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    • ghirahim
      ghirahim last edited by

      Hello, Opera devs, how are you today? It's been months and we didn't get a single answer.

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      • LIMBOH
        LIMBOH last edited by

        Hello, please fix the built-in ad blocker. It doesn't work at all. For example, I just installed the Opera update and after that the ad blocker simply refuses to block ads. Please correct it.

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        • aii-s
          aii-s last edited by aii-s

          Hi,

          I just did fresh install of windows 10 and downloaded latest version of opera 72.0.3815.400.
          and everying this is working except Adblock is not working, i tried uninstall and install again but still not working, tried multiple website still all of them had ads, i checked the settings adblock and block trackers are enabled.

          Can someone help me with this issue?

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          • ghirahim
            ghirahim last edited by

            December 2020. Still the same.

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            • naheed
              naheed last edited by

              Yes, nothing has been done so far.
              Still, the Adblocker fails to block YouTube ads.
              I thought it has been solved. Let hopes for 2021.

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              • twil
                twil @didjet04 last edited by

                @didjet04 said in The adblocker is not working topic (Opera for Desktops):

                Even with the adblocker on, i still have to skip youtube ads even if the ads themselves dont really show up. And on youtube music, the ads still just play as if there is no adblocker.

                This a global problem with any build in adblock using filterlists that dont change it. Not sure if Opera is involved in this on purpose but that specific ad on youtube is annoying and even freezes the tab sometimes.

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                • sasha123
                  sasha123 last edited by

                  Same happened to me, but i installed a second adblocker (ublock origin) And still have to skip ads. Idk what's this. I don't wanna install a third adblocker, because just in a site where you must disable your adblocker i will have to disable all my 3 ad blockers, annoying.image_2021-01-04_104207.png

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                  • twil
                    twil @sasha123 last edited by

                    @sasha123 You should stop using the build in blocker and only use uBlock. Also delete all data collected in the past including cockies. This helped for me. No ads anymore, even on Youtube.

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                    • nishanthfrnkz
                      nishanthfrnkz last edited by

                      Screenshot (148).png
                      Ad blocker is not working properly on youtube videos. Please fix that issue.

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                      • aman07a
                        aman07a last edited by

                        It doesn't block the ads very good because,
                        it only stops the adds and it gives you a white screen to click on "Skip Ad"

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                        • sp3eder
                          sp3eder last edited by

                          I've disabled the Opera Adblocker completely and set up ABP the same way. That works fine now. This is clearly a bug in Opera Adblocker.

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                          • realgbedulinks
                            realgbedulinks last edited by

                            Same here
                            with the AdBlocker....i still keep seeing some ads displaying

                            Why is that??

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                            • moismyname
                              moismyname last edited by

                              Has anyone noticed that this just got worse? I was getting these blank screens with the "skip ad" button, but only ever at the beginning of videos. Now I'm getting them in the middle of videos as well. Feels like Opera are trying to slowly ease us into discontinuing the youtube ad block feature.

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                              • budz
                                budz @moismyname last edited by

                                @moismyname I'm now in the same boat doing as you described it .For me only recently started doing it was fine before say a 2/3 weeks ago.

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                                • DerAlchimist
                                  DerAlchimist @moismyname last edited by

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

                                  Has anyone noticed that this just got worse? I was getting these blank screens with the "skip ad" button, but only ever at the beginning of videos. Now I'm getting them in the middle of videos as well. Feels like Opera are trying to slowly ease us into discontinuing the youtube ad block feature.

                                  Same problem here. I experienced the mid-roll interruption since the beginning of the week. Using Opera Stable and GX on 2 different computers. Already did a full reset and removed all addons.
                                  This helped a bit, I can watch most of the time without the mid-roll interrupt, it mostly comes back if I start jumping inside the video...super annoying if you see the "Add in x seconds" appear after that.

                                  Also tried blocking everything with a pi-hole, additional adblocker etc, nothing seems to work right now

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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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                                    • budz
                                      budz @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 @budz 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 @budz 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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