Youtube adverts are not being blocked from 9th Dec 2024

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Description of the issue:
Youtube now has ads.

How can this issue be reproduced?

  1. Play a youtube video.

Expected result:
No ads.

Brave Version( check About Brave):

Version 1.73.97 Chromium: 131.0.6778.108 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Additional Information:

As far as I know, this effect appeared without any modifications in browser or extensions.
I have now tried (without success):
upping the ad blocking to aggressive
trying a new window
trying a new private window
disabling all extensions
Youtube seems to always (almost always?) put an advert right at the start of a video, then at least one more in the middle.

System:
Kernel: 5.15.0-126-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4
tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia
base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: All Series v: N/A serial:
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Q87T v: Rev X.0x serial: UEFI: American Megatrends
v: 0905 date: 06/17/2014
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard serial:
charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-4785T bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled arch: Haswell
rev: 3 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2441 high: 3002 min/max: 800/3200 cores: 1: 2849 2: 3002 3: 2998 4: 2849
5: 2874 6: 2045 7: 1302 8: 1616 bogomips: 35117
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: DP-1,HDMI-A-2 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:0412 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1376 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x364mm (40.0x14.3") s-diag: 1079mm (42.5")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2
direct render: Yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-LM vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: kernel port: f080
bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:153a class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac:
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK H81M-C
driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac:

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Please edit your Original Post (“OP”) above, to include your computing device Operating System.

Please report if you have tested:

  • Brave Browser New Window
  • Brave Browser New Private Window
  • Disabling extensions that you have installed
  • Creating an additional Brave Browser Profile for testing your issue (and what you learned)

In a Brave Browser New Window, go to:

brave://settings/shields

Verify that “Trackers & ads blocking” is set to block (somehow) instead of allow.

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@289wk I made the additions that you requested, a few days back.

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@Big_Monkey ,

When I use an iPhone and Brave Browser, Private Browsing Only mode (aka incognito), Brave Browser [Global] Settings:

  • Trackers & ads blocking: Aggressive
  • Upgrade connections to HTTPS: Standard
  • Block scripts: Enabled
  • Block all cookies: Disabled

Visit “youtube.com” and adjust Brave Shields [icon]:

  • Block scripts: Disabled

And sometimes see an in-video ad (sometimes 2 ads); and I wait a few seconds; then click the Skip button, and proceed.

I get the same issue, when using a computer with Brave Browser, as well as using the iPhone.

I do not know what could otherwise be done about the YouTube in-video ads.

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@Big_Monkey,
First, please update to the latest build of the browser (v1.73.101 at the time of writing this). Then, go to brave://components and ensure that the Brave Ad Block Updater component is fully up to date (you can click Check for update to make sure).

Then try streaming youtube content again and let me know if the issue persists.

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I was having the same issue. When I looked at brave://components I saw that “Brave Ad Block Resources Library” said update error. Running Brave as Admin fixed the issue and allowed me to manually check for an update.

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I just allowed the latest update (that problem seems to have been the previous update) and the problem looks like it’s gone away. Thank you for the suggestions, guys.

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