I tried to watch American Idol on Hulu to which I subscribe Allowing Ads so I can subscribe at a low price. Every ad break caused Opera to hemorrhage a screen that doesn't allow me to Simply add hulu as an exception. To "Ad Blocks Manage Iist" I tried adding hulu and then [*.]hulu to match other exceptions and neither worked. So I escaped back to MS Edge until adding exceptions is easy or well described here. I have subscriptions to HULU, Paramount+, and MSNBC, all of which may or should include ads with which I am Fine . How do I block ad blocking to these sites so I can escape to them without heartache and issues from Opera?

@leocg I'm no Opera expert but I do know the continents, one of the seven being Australia.

Windows10

Opera - latest downloadable version (just downloaded today 4/10/22)

I spent some time in settings, specifically choosing DuckDuckGo as my Default search engine. I've rebooted and double checked this change more than twice yet Google remains the default search engine.

How can I make my choice change work?

Thank you.

default search engine

What is it? It pops up and down in my streaming screen.

and how do I get rid of it?

@leocg I'm no Opera expert but I do know the continents, one of the seven being Australia.

@leocg Thanks!

What is it? It pops up and down in my streaming screen.

and how do I get rid of it?

@leocg It looks like a tiny blue blob with a check mark in it to me! Found it. Thanks a bunch!

@leocg What shield? What does it look like?

I tried to watch American Idol on Hulu to which I subscribe Allowing Ads so I can subscribe at a low price. Every ad break caused Opera to hemorrhage a screen that doesn't allow me to Simply add hulu as an exception. To "Ad Blocks Manage Iist" I tried adding hulu and then [*.]hulu to match other exceptions and neither worked. So I escaped back to MS Edge until adding exceptions is easy or well described here. I have subscriptions to HULU, Paramount+, and MSNBC, all of which may or should include ads with which I am Fine . How do I block ad blocking to these sites so I can escape to them without heartache and issues from Opera?

@leocg Thanks. Hidden!

@leocg I've never intentionally used the address bar to do a search. It is using duckduckgo. I've been referring to the search tool at the mid top of every newly opened tab (named "Speed Dial." Why isn't that changed as well?

@leocg I just tested several and reloaded pages. No change to the search engine being used = google.

@leocg Yes, the google G is clear as a bell and the results are listed by google.