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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by

      opera's AD block was one of the main reasons that made me use this browser as my default. if opera starts telling me what can and what cannot be ad blocked, then i'll switch browser and i won't come back.

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

        @noizenu No problems enabling the adblocker on YouTube here. What happens when you try to enable it?

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        • jwvanderbeck
          jwvanderbeck last edited by

          Having this same exact problem. I am setting up a new PC and for some reason, Opera's built-in adblocker simply won't enable on YouTube. Where you normally have the blue shield, it is unfilled. Click it and it says "Adblock turned off for this site" with a button below "Turn on for this site" but clicking that button simply does nothing. No error, no change, it doesn't enable, it just does..nothing.

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          • andeh
            andeh last edited by

            Got the same issue here.
            Pretty sure I didn't have this problem before. Nothing has changed, at best the program may have updated itself. Blocking ads is not an issue on Pale Moon so far.
            Is this yet another case of Google's "partners" making shady deals and giving back-pats to each other?

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer @andeh last edited by

              @andeh What ahppens when you try to enable ad-blocker on YouTube?

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              • jwvanderbeck
                jwvanderbeck @andeh last edited by

                @andeh said in can't enable ad blocking on youtube:

                Got the same issue here.
                Pretty sure I didn't have this problem before. Nothing has changed, at best the program may have updated itself. Blocking ads is not an issue on Pale Moon so far.
                Is this yet another case of Google's "partners" making shady deals and giving back-pats to each other?

                More likely just a bug. Or Google intentionally doing things to prevent blocking. Wouldn't surprise me. They intentionally placed code into YouTube before to make it slower on other browsers than Chrome.

                In my case, it just magically started working again one day. Might have been after an update, I don't recall.

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