Adblocker is Not Working Topic - Opera GX

[LeonN]

LeonN last edited by

Well, I was on youtube and the first video I clicked had ads, even with the adblocker turned on... Buged or still in development?

[fanboynz]

fanboynz last edited by fanboynz

Hi,

I work on Easylist and Brave. The main issue here is the blocking done by Opera is basic network level blocking. For Opera to properly block Youtube ads, it'll need to support javascript snippets.

[Logius95]

Logius95 @fanboynz last edited by

@fanboynz i'm not so expert about it... what does it mean basically? it is different from chrome/firefox ad blockers? cause it function perfectly there...

[fanboynz]

fanboynz @Logius95 last edited by fanboynz

@logius95 Opera will do basic network blocking, so just domain and folder blocking level stuff.

For 80% sites this is fine. However there is complex methods done by websites of inserting ads/adchecks using javascript, which is supported by uBO, Brave, ABP etc. Which allows list authors to tailor javascript snippet rules to counter these, including youtube.

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/wiki/Resources-Library

[kidcall]

kidcall last edited by

It's working fine, a problem on your guy's end?

[Logius95]

Logius95 @fanboynz last edited by

@fanboynz i downloaded uBO but i have the same issue

[chepepe]

chepepe last edited by

when i installed opera the ads where white wich is ok and i got like 3 of them
butabout a month after i see ads popping up.idk if opera is doing like an opera premuim or if companies payed opera to have their ads. or if its just a glitch.(srry that i type bad)

[fanboynz]

fanboynz @Logius95 last edited by fanboynz

@logius95 Try downloading Fanboy Announces, and then unregister all youtube items in chrome://serviceworker-internals and chrome://net-internals/#dns -> Clear host cache

[Logius95]

Logius95 @fanboynz last edited by

@fanboynz said in Adblocker is Not Working Topic - Opera GX:

chrome://net-internals/#dns

what is Fanboy Announces? is it an ad block? i can't find it

[fanboynz]

fanboynz @Logius95 last edited by

@logius95 in uBO, Filter lists.

[valepcm]

valepcm last edited by

Adblocker is not working on YouTube.

I've been having this problem for a week or so now.

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[FishyBolo]

FishyBolo last edited by

hello, im fishybolo but you can call me feesh, recently i change my old laptop (that can block youtube ads) to a new laptop (that cant block youtube ads), so when im watching a youtube video 99% of the time an ad pops up, and even if i have opera ad blocker installed and running, it wont block youtube ads, can someone please just help me and make it so it can block youtube ads, any advice would hely

[Logius95]

Logius95 @fanboynz last edited by

@fanboynz unfortunately nothing changed

[icanmakeusmile]

icanmakeusmile last edited by

what do I do when Youtube starts showing ads again although nothing was changed with the ad-blocker ?

[DeeZyL]

DeeZyL last edited by

the adblock no longer working.
-27th of May, 2021

[quik]

quik last edited by

Official tweet related to the issue, it seems that devs are aware of the issue.

Dream on till your dream comes true

[Dqbster]

Dqbster last edited by

So a few months ago I found a solution for this problem....
If we can't use the already built in adblocker, then why don't we download another from the extensions tab??
I also have a problem for the extensions tab. When I revealed the link it said "US" at the end so I used a vpn to access the extensions tab and download an extension called "Install chrome extensions" Then I downloaded "ABP ad blocker"
And that's how I fixed the problem for me
Hope it worked for you.

[Mozarel1a]

Mozarel1a last edited by

Hello, i have the adblock on but in youtube adds keep appearing,

[AdrianRC]

AdrianRC last edited by

despite having the pop-up blocker turned on. Anyway, when I play an animeFLV video, an advertising window pops up.

[desco1204]

desco1204 last edited by

Just today started having an issue where now the regular built in adblocker is leaking ads on Spotify which hadn't been happening.