uBlock Origin is not affected.
I posted this on HN earlier today[1], but it unfortunately gained no traction. I guess outrage spreads easier. Gorhill explicitly points out some websites that spread the outrage, but not the real diagnosed issue.
Because it has not been updated to the problematic version, which is 5.17. In fact AdBlock on AMO is still 5.4.2, i.e. 13 versions behind latest official AdBlock version, it was last updated in Feb. 2023.
However I tend to do youtube while signed in, and I also consume youtube on my phone, perhaps they are happy they push enough adverts to my when I use a phone that they ignore the browser use.
One must be careful with these kinds of posts that imply YouTube is exerting network effect forces on its users as a way to squeeze revenue.
I mean, yeah that scenario is plausible, and the slow performance observation can be construed of such an action; however, one must also be careful and play devil's advocate in these ones, for a balanced debate to happen.