Manifest v3 update: Vivaldi is future-proofed with its built-in functionality

supermurs

I have noticed that Adguard is no longer blocking advertisements on YouTube. I have the same filters applied as previously when it was working fine.

If it is working for anybody else, please share what filters you have applied.

What's strange is that uBlock Lite is working fine with YouTube though.

luetage

@supermurs The internal blocker blocks youtube ads successfully too currently. Has been this way for a couple of months.

Catweazle

@luetage, yes, it does a good job, but the difference to uBO is, that the Vivaldi blocker is often detected by YT, which launch it's "adblocker not allowed bla, bla" pop-up. Because this you need also one of the embed redirect scripts to watch the Video.

luetage

@Catweazle I don’t use any of these scripts.

supermurs

@luetage said in Manifest v3 update: Vivaldi is future-proofed with its built-in functionality:

@supermurs The internal blocker blocks youtube ads successfully too currently. Has been this way for a couple of months.

Awesome!

Would you mind sharing the lists you have subscribed to with the internal blocker?

I've tried it but for me the ads still come on YouTube. I'd love to use only the internal blocker with no additional extensions.

luetage

@supermurs See https://forum.vivaldi.net/post/802536 and https://forum.vivaldi.net/post/360089.

supermurs

@luetage

Thanks, I'll give these a try!

Catweazle

You can try also this one

https://oisd.nl/setup/vivaldi

supermurs

@Catweazle

Thanks, I added https://big.oisd.nl and cleared the browser caches.

Catweazle

@supermurs, as said, works flawless, but for YouTube you need to install also the Embed Redirect script, because YouTube discover that you are using an adblocker. In this case you can open the Video embedded in a new tab if it appears blocked.
You can install the script direct as extension, downloading it in a folder and dragging it on the extension page in dev mode. The one from Kraust is the smallest with only 5 lines of code and works fine.

Catweazle

Another nice site for adblock sources, it even permits to generate specific adblock lists

https://blocklist.sefinek.net

supermurs

@Catweazle

Thanks, I installed the script too and will do more testing.

One thing I noticed is that I see links to sponsored videos on YouTube's front page, screenshot below:

Do you know if these could be blocked?

Catweazle

@supermurs, well, adblocking in YT is a continuos battle and not perfect possible with the Vivaldi blocker, but at least promotional videos on the frontpage also don't bother. Annoying are only the ads in the video, which are skipped by Vivaldi.

supermurs

@Catweazle

Yes, blocking the ads on the videos is most important!

crevilla

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supermurs

I found a userscript which removes those sponsored videos!

https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/523868-youtube-cleanup