AdBlock

Science, Engineering, & Tech Security
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Not exactly hacking but close enough.

Noticed AdBlock doesn't really work anymore. I remember a Tek where ISP's were replacing banner ads with their own so maybe that's it. Don't worry, this site is whitelisted, but I hate youtube banner ads and when I'm mobile I feel like using my paid bandwidth is stealing from me. (WiFi tether). Also hate waiting for ads to buffer while the wait 5 seconds thing stalls for a minute but that's a different thread altogether. Didn't mean to start that.

Any news on the recent failure of adblock? Did google interfere since they have enough source code since it is a chrome extension?

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This is going to sound rather typical... but have you tried uninstalling AdBlock and re-installing it?

In a similar situation my chrome browsers adblock just kinda suddenly stopped working to a while back... but after I uninstalled it and  then re-installed it...restarted chrome... and adblock was working again...  

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Actually AdBlock allows "non intrusive ads" under the reason that so many websites survive on ads that a change was needed. But some speculate they were paid off by Google to allow ads to make sure their business stays a float.
https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads

 

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I haven't yet because it sounded like elementary tech support crap but if it actually helps I will give it a shot.

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Probably paid off by Google which sucks but makes sense. Better than Google removing them permanently. I love the "non intrusive" part because I honestly don't mind the small harmless ones. The ads on youtube that get stuck on my low bandwidth and banner ads that I keep clicking away piss me off.

It's funny when Tek talked about ISP's overriding ads with their own. If they want to do that I need more bandwidth. If the ad is non intrusive I ignore it anyway and if it is intrusive it pisses me off and then I won't buy from them anyway.

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try using ad block plus . As far as your phone goes, root it and get ad block plus and adaway .

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At least in my case it seemed like the filter file got corrupted and stopped working... 'Cus I have (had) a lot of white-listed sites and a lot more custom filter rules that Ad block doesn't normally block...

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You could get the Youtube Center extension. It gives you a plethora of options to mess with on Youtube. One of the many being the ability to disable the banner ads.

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You can turn off the smaller adds. its in the settings. Try adding a couple of more block lists to it as well.

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remove it and install it again happens to me a lot

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necrooooo