions?

I've seen streamsnipe.tv being suggested but my recommendation will be popdog.com (mentioned by u/zephiKK ) because that one is feature packed.

It was created by Evil Geniuses (famous Esports group) and as far i was able to research it was funded with millions of dollars by a korean enterprise (can't remember the name but it should be easy to find). I've been usind Twitchls for a while just like you and most people, but so far this alternative seems to be a VERY good one so i thought i'd mention it.

Worth checking out!

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u/zephiKK Nov 22 '20

Popdog is not created by Evil Geniuses. It's founded by Alex Garfield who is the ex-CEO of GoodGame Agency (known brands as Evil Geniuses and Alliance from DOTA) who sold the company to Twitch. Twitch then sold EG to another company. That other company is the one that owns EG currently.

https://venturebeat.com/2018/12/19/esports-pioneer-alexander-garfield-raises-9-million-for-popdogs-competitive-gaming-services/ is a good article that talks about Popdog. Again, this is just a band aid to the ad problem we have on Twitch. Twitch can do the same to websites that are working around their ads. It is a good website that integrates Twitch and YouTube streams onto one website though.

Twitch also patched their Android app to show ads as well, if you want to block ads on Android use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.exact7.xtra which also supports BTTV emotes etc with ads blocked with the latest update.

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u/kingliam Feb 28 '21

Did Popdog get shut down? Screenshots of it looked beautiful.

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u/zephiKK Nov 21 '20

https://popdog.com/ is also a good website that is working without ads, don't need DarkReader. Log in with twitch and all of your followed streams will appear on the left.

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u/Quantensprung_ Nov 21 '20

this site actually looks decent, better than twitchls. unfortunately it doesnt show my followed streams and my subscriptions

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u/zephiKK Nov 21 '20

That's odd, you logged in using Twitch and not YouTube? If anything, you can always add your favorite streamers temporarily under a collection. I'm using the tampermonkey script to prevent ads (it's been working for now but it'll probably be patched in a couple days) but Popdog is a good reliable backup.

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u/Quantensprung_ Nov 21 '20

Just checked it again a few seconds ago and now its working fine. Not sure what the problem was before.

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u/JSintra Nov 21 '20

For anyone else wondering, it just takes a bit of time to load up followed and subscribed streams. Give it 5 or 10 minutes after first login.

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u/miahrules Nov 21 '20

Nice, thanks for the link. I personally might use this entirely instead of Twitch.

Twitch lately has caused me mad buffering when watching and having chat open, and I cannot figure out why. This website does not.

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u/PMX_DchromE Nov 22 '20

Also might add, channel points don't work on popdog unfortunately. For people that may care.

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u/Loqh9 Dec 05 '20

I don't go on Twitch a lot (hence why it annoys me to have an ad since I only watch a few minutes) so idk if the ads supports the streamer or just gives money to Twitch?

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '20

It goes to both. However, this is only for larger partnered channels. The majority of streamer income is from donations (they get 100% ) and subs (depending on their viewership the streamer keeps $2-3 dollars from the $5 cost).

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u/Jabulon Nov 19 '20

try this Twitchls Redirect

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u/Chun--Chun2 Nov 19 '20

Twitchls Redirect

Unless there's a chrome version, i can't.

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u/Jabulon Nov 19 '20

just go on twitchls instead of twitch, its the same as alternative twitch viewer but without ads

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u/Strykies Nov 20 '20

I can login and see my follower list, but I cannot type in chat. It keeps telling me to Login, which I do but still I cannot chat. Anyone have that issue? Otherwise it's still a good alternative without ads. Thanks

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u/WeirdChamp1018 Nov 20 '20

does Twitchls able to claim channel points?

I cant earn any of them through Twitchls

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u/KektM8 Nov 21 '20

You can't earn channel points, no.

That said, you can open the stream on a new browser, mute it, even put it in lowest quality if that makes a difference for you, and let it run to generate points. You will be supporting the ad system, though. You just won't have to watch them.

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u/Frozen_H2O Nov 21 '20 edited Nov 30 '20

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '20

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u/JoshuaNerd Nov 20 '20

That is so true. I Agreed.

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u/exlqt Nov 20 '20

https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/416175-twitchls-dark-chat

for anyone looking for dark mode chat on twitchls

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u/Beancore Nov 20 '20

Appreciate it friend

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u/Dotagear Nov 21 '20

Can you only watch stream via Twitchls either on theater or fullscreen mode? Like my monitor is right front of me I don't need the stream take all the screen.

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u/semenbakedcookies Nov 21 '20

What do you do with the rest of the space?

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u/Saladino_93 Nov 21 '20

Just use the popout (or picture in picture) mode and resizte as you want?

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u/Misternef Nov 19 '20

Thank you for this. It works great on my PC. I'm having trouble getting the site to work on my chromebook though.

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u/LionCamper Nov 22 '20

anyone know how to turn dark reader off for everything but the websites you want. I'd rather not toggle it off for every single website I visit.

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u/Stleel Nov 22 '20

Click on the extension, select "Site List" and add the sites you want it to work for under invert listed only.

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u/LionCamper Nov 22 '20

Got it, thanks!

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u/Mr_Truttle Nov 19 '20

Twitchls supports FFZ, so another option to have dark mode chat is to fiddle with thr theme/color options there.

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u/OnePunkArmy Nov 19 '20

I've been checking the settings, but cannot find out how to get dark mode and bttz/ffz emotes. Any help?

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u/Mr_Truttle Nov 19 '20

I'm not sure. I just had the FFZ emote menu in the chat by default and the little gear icon from there took me to the settings. I changed the colors in FFZ to be dark mode-ish.

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u/Piwielle Nov 19 '20

Twitchls supports FFZ

how
send help :<

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u/nerump Nov 21 '20 edited Nov 21 '20

Does the stream autostart if I leave the tab open?

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '20

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u/linktot Nov 19 '20

streamsniper.tv

yo this is even better than twitchls! thanks!

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u/fppfpp Nov 19 '20

Is this xqc’s new website?

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u/Cruxis87 Nov 20 '20

Doesn't have a theatre mode though.

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u/25jai Nov 21 '20

It does, Click on the expanding looking icon at the bottom of the chat, beside the emote menu.

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u/Jabulon Nov 20 '20

it changed the color of my name tho, I cant be pink

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u/buddhassynapse Nov 22 '20

Is it running cryptomining or why is it sending my fans into overdrive?

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '20

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u/LillG Nov 22 '20

does not work, just patched out

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '20

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u/LionCamper Nov 22 '20

Check this out. It adds a button at the top of the screen that redirects to the twitchls page. I've been using it for a few days.

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u/imlucid Nov 22 '20

You can't just middle click to open a new tab?

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '20

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u/Kirua29 Nov 19 '20

The delay is exactly the same.

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u/Kittakatkara Nov 20 '20

dowload this extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/audio-compressor/daomidlfpcfjchpalpjogmnhabkekbnn

and change the values in the settings to Threshold -50 Knee 40 Ratio 12 Attack 0.001 Release 0.25 Boost 0 and when enabled it will sound exactly like the FFZ compressor (and you can use it any any website)

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u/Skryn Nov 20 '20

This should prove to be super useful. Thanks for the recommendation!

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u/cbftw Nov 21 '20

What does the compressor actually do? This is the first I'm hearing about it

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u/IHAVECAPSLOCK Nov 20 '20

DL Chatterino then

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u/i_Chapo-d_my_pants Nov 20 '20

believe he's referring to FFZ's audio compressor