Ad blocker no longer blocks YouTube ads
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UsernameHenry last edited by
I have ad blocker on both desktop and mobile. I suddenly received a pop up message from youtube to unblock the add blocker on my desk top or else they will not let me watch videos as they rely on advertising for revenue. Even though I have the add blocker on on my mobile, they have found a way to circumvent the ad blocker. Surely if there is an option to use ad blocker I can exercise my freedom of choice with out being threatened?
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Ardony last edited by Ardony
I've been using Adblock Plus in addition to the integral Opera ad blocker. I'm not sure which is doing what, but when an ad appears at the start of a YT video I've found that pressing F5 gets rid of it, and none appear while playing. Using an elderly desktop PC.
I might be more sympathetic to Google/YT's pleas for revenue if they weren't such rampant, unapologetic tax evaders.
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Lucas-95 last edited by
If you have a VPN you can go ad free on Youtube by connecting via Albania or Russia. This is how I ended up avoiding the Opera Ad blocker nag screen.
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EclipsedDream last edited by@Ardony It's been happening to me for the last two hours. And this is the first time it's ever happened. It's like the current update from Opera just made it stop working...
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husnainapfa1 last edited by
Most ad blockers stopped working because YouTube changed how it serves ads it’s now embedding them directly in the video stream. There are still a few experimental blockers trying to catch up though.
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EclipsedDream last edited by
@brainp It's gotten to the point most websites have this. It's really gotten me offline more often as a result. It's becoming tiresome.
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rodriguezvincentm last edited by
Yeah, YouTube’s ad-blocking changes can definitely make things frustrating. I’ve noticed that sometimes the experience changes depending on the browser or extensions being used.
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Ardony last edited by
Despite my (much earlier) post in this thread, the combination of Opera's blocker and AdBlock is still working pretty well on my Win 7 PC. However, if I'm loading a lot of YT music "videos", after a time the ads manage to get through, but closing Opera (without deleting cookies) and restarting it gets everything working again.
If YT charged a reasonable amount for Premium, as they do for some jurisdictions I'd pay for it, but I'm not paying the greedy beggars more than $25 per month regardless of how little I might use it.
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GarDaWolf last edited by
@Ardony i feel annoyed because earlier today i could see videos on yt, now it has put that screen and been a month since ads appear on yt music, even tho adblocker was active, and it happened because i aded more of the lists, and it didnt helped, i started getting english ads, i speak spanish, and even have deleted the cookies and cache and still get em, idk wth happened... it's frustrating, even the acceptable ads tab, disapeared