r/Adblock

I've been trying Brave and Firefox with all the right plugins enabled and it just takes 2 refreshes for Brave and 2 minutes to load a youtube video on FireFox cause of the adblockers. If I use chrome without any adblocker it all works smoothly. I feel like YouTube has made it so hard for these browsers and adblockers to function smoothly they have won the war as I'm on the edge of just switching back to Chrome and just watching the damn ad as long as I dont have to refresh 100x and wait 2 minutes for the video to load.

I was using Adguard Extra on Twitch with Brave browser and it's worked for ages. April came around and I suddenly started seeing ads again for the first time in years. Can anyone recommend a Brave/Chrome extension from the Chrome extension store that still blocks ads on Twitch?

i watch hulu (i have the lowest tiered plan w/ads...."free" with t mobile) via my browser thats streamed to tv via hdmi. worked great for years with brave + ublock origin. now content plays but it'll randomly exit the content back to the main hulu page. then when i resume, it doesn't remember where i left off in the program.

anyone experiencing this?

Do not buy this app. It will charge you $300 a year without letting you know. I was just charged $178 on top of $198. Its a ripoff

as the title suggests, does anyone have a proven ad blocker for smart tvs? I have an Insignia model

I want to play these puzzle games but they're consumed by adds any good apps that aren't sketchy i can download and avoid those adds?

I am asking this because here recently a lot of my comments that I have made on different videos have vanished unless I log in. However, they still appear regardless on login on my channel.

I have been looking into what is causing this issue and thought I would ask this question on here.

I use Ublock on my browser and I just thought I’d ask if it may be the culprit.

For the past month or two, each time I open a video, it tries to reload itself (the video timer keeps resetting) and the video won't start until I refresh the page.

Not sure if this is a uBlock Origin/Brave issue or if Youtube got more annoying towards users with an ad blocker.

My friend complained about way too many ads on youtube and the new 90 seconds of unskippable ads and when i told him to install an adblocker he said it’s too hard. Like what the fuck is so hard about it you go to a extension strore click uBlock (origin if on firefox) and enable it. Why is it so hard?

I primarily adblock on PC through uBlock but some of my friends I live with use smart TVs & or Roku & they typically use ad supported tiers of streaming services & Tubi ads can't be blocked on those platforms through typical means since they're apps & not on browsers. I heard of something called Pi-Hole developed using Raspberry Pi but I think it was originally made for Linux so not entirely sure if it can be used or how effective it is on Windows but from what I've heard about Pi-Hole it allegedly can block ads on any device if it's connected to the network it's associated with & could possibly block ads on Roku & smart TVs. Anyone think it's possible to do it this way & has anyone had success trying it?

Hi, having issues with youtube specifically.

latest Firefox + ublock (advanced mode), privacy badger.

I am able to block the ads but youtube is doing something to the ui.

Some of the time when I scroll down nothing loads at all. Takes 30 seconds for next set of videos to load on the main page.

Most of the time youtube works fine for first hour or so (doesn't matter if I am using it or the tab is just open) and then it starts to slowly slow down and lag. Things take longer, clicks become unresponsive. Closing the tab and reopening does not help. Closing and reopening the browser window does until it starts again.

Any ideas what is causing this and how to remediate?

Ocassionally ads sneak through ublock but its usually temporary