r/Adblock

Brave is usually good at blocking this kind of shit. how do I fix this? I can block the elements but then I can't scroll down to the comments.

God bless ublock origin

Hey everyone, over the past few months I've been working on a device that will automatically detect and mute TV commercials.

I started this project after growing frustrated with the sheer number and repetition of TV commercials particularly on streaming services. I started manually muting commercials when they came on, but for those of you who also do that know, it can get annoying to keep on top of. I realize I could pay for "ad-free" streaming tiers but with a lot of the services you still get served ads and the costs of those tiers are getting pretty pricey nowadays (especially if you have multiple streaming services). Plus ads on cable or other non-streaming platforms still exist, so it doesn't totally solve the problem. So I set out to build something that would silence commercials regardless of the platform without having to manually mute.

The device I've built analyzes real-time outbound audio data from TVs to detect ads, and then modulates the downstream audio depending on the detection state. This modulation could be muting, turning down the volume, or perhaps splicing in your own audio content. For now, it just mutes, but those other options would be pretty trivial to put together. The hardware involved in this project is pretty straightforward and currently uses off-the-shelf components since I'm still in the testing/demo phase. Right now it can accept audio from an aux, RCA, or optical source and the outbound audio is played through an aux. The bulk of the technical complexity and challenge is on the software side. So far I'm able to pretty reliably detect ads, but it's still fairly buggy and a little ways off from being ready to fully share with the public.

One thing to note, however, this project/architecture requires the use of external speakers. Since the audio analysis and modulation has to happen after exiting the TV (due to the HDCP encryption used to protect content and DMCA 1201) this project isn't able to mute commercials on the TV speakers themselves.

To be perfectly candid I'd love to be able to turn this project into a product. But before I spend even more time and effort on it to get it to that point, I thought I should reach out to relevant communities and get thoughts/feedback from folks to see if other people care about this problem or if this is something that just uniquely bothers me. Since I don't have anything to sell at this point and am not sure if the final product will be closed/open source, hopefully this post is consistent with the rules of this sub.

With all of that said I would love to hear what people's thoughts are on the project. Really what I'm trying to figure out is:

• Are you bothered by TV ads enough to want to use/pay for a device like this?
• Would you prefer a soundbar/speaker system with this tech built in, or an inline device that would allow any speakers to be used?

If you'd like to answer these questions in a survey format so I can analyze the responses a bit easier, here's a link: https://forms.gle/Mzr9YPAfu3rkNnw96. It's just the same questions as above so shouldn't take more than a minute.

Please let me know what questions, concerns, feedback, or input you might have. Thanks!

Just today Safari - which has Adblock for Safari and Adblockpro for Safari - came up with that message above when I tried to play a YouTube video. Is there a way around it, or is YouTube going to force feed me with absolutely insufferable ads as a price for watching YouTube videos?

This app is designed as a VPN app in China. But somehow it has an override mode that can block ads on Spotify and YouTube. You can even unlock YouTube background feature. The app is like 5 bucks one time purchase and no subscription fees. By the way it works on Mac too! Once you installed that app you need to install the override module by just clicking these links.
For Spotify Adblocker
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/001ProMax/Surge/main/Stash/Spotify.stoverride
For YouTube Adblocker and unlock background feature
https://yfamilys.com/stoverride/YouTubeAd.stoverride

Before you install these overrides you might have to follow some instructions to setup.
And you connect that’s it.

The app
https://apps.apple.com/my/app/stash-rule-based-proxy/id1596063349

esta aparecendo miniatura ads alguns videos no youtube enquando carrega o video

eu cliquei no video foi para esse video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeI12ICbaBQ já que miniatura ads não saiu do meio do video

estranho não ?

I already use uBlock Origin to block regular ads, but these randomly started appearing.
Site: c.ai or character.ai both lead to the same main home page.

i was watching a live stream on kick and i noticed this by accident and i'm worried about it, is this normal ?

Hello, a new version of zen adblocker is available (free and open source):

https://github.com/irbis-sh/zen-desktop/releases/tag/v0.22.0

I'm currently using it and it's good for me.

Hey r/Adblock,

Sharing an open source project I've been building: SmartTube for iOS/macOS — a native

Swift YouTube client that blocks ads at the app level, not through a browser extension.

Why this exists: uBlock Origin can't run on iPhone. The official YouTube app can't be

patched without a jailbreak. This solves both problems natively.

How it works:

- Uses the InnerTube API directly, bypassing the ad-injected web player entirely

- SponsorBlock API integrated — auto-skips sponsors, intros, self-promos, interaction reminders

- DeArrow community titles and thumbnails

- Google OAuth sign-in — real subscriptions, history, playlists

- Zero tracking, no analytics, no third-party SDKs

- Up to 8K playback, Picture-in-Picture

- iPhone, iPad, appleTv and Mac — native Swift 6, fully auditable source

Source: https://github.com/milika/SmartTubeIOS

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/smart-tube-bdp/id6761388918

Happy to answer questions about the ad-blocking implementation specifically.

This feels like an absolutely apocalyptic level of irony... AdBlock for Chrome just gave me an advertisement in my browser.

I opened Reddit and was shown a lil popup from AdBlock talking about how annoying cookies are, and suggesting that I block them. I clicked "block cookies"... and it took me to a page to buy AdBlock premium.

I don't usually use Chrome, I've been a strict FireFox user since it was still Phoenix Browser in early beta, but my son has a Chromebook that I occasionally use. I already find it annoying enough, given the dawning of Manifest v3, but I had no idea it could get this bad. The makers of AdBlock should honestly be embarrassed. What an absolutely ridiculous, tone deaf thing to do.

This started as a “fine, I’ll automate it myself” project after manually updating lists to block unwanted resources in Cloudflare Zero Trust one too many times.

Now it just pulls the official OISD small list, handles Cloudflare limits automatically, updates the lists and keeps the blocking rule in sync. No more manual copy-pasting and cleanup.

Originally built for my own use, but I cleaned it up and thought maybe other Cloudflare Zero Trust users here might appreciate it too.

https://github.com/DeuKrom/cloudflare-zero-trust-adblock-updater