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Föderation EN Mo 18.03.2024 15:05:33

Yesterday, at home, I was able to use 's built-in adblocker fine on Youtube. Come in to the office today, and I had to shut it off because videos are inaccessible. and by work just fine though.

I'd love to not have to use other extensions, but looks like we're not quite there at the moment.

Föderation EN Fr 22.03.2024 15:34:23

@cynical13

Do you have the same blocker lists enabled at home and at work? 🤔 You could try enabling different lists or even add custom lists on your work computer to see if they block ads on YouTube better.
Our community has shared some custom blocker sources that you can look into.
forum.vivaldi.net/topic/45703/.

Föderation EN Fr 22.03.2024 17:39:57

@Vivaldi I use the same blocker lists on both computers. Now, my work machine has Windows 11 and my home machine uses Manjaro Linux. Not sure if that makes a difference.

Oddly I don't have issues with Vivaldi on Android, so I don't know if there's a difference between mobile and desktop sites.

If this is a known issue, have you considered finding existing lists and adding them by default to Vivaldi? Would that help in more people utilizing your built-in blocker? Are there any plans to improve or make it more robust so that we don't need to use extensions like UBO?

Föderation EN Mo 25.03.2024 13:40:22

@cynical13

You could also try deleting browsing data (cache, cookies) on the site on the computer where you're facing issues with the blockers.
Though, there is a constant arms race between websites and blockers, so YouTube could also be doing some A/B tests to hinder ad blockers and your work computer is part of one of the test groups.

And yes, we plan to keep improving the built-in blockers in Vivaldi.

Föderation EN Mo 25.03.2024 14:41:51

@Vivaldi

Guess I'll just stick with uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger right now since I don't have to do all that extra work.