How to block Ads by Google on Youtube?

peterattheboro · 27 Dec 2011 at 00:42

Them ****ers.

Could do it on Firefox with Adblock plus but not on Google Chrome, even with ABP installed.

Any ideas?

Nexus18 · 27 Dec 2011 at 01:15

I could have sworn that adblock plus blocked them as I was using chrome a week or so ago and I am pretty sure cause I tried the normal adblock out and they showed for it.......... :confused:

And now that is diff another reason why firefox is better in some ways than chrome, actually blocks all ads!

peterattheboro · 27 Dec 2011 at 01:36

Yeah I thought it did but the option to block the ads is ticked under the settings in ABP but they still get through :mad:

Firefox is such a resource hog and I much prefer Chrome now so it's a shame really

Nexus18 · 27 Dec 2011 at 02:07

Yup! I hate it as well! :mad:

Complete opposite for me!

Firefox, I have 8 addons installed with 5 user styles.

Chome, I have 7 addons installed with 2 user styles.

And plus firefox has been opened for hours now where as chrome I just launched there to do the comparison, generally the browsers use a bit more RAM after a certain period of time I find.

Not too bothered though either way as I don't run out of RAM unless I have loads of things running in the background with a game running!

mrk · 27 Dec 2011 at 03:18

People still get concerned about browser memory usage in this day and age. *gasps!*

Also, Nexus stole my browser layout!

V F · 27 Dec 2011 at 03:54

mrk said:
People still get concerned about browser memory usage in this day and age. *gasps!*

If only the world was perfect and game developers cared.

Also, Nexus stole my browser layout!

Thats because you're an organized particular neat freak.

Durzel · 27 Dec 2011 at 12:05

New versions of Adblock Plus now have a feature that is enabled by default that will "Allow non-intrusive advertising" that the author has deemed appropriate*. I believe Google Adwords, etc is one of the ones on this whitelist. I'm not even joking.

Check your filter preferences to make sure this isn't switched on.

* By "deemed appropriate" I mean "accepted a fat cheque from the advertisers"

Sin_Chase · 27 Dec 2011 at 12:16

Those Tube ads come up so rarely it's a nonissue tbh.

I subconsciously click them off without even realising.

randal · 27 Dec 2011 at 12:22

Durzel said:
New versions of Adblock Plus now have a feature that is enabled by default that will "Allow non-intrusive advertising" that the author has deemed appropriate*. I believe Google Adwords, etc is one of the ones on this whitelist. I'm not even joking.

Check your filter preferences to make sure this isn't switched on.

* By "deemed appropriate" I mean "accepted a fat cheque from the advertisers"

How do you think the plugin got approved by Google for use on Chrome?

Nexus18 · 27 Dec 2011 at 13:32

mrk said:
Also, Nexus stole my browser layout!

No I didn't! This is MY OWN layout! You stole it from me! ¬_¬

mrk · 27 Dec 2011 at 13:58

Durzel said:
New versions of Adblock Plus now have a feature that is enabled by default that will "Allow non-intrusive advertising" that the author has deemed appropriate*. I believe Google Adwords, etc is one of the ones on this whitelist. I'm not even joking.

Check your filter preferences to make sure this isn't switched on.

* By "deemed appropriate" I mean "accepted a fat cheque from the advertisers"

I have the option enabled and I don't see ANY adverts in ANY Flash videos so that argument flies out the window.

SFFNoob · 27 Dec 2011 at 13:59

LOL, I'm still on Firefox, will have to give Chrome a go, is it as good as its said to be?

peterattheboro · 27 Dec 2011 at 14:23

I personally prefer it over Firefox. Apart from this sodding adverts. I think I may switch back to Firefox because I hate adverts that much!

mrk · 27 Dec 2011 at 14:30

Y U NO HAVE BLACK OcUK theme anyway! Blue is just too normal

Durzel · 27 Dec 2011 at 18:58

mrk said:
I have the option enabled and I don't see ANY adverts in ANY Flash videos so that argument flies out the window.

It wasn't an argument :confused:

I wasn't even stating that it would definitively fix the problem, I merely mentioned it as maybe it was related?

peterattheboro · 27 Dec 2011 at 19:46

mrk said:
Y U NO HAVE BLACK OcUK theme anyway! Blue is just too normal

Black sucks

Nexus18 · 27 Dec 2011 at 23:20

KIA said:
I'm using regular FlashBlock for Chrome. It blocks ads if I watch via youtube.com but not ads in embedded videos on third-party sites although they're only Google text ads, not pre-roll.

Nexus18 said:
Hmm, just tried that there, only got adblock plus and as you said, doesn't block them when embedded on forums/other sites yet on youtube they are blocked.

V F · 28 Dec 2011 at 00:54

peterattheboro said:
Black sucks

It's not even black. It's nearly identical to Steam brown.

gillywibble · 29 Dec 2011 at 10:01

peterattheboro said:
Black sucks

This TBH.

Oh and another 'who cares about memory leak' these days.

Alex74 · 29 Dec 2011 at 13:47

Durzel said:
New versions of Adblock Plus now have a feature that is enabled by default that will "Allow non-intrusive advertising" that the author has deemed appropriate*. I believe Google Adwords, etc is one of the ones on this whitelist. I'm not even joking.

Check your filter preferences to make sure this isn't switched on.

* By "deemed appropriate" I mean "accepted a fat cheque from the advertisers"

Good shout, just found that switched on on mine. Cheers!

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