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    • ghirahim
      ghirahim @moismyname last edited by leocg

      @moismyname Yes, it's even worse now. And it's the end of February already. No replies from Opera about one of their main features, no fixes, nothing. What a shame! Unbelievable.

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      • A Former User
        A Former User @ghirahim last edited by

        @ghirahim Hi i now use : u block origin and so far works flawless it is on extensions page just diable opera ad blocker don' run both . Enjoy ad free again.

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        • DerAlchimist
          DerAlchimist @Guest last edited by

          @budz said in Ad blocker fails to block YouTube preroll ads:

          @ghirahim Hi i now use : u block origin and so far works flawless it is on extensions page just diable opera ad blocker don' run both . Enjoy ad free again.

          Done that, working perfectly now. Thanks for the hint 😉

          Also ublock origin can show all blocked data, I am using it not to extract the yt specific ads so I can add them to my PiHole and kill the ads for all devices

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          • ghirahim
            ghirahim @Guest last edited by

            @budz I can use something else too, we all can, but that's not the solution. What is worrying is that they just don't care. "Our built-in ad blocker doesn't work? Who cares!"

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            • fsvborovichi
              fsvborovichi last edited by

              In version 75.0.3969.93, ads on Youtube are no longer blocked in the browser. Please fix

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              • friendshipfeed
                friendshipfeed last edited by

                I do not understand; I know Opera is a web browser with an ad-block turned on, and promises that can block even the best ads including YouTube, but for a reason this happens and even on the mobile version this thing happen. Has Opera started having problems on adblocking and why there is still a YouTube ad? Is there something wrong on its adblock?

                Here is the evidence:
                Screen Shot 2021-03-27 at 11.42.46 PM.png

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                • vhulmndur
                  vhulmndur last edited by

                  My operas addblock suddenly stopped working. I wasnt touching the settings too it just wooped itself out of existence and my settings are as they are. And yet YouTube started giving actual full on adds and that makes me hurt on a personal and physical level.

                  As for what i discovered is, is that adblock works fine when im not signed in to YouTube . But when i am signed in it just stops, did anyone else have this problem? If so, how to get rid of it? i just want to watch videos ad-less

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @vhulmndur last edited by

                    @vhulmndur Is exceptions list empty?

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                    • vhulmndur
                      vhulmndur @leocg last edited by leocg

                      @leocg sorry for the late reply, i was asleep because timezones. There is only duckduckgo.com there, nothing else

                      --For Other People That Had Ad Problems , I Fixed It With --
                      https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/adblock-plus/ <---- this addon

                      even though its fixed, its weird that happened. the whole log-in-get-ad thingy

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                      • A Former User
                        A Former User last edited by

                        Blocking ads on YouTube does not work.

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                        • KirkHampton
                          KirkHampton last edited by

                          Its coming from a script from google, but using FF, I was able to block the youtube ads. Now its just completely failed full ads going on. Im not happy about this. Not to mention how hard it was to even make this post.

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                          • KirkHampton
                            KirkHampton @Guest last edited by

                            @xdmk Opera was so lovely not its gone, make me make it lovely again?

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                            • KirkHampton
                              KirkHampton @vhulmndur last edited by

                              @vhulmndur Im not having more addons be in peace friend.

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                              • A Former User
                                A Former User @KirkHampton last edited by

                                @kirkhampton what?

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                                • AlexVVV
                                  AlexVVV last edited by

                                  Hello! I tried 3 different adblocks but non of them seems to work for YouTube ads for the last few days. Works just fine for other sites.

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                                  • regular
                                    regular last edited by

                                    Yes, I tried to turn it on and off, closed and opened GX agian, but it still doesnt work

                                    • LVL 2 (core: 75.0.3969.259)

                                    • A good PC

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                                    • kjemikael
                                      kjemikael last edited by

                                      Has there been changes on YouTube that makes ad blocking in videos not work any more?

                                      I think for the last two versions of Opera (not including the current one) the ads have been blocked, but they still ran without showing, at least in the beginning of the videos (I could his "Skip" to avoid staring at a blank screen while the ads supposedly ran in the background).

                                      As of today this seems to also not work anymore as ads now run as normal. I've tried updating my subscriptions and I even installed an extension called "Ad blocker for Youtube", but ads still show...

                                      I run Windows 10 Pro, build 19042.985 and Opera 76.0.4017.107

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                                      • funballonman
                                        funballonman last edited by

                                        I always have the ad blocker on with opera and when I would watch youtube when I would normally get ads before videos all I would have was a white screen where the ad should be and it was fine but for some reason recently when I watch youtube i actually am getting the ads now and there is no white screen or anything. I have checked the ad blocker in settings and I don't think there is anything different with that. If anyone could help me I would appreciate it much.

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                                        • kjemikael
                                          kjemikael last edited by

                                          Sooo....

                                          This has been going on for over 6 months and not one solution, other than using another ad blocker, is found...?

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                                          • upyernose
                                            upyernose last edited by

                                            I started using Opera (Windows 10, Computer) a few months ago. One of the main reasons I started using it was the built in ad-blocker. However, I've started seeing ads on YouTube videos again. I've looked through the settings and make sure that the ad-blocker setting was on, it is. I also looked at the exception list, which has nothing on it.

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