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    • jimjinnj
      jimjinnj last edited by

      all of a sudden I am getting ads on several sites. Gatewaypundit.com, theepochtimes.com. is there somewhere I should report this formally?
      that said, I love Opera.

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      • Tinman98
        Tinman98 last edited by

        I just noticed large intrusive ads appearing when they did not used to. I even have "acceptable" ads turned off. I went to the same web site using the Brave browser and no ads appeared. I thought Opera was supposed to block ads. It used to work. did something recently change?

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer @Tinman98 last edited by

          @tinman98 On any site or in specific one?

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          • bovenbaas
            bovenbaas last edited by

            I has the same issue on Opera One(version: 99.0.4780.0). on one website (marktplaats.nl) the option to turn on add blocking is even greyed out. Add blocking on YouTube is working now, but has been intermittently working lately.

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            • A Former User
              A Former User @leocg last edited by A Former User

              Does anyone know how ads sneak through on speedtest.net

              It used to be clean, but this season it has started to show ads.

              By the way, the search box in opera://settings/adBlockerExceptions does not work.

              Typing any text does not change result list.

              Opera 99.0.4788.77 on Win10. Ad block active, no exception for Speedtest site.

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              • end3rguy
                end3rguy last edited by

                of course it doesnt, just use Ublock Origin

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                • KirkHampton
                  KirkHampton last edited by KirkHampton

                  It works sometimes, but if you view an amazon link it will keep pushing it on your blank screen. I installed adblock plus and use a txt file the same thing as FF which removes annoyances in fact I get less ads on opera compared to FF clearly the adblock companies are in cahoots with the browser companies getting paid like selfish dogs. They should be destroyed.

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                  • KirkHampton
                    KirkHampton @end3rguy last edited by

                    @end3rguy Which also sends you targeted ads, its the ad filter people not the software opera if you view an amazon link (I don't and will never use amazon) it will put it on your blank start page even if you just viewed it thinking you will buy crap. These are filthy dogs who think they can make money off you.

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                    • KirkHampton
                      KirkHampton @Guest last edited by

                      @vegelund Its not sneaking through they are being paid dogs and doing it on purpose. Fanboys list for example they are scum bags pretending to block ads but you still get them on google and bing they are sell outs who will die in a car accident.

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                      • fronflower
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                        • whisperer
                          whisperer last edited by

                          The Adblocker is no longer working for YouTube since version 100.0.4815.47.

                          No ads are shown when using version 100.0.4815.30.

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                          • A Former User
                            A Former User @leocg last edited by

                            @leocg same here and today after the update so sad..

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                            • Moolock01
                              Moolock01 last edited by

                              Since this morning with the update that bring new layout my opera is not blocking youtube ads, i tried to use other extensions but nothing works, yesterday was everithing working, i don't want to move to chrome, please fix it.

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                              • hemingway003
                                hemingway003 last edited by

                                Ive got adverts on YT with adblocker "on" (Opera 100.0.4815.54) 🙄

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                                • u4r4l
                                  u4r4l last edited by

                                  In the latest version of Opera, it doesn't listen to the ads of YouTube videos

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                                  • namero999
                                    namero999 last edited by

                                    I wonder if Opera is purposefully trying to lose users here... now we get ads from YT? I updated to see if they managed to fix the tab loss and the rest of the list they got wrong with 100, instead I got YT ads... amazing.

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                                    • Moolock01
                                      Moolock01 last edited by

                                      In addition to adding a worse interface with tiny tabs that are difficult to click now if you try to use a magnet link opera crashes and you have to open it again.

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                                      • zFurtim
                                        zFurtim last edited by leocg

                                        the ad blocker keeps letting ads through on spotify

                                        when an ad has got through there is no sound but once the ad is finished the ad stays there and when i select a new song it restarts the ad

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                                        • niraj-kumar-goswami
                                          niraj-kumar-goswami last edited by

                                          It’s been three versions the ad blocker in Opera One is not working. The versions were 100.0.4815.47, 100.0.4815.54 and 100.0.4815.76. I turned on the ad blocker and block tracker also turned off the acceptable ad. After that the ads are showing in as shown in the attachment. It’s really irratating to watch with ads. Please fix the ad blocker. I am using the Opera One version 100.0.4815.30, because the ad blocker of this version is working. Also it’s my sixth time for complaining for ad blocker issue. But the problem was not fixed.
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                                          • DarthGTB
                                            DarthGTB last edited by

                                            I've got the same bug here, and opened a bug report in their official issue tracker

                                            But the issue was marked as "done" without any explanation:

                                            https://opera.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/9/BS-63693

                                            This sound a lot like ad companies paying Opera to not block some ads. It would explain why we can't change the search bar in Speed Dial to the engine we set as default

                                            If this doesn't get solved by the time I get back from my holidays, I guess I'll have two options: using another browser or turning off the built-in ad blocker and installing AdGuard on Opera

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