youtube.com and adguard

[mlody]

Not sure what happened but in the recent days i noticed a strange behavior with adguard. the adguard blocker kinds of works in youtube, but now, instead of playing the adds, it plays a totally white screen, which btw, can be skipped. Has anyone experienced this behavior?

 

[theapplehead]

Yeah I’ve had the same issue as well. Additionally, I’ve seen a few other posts on the forum complaining of the same problem. Hopefully AdGuard can soon get a fix out for this!

 

[mlody]

I am glad that I am not the only one with this issue. I temporarily switched to Brave browser for all my YouTube needs and adblocker works as intended.

 

[jnappleseed]

Not sure what happened but in the recent days i noticed a strange behavior with adguard. the adguard blocker kinds of works in youtube, but now, instead of playing the adds, it plays a totally white screen, which btw, can be skipped. Has anyone experienced this behavior?

Do you use the YouTube app or YouTube on a browser?

 

[Bogstandard]

I use the app and the safari link.
I have had the white screen skip ads option for a long while if I use the safari link.
This does not occur if you use the app....where the ads are more pervasive than ever.

 

[HDFan]

With adblock on:

 

[mlody]

Do you use the YouTube app or YouTube on a browser?

Browser only

 

[Veerasayz]

No such issues with Adblock. Works well.

 

[hn333]

Not sure what happened but in the recent days i noticed a strange behavior with adguard. the adguard blocker kinds of works in youtube, but now, instead of playing the adds, it plays a totally white screen, which btw, can be skipped. Has anyone experienced this behavior?

I notice this with uBlock Origin also on my Chromebook.

 

[Apple_Robert]

The easy workaround is to download the video you want to watch. That way, you won't see any adds. I use Downie 4 to download videos. In a matter of a few seconds, I have my download and can watch without worrying about seeing the white screen with the circle countdown etc.

 

[contacos]

Yes sure, I am gonna download every random video I want to watch first. Might as well get YouTube Premium for 2 bucks from „Turkey“

 

[BigMcGuire]

There seems to be a lot more warfare against adblockers these days. No problems here —- but I do have YouTube red Family so I might not even notice it.

 

[SRLMJ23]

I thought I was the only one with the issue, glad to know I was not.

I use an app that you can get in the iOS and macOS App Stores, it is called "YouTube Ads Auto-Skipper" which skips the ad automatically, you will only see that screen for less than a second and then it is skipped and your video plays.

Well worth the $0.99 purchase price!!!

 

[philosopherdog]

To be fair, ads do support content creators. Google isn't really running a free platform.

 

[freakomac]

No such issues for me, though more than youtube I love the fact that I can browse Instagram without ANY ads in stories or posts!

 

[Helmsley]

AdBlock Plus is a worthy alternative. Never have any issues with it.