Bug 445836

Summary:	Falkon AdBlock doesn't work for YouTube video ads
Product:	[Applications] Falkon	Reporter:	Artem Kliminskyi <artemklim50>
Component:	extensions	Assignee:	David Rosca <nowrep>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	kaesbertrichson, rleyvasal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	3.1.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Artem Kliminskyi 2021-11-20 17:43:00 UTC

SUMMARY
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Falkon AdBlock doesn't work for YouTube video ads. However, it does work for other types of ads.
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Enable AdBlock for youtube.com (if disabled)
2. Go to youtube.com
3. Play a few videos. Observe that there is video advertisings before video sometimes.

OBSERVED RESULT
Video advertisings before an youtube video.

EXPECTED RESULT
No video advertisings before an youtube video.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: ArchLinux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.88.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2

Comment 1 kaesbertrichson 2022-09-01 19:28:57 UTC

Hm, the problem has been around for 10 months and still hasn't been solved? Why not just use uBlock Origin instead of Adblock? Or is there already a solution to the problem and I can not find it? Like an Adblock rule to add manually maybe?

Comment 2 Rigoberto Leyva Salmeron 2022-11-20 22:38:05 UTC

Facing the same issue with Falkon's adblock on latest KDE Neon release https://neon.kde.org