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For the past month or so, Brave on Ubuntu has been failing to block YT ads, so now I've been stuck with 2 unskippable multi-minute ads before almost every vid.

For the past month or so, Brave on Ubuntu has been failing to block YT ads, so now I've been stuck with 2 unskippable multi-minute ads before almost every vid. I've been hitting mute and switching tabs while I wait. The most egregiously annoying one was 6 minutes of ads on an 8-minute standup comedy clip. Brave on mobile still blocks all that crap so I've transitioned to listening to YT content on my cellphone, propped up on my desk, while I browse the Internet on my desktop.

capableweb 5y ago
Same here. Made me switch back to Firefox full-time instead of trusting Brave of getting things right when they time and time stumble on things.
FractalHQ 5y ago
Why not use one of the many chrome extensions that blocks YouTube ads?
mrweasel 5y ago
You could pay for ad-free YouTube, if you dislike the ads so much. Many argue that "They'll pay to have ads removed", but that doesn't seem to hold true when services offers that exact option.
- orangepanda 5y ago
  > Many seem to argue that "They'll pay to have ads removed", but that doesn't seem to hold true when services offers that exact option. I would pay for ad free Youtube, if it was an option. Even with Youtube Premium, included promotions continue to be shown
  - robertlagrant 5y ago
    Well yeah, they don't stop someone advertising a product in the main content. If they did, then James Bond movies would be a lot shorter.
    - mrweasel 5y ago
      The ad-blockers also don’t block those, so I don’t think that was the point.
  - mrweasel 5y ago
    That’s interesting, maybe that’s market/country dependent. I pay for Premium and haven’t seen and ad or promotion since I signed up. That really not okay when you actually pay to have no ads.
kunagi7 5y ago
You should try to install uBlock Origin. I've tried both Vivaldi's and Brave's adblockers but they're still ways behind what uBlock can do.
snapetom 5y ago
Have you double checked that the shields are still up for YouTube? I had the same thing happen to me a couple of weeks ago. Turned out my shields were down for YouTube for some reason.

capableweb 5y ago

Same here. Made me switch back to Firefox full-time instead of trusting Brave of getting things right when they time and time stumble on things.

FractalHQ 5y ago

Why not use one of the many chrome extensions that blocks YouTube ads?

mrweasel 5y ago

You could pay for ad-free YouTube, if you dislike the ads so much. Many argue that "They'll pay to have ads removed", but that doesn't seem to hold true when services offers that exact option.

orangepanda 5y ago
> Many seem to argue that "They'll pay to have ads removed", but that doesn't seem to hold true when services offers that exact option. I would pay for ad free Youtube, if it was an option. Even with Youtube Premium, included promotions continue to be shown
- robertlagrant 5y ago
  Well yeah, they don't stop someone advertising a product in the main content. If they did, then James Bond movies would be a lot shorter.
  - mrweasel 5y ago
    The ad-blockers also don’t block those, so I don’t think that was the point.
- mrweasel 5y ago
  That’s interesting, maybe that’s market/country dependent. I pay for Premium and haven’t seen and ad or promotion since I signed up. That really not okay when you actually pay to have no ads.

kunagi7 5y ago

You should try to install uBlock Origin. I've tried both Vivaldi's and Brave's adblockers but they're still ways behind what uBlock can do.

snapetom 5y ago

Have you double checked that the shields are still up for YouTube? I had the same thing happen to me a couple of weeks ago. Turned out my shields were down for YouTube for some reason.