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    • leocg
      leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

      Or why is it that I find google ads on every site I visit?

      Because google.com is white-listed so ads from Google will not be blocked?

      Are you telling me all these sites are whitelisted?

      No, but they may contain ads from white-listed pages/domains.

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      • A Former User
        A Former User last edited by

        Nice quoting.

        Anyway, for everyone sick and tired of ads coming through in Opera for Android, just switch to Opera mini. I've never tried it before but apparently all ads get blocked with it, including the annoying google ads.

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        • A Former User
          A Former User last edited by

          The simple thing would be to allow extensions from opera desktop to be used on opers mobile. Then we could use 3rd party adblock. They're both chrome-based, so not sure why desktop allows extensions/addons/whatever, and opera mobile does not

          I agree. There is a browser for android called yandex browser that is chromium based and allows extensions to be installed. They even use the opera extensions site as their extensions web store, although you can also install extensions from the chrome web store as well. Why opera doesn't do it as well is beyond me.

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          • A Former User
            A Former User last edited by

            It would be great to add custom filters for Opera adblock

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            • dieaug
              dieaug last edited by

              Same problem here. Google Ads on all sites I visit.

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              • skemeropera
                skemeropera last edited by

                how do I disable adblock temporarily. I need to access some site with no adblock on my browser..

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                  how do I disable adblock temporarily. I need to access some site with no adblock on my browser..

                  Data saving > turn off ad blocking.

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                  • zalex108
                    zalex108 last edited by

                    Same problem here. Google Ads on all sites I visit.

                    Or why is it that I find google ads on every site I visit?
                    Because google.com is white-listed so ads from Google will not be blocked?

                    Disable Google from exeptions, if Opera for Android has that option and / or Use F-Droid and AdAway.

                    I don't remember If needs Root.

                    "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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                    • dieaug
                      dieaug last edited by

                      Disable Google from exeptions, if Opera for Android has that option and / or Use F-Droid and AdAway.
                      I don't remember If needs Root.

                      There is no exception option on Android app.

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                      • zalex108
                        zalex108 last edited by

                        Disable Google from exeptions, if Opera for Android has that option and / or Use F-Droid and AdAway.
                        I don't remember If needs Root.

                        There is no exception option on Android app.

                        Yes, there is no exceptions option...
                        I've just installed on Memu to test it and also have discovered features in ODesktop not in OAndroid and features in OAndroid not in ODesktop... ¿?

                        As haven't seen any ad in OperaApp nor in OMini, (I use mod Hosts file) probably using AdAway (Hosts file soft installer) will block ads also in Opera, it works for block ads in whole system.

                        If it's not a problem with Opera servers as mentioned above.

                        "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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