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youtube.com and adguard

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mlody

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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?
 
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!
 
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.
 
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mlody said:
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?
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Do you use the YouTube app or YouTube on a browser?
 
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.
 
With adblock on:

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mlody said:
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?
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I notice this with uBlock Origin also on my Chromebook.
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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!!!

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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!
 
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