In your screenshot, I see seven items for the AdGuard extension. I have them all enabled on iPhone and iPad except for the first item in your screenshot list. The reason I don’t enable that first item is because enabling that one allows AdGuard to read and alter web pages as well as seeing the website history. I’m not sure if I’m just being paranoid, but AdGuard seems to block all ads in YouTube without enabling that first one.
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Does AdGuard or other ad blocker for Safari block YouTube ads these days?
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is MacRumors very slow since yesterday for others too? I wonder if AdGuard is affecting some websites?
I use AdGuard on my Macs and while I don’t see ads anymore, I do see black windows for the duration of the ads that would be there.
Just me?
Just me?
Just use https://apps.apple.com/us/app/swizztube-adfree-videobrowser/id6466721604 for free or donate to the dev.
It’s not just you, I see that too. I think this is the way AdGuard keeps us from seeing the advertisements. I have noticed that, if you long-press a link and open in a new tab then that black/blank screen is not seen at all.
I used to be all in on Safari on my Mac. I switched to Arc a bit over a year ago and use uBlock Origin*, and it works on any chromium browser. For iOS, I used to use Safari and Vinegar, and it worked well for a while and still does. I found Brave to be a better experience overall with its library feature, however, and switched a while ago. I still use Safari and Arc Search for my general browsing, and use Brave for YT alone. This silo approach may be worth trying on your computer, depending on how much YT you consume.
*uBlock Origin, not uBlock
I use multiple ad blockers simultaneously (mostly because of custom filter options, 1Blocker does a great job, for instance, of letting you choose to hide annoying non-advertising site elements [incredibly useful on the Fandom, né Wikia, wikis, for instance]). I rarely ever see YouTube ads, but I really couldn’t tell ya which ad blocker is doing the heavy lifting.
1Blocker, Ad Blocker, AdBlock, AdBlockPlus, AdBurn, AdGuard, Banish, Ka-Block, yPlayer, StopTheMadness. If I had to guess, it’s probably a combination of 1Blocker, AdGuard, and StopTheMadness. I’ve also got BlockYT, but I don’t think it blocks ads (instead, it hides YouTube shorts and can hide comments and suggested videos).
Actually, I really like StopTheMadness, in addition to blocking YouTube ads, it’ll let you set an automatic resolution setting for YouTube and will let you use the system video controls when using Safari. And that’s just YouTube centric features. It’ll do stuff like preventing websites from stopping you from zooming or scrolling, let you bypass AMP, and prevent sites from blocking you from closing tabs. Plus, you can inject custom CSS and JavaScript into any page. What’s more, you’ve got per-site settings, so you can inject custom CSS and JavaScript on one site without injecting it into other sites.
1Blocker, Ad Blocker, AdBlock, AdBlockPlus, AdBurn, AdGuard, Banish, Ka-Block, yPlayer, StopTheMadness. If I had to guess, it’s probably a combination of 1Blocker, AdGuard, and StopTheMadness. I’ve also got BlockYT, but I don’t think it blocks ads (instead, it hides YouTube shorts and can hide comments and suggested videos).
Actually, I really like StopTheMadness, in addition to blocking YouTube ads, it’ll let you set an automatic resolution setting for YouTube and will let you use the system video controls when using Safari. And that’s just YouTube centric features. It’ll do stuff like preventing websites from stopping you from zooming or scrolling, let you bypass AMP, and prevent sites from blocking you from closing tabs. Plus, you can inject custom CSS and JavaScript into any page. What’s more, you’ve got per-site settings, so you can inject custom CSS and JavaScript on one site without injecting it into other sites.
I was under the impression that we could only use a certain number of filters at a time. Is this no longer the case? I mean, if this is still the case, then having 10 browser extensions means that either some of them don’t work at all or all of them Have reduced effectiveness.
AdBlock Pro has always worked and it's working now https://apps.apple.com/app/id1018301773
There’s a limit to the number of filters per content blocker, I believe, but not to the number of content blockers overall. Plus, in addition to content blockers, many ad blockers provide an extension you can turn on, so there are workarounds.
No, I use MacRumors in an alternate browser with its own ad blocking (I added the forums here to my blocklist in 1Blocker in an attempt to spend less time here), and it was slow for me, too. Trying to connect to the forum would actually time out, so it was some problem on MacRumor’s end.
Thank you for that information. I remember reading something like that. It’s good to know that there are workarounds.
I don't get onto facebook too much anymore, so maybe this has been going on for awhile: they're now cramming non-skippable ads into the middle of a 70-second video. Is there NO END to corporate greed?!?
After attending 4 colleges and a 37-yr Air Force career, I have friends all over the world, and FB was a cool way to keep in touch with everyone (and reconnect with some I'd lost track of), but I guess zuckerberg needs even more billions in his pocket.
Wonder if there'll ever be an ad-blocker for FB... EDIT: I just checked, there are two "facebook ad blockers" in the App Store; has anyone tried them? More importantly, do either of them block a video ad "embedded" in a posted video?
After attending 4 colleges and a 37-yr Air Force career, I have friends all over the world, and FB was a cool way to keep in touch with everyone (and reconnect with some I'd lost track of), but I guess zuckerberg needs even more billions in his pocket.
Wonder if there'll ever be an ad-blocker for FB... EDIT: I just checked, there are two "facebook ad blockers" in the App Store; has anyone tried them? More importantly, do either of them block a video ad "embedded" in a posted video?