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[Resolved] Slimjet 42.0.1.0 crash on youtube
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2024 7:53 am
by ReDeX1975
Hi all,
since last night Italian time, Slimjet crashes when accessing YouTube and the ad-blocker is active. Can you verify the issue?
Thanks.
Re: Slimjet 42.0.1.0 crash on youtube
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2024 8:43 pm
by oftentired
Confirmed.
Re: Slimjet 42.0.1.0 crash on youtube
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:33 am
by yuehuang
+1
Re: Slimjet 42.0.1.0 crash on youtube
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:41 am
by oftentired
Apparently youtube has been making changes to defeat adblockers. If you turn your adblocker off youtube won't crash Slimjet. Then keep an eye out for a Slimjet update and test the waters afterward to see if that has been taken care of.
That is not the only solution. But I think it to be the easiest temporary one. You can use google and try to find another solution, temporary or not, that fits you better if this one is not to your liking.
Re: Slimjet 42.0.1.0 crash on youtube
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:32 pm
by ReDeX1975
Now I have disabled adblock on the domain youtube.com and also on google.com since I had crashes there too.
I will wait for a fix.
Re: Slimjet 42.0.1.0 crash on youtube
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 7:18 pm
by oftentired
Oh. And this is not a real bug. It is more of a defensive attack from Youtube since they prefer people to see their advertising efforts instead of skipping over them. So, I'm moving this to the General forum.
Re: Slimjet 42.0.1.0 crash on youtube
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 7:22 am
by yuehuang
Regardless of what youtube's servers are doing, Slimjet should not crash. I can understand if page elements aren't rending correctly or ad blocker is not effective. The browser should remain stable.
Youtube embeds into other websites, so it would mean disabling Adblocker all together. Which is a dealbreaker and I will be searching for browser if not fixed.
I tried rolling back to older version of Slimjet and it still crashes, so I might be an existing Bug that is now exposed.
Re: Slimjet 42.0.1.0 crash on youtube
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 7:25 am
by yuehuang
Also, thank you for still being actively working on Slimjet. There fewer small browsers left.
Re: Slimjet 42.0.1.0 crash on youtube
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:57 am
by Mr_Electro84
oftentired wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 7:18 pm
Oh. And this is not a real bug. It is more of a defensive attack from Youtube since they prefer people to see their advertising efforts instead of skipping over them. So, I'm moving this to the General forum.
After checking, the bug is indeed related to the adblocker, as this type of behavior (crash with adblocker) doesn't only occur on YouTube but also on other sites (e.g. SpreadShirt).
Re: Slimjet 42.0.1.0 crash on youtube
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 9:17 am
by Mr_Electro84
P-S: Google also affected by unexpected adblocker behavior (in some cases)