Ad block not working for YouTube in Opera 52.0

[shamik101]

shamik101 last edited by

Hi, updated to v52.0.2871.40 on Linux. Finding that adverts are not being blocked on YouTube and many other sites despite ad block feature being turned on. I have been careful to remove all whitelisted domains as well. Begs me to ask, is the ad block feature broken in Opera 52? ETA for fix?

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leocg Moderator last edited by @shamik101

@shamik101 Are the main lists selected?

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shamik101 last edited by shamik101 @leocg

@leocg Actually no! All it shows are headers Default lists, Other lists, Languages and Custom Lists but nothing under these headers. How to download and load the main lists?

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leocg Moderator last edited by @shamik101

@shamik101 Try this:

Close Opera, go to the profile folder, delete everything related to the ad-blocker, open Opera and wait for it to fetch the lists.

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shamik101 last edited by @leocg

@leocg The opera profile folder should be located at ~/.opera ? I can't find this directory. Under linux where is the default profile stored?

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leocg Moderator last edited by @shamik101

@shamik101 Check in Menu > About Opera

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shamik101 last edited by @leocg

@leocg That did not seem to help. Deleted both adblocker_data and adblocker_rules.json. Restarted Opera and waited for it to fetch the lists. No change. Ad block still broken!

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leocg Moderator last edited by @shamik101

@shamik101 So the lists were fetched?

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shamik101 last edited by @leocg

@leocg Apparently not. The adblocker_data folder is recreated but is empty. The .json file is not there. Planning to ditch Opera for good!

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leocg Moderator last edited by @shamik101

@shamik101 Did you block auto-update by chance?