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    Opera Air's Ad-Blocker doesn't work properly on YouTube

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    • NiralParmar
      NiralParmar last edited by

      Whenever I'm on YouTube with ad blocker enabled it lags a lot for 5-10 seconds & it even shows ads for 2 seconds before blocking/cancelling them. Fix this Issue! Maybe try something like Comet browser's Ad blocking - it's much smoother in experience. Anyways until now, I'm preety happy with Opera Air - But it's Ad--Blocker sucks tbh.

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @NiralParmar last edited by

        @NiralParmar Yep, it's a well known YouTube behaviour since they start a "war" against ad blockers.

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        • Mlipka
          Mlipka Opera @NiralParmar last edited by

          @NiralParmar

          It's correct what @leocg wrote.

          Most likely, but not officially confirmed, YouTube has implemented a mechanism that is causing lags whenever someone is using some ad blocker.

          Compare performance with disabled ad blocker and let us know if you see the difference.

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          • NiralParmar
            NiralParmar @leocg last edited by

            @leocg Not really. Comet blocks these ads very efficiantly compared to Opera. And I mean it! I'm using Comet for Youtube - It's smoother during scrolling, animations & blocks ads better. Opera Air shows you those ads for 1/2 seconds then buffer for another 1/2 seconds before the video actually plays. No doubt Opera Air's UI is best out there but it's smoothness & ad blocker isn't really great when compared to Comet.

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer @NiralParmar last edited by

              @NiralParmar Comet is not exactly something that popular. As soon as YouTube start noticing its adblocker, the anti adblocker measures will probably start.

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