I am getting really distracted by YouTube recently, but I still need access to YouTube videos. I inadvertently visit youtube.com, and I would like to block this page without blocking the whole site. Is there a uBlock filter that only works on the root page?
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So you want to only block YT frontpage "youtube.com" and be able to access all other YT pages? It appears that the given `||youtube.com^$document` filter blocks youtube.com completely. – user198350 Sep 04 '17 at 10:59
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Is there a [uBlock Origin] filter that only works on the root page?
Yes, use the document filter option:
||youtube.com^|$document
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With this filter, YouTube videos embedded on other websites played normally as expected. However, it's worth noting that the video page itself will still be blocked. – Stevoisiak May 07 '17 at 02:37
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I've understood that he only wants to block a single page, youtube.com. The filter blocks youtube.com completely. – user198350 Sep 04 '17 at 11:04
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1You're both right, I misread. I corrected my answer (added trailing `|`). – rhill Sep 04 '17 at 14:00
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Doesn't really work. Yes, first visit will block it, however, when you go to a site that has an embedded youtube video, click on it to open it in Youtube and in Youtube click the home button brings you to the root page... – Malachi Jan 17 '18 at 21:27
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With Squid Cache Rule (see Why Squid):
acl whitedomains dstdomain -i "/path_to_acl/whitedomains.txt"
acl blackdomains dstdomain -i "/path_to_acl/blackdomains.txt"
http_access allow whitedomains
http_access deny blackdomains
Content of the lists:
/path_to_acl/whitedomains.txt
.account.youtube.com
.google.com
/path_to_acl/blackdomains.txt
.youtube.com
.googlevideo.com
.ytimg.com
PD: Since February 2014, Google uses the accounts subdomain .youtube.com to authenticate their services.
Source: Blackweb Project
