AdBlock won't work anymore

[triplecan]

I get ads on almost every song I play, I uninstalled it and cleared every bit remaining. Then I installed the latest version again. But the ads are still playing. Restarting the PC doesn't help either. Here is an image of the config. Am I missing something here?

EDIT: I just found out that when I'm not logged in with my Google account, the ads are blocked. I will update again if something changes.

Best regards

Here is an image, with the ad

[martinjoeledwards]

I'm having the same problem. The ad-blocker worked fine until this morning. It does work when I'm not logged in though.

[th-ch]

Hey @triplecan & @martinjoeledwards, thanks for the issue! It might be the same issue as #55 - from the screenshot, config looks ok - out of curiosity, what OS are you using? I don't have the issue (logged in or not) on MacOS so it could be linked to the OS and/or the country you are in.
One idea could be that the default filters are not enough - I will try to reproduce on my end, if you want to experiment on your side, you can:

• toggle dev tools in options to see blocked requests and identify the domains the ads come from
• add other filter lists in the adblocker config by setting cache to false and adding adblocking lists to additionalBlockLists (e.g. https://easylist.to/easylist/easylist.txt)

[martinjoeledwards]

I'm using Windows 10. USA.
Here's a screenshot of the dev tools log, in case that's helpful. Also the text in my options right now.

{
"window-size": {
"width": 1432,
"height": 927
},
"url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=eqV8vxI0u-Q&list=OLAK5uy_n6jG9pX-JJy8T3tPyA4ph7ZWMj2CGEYeg",
"plugins": {
"adblocker": {
"enabled": true,
"cache": true,
"additionalBlockLists": []
},
"downloader": {
"enabled": true,
"ffmpegArgs": []
},
"shortcuts": {
"enabled": true
},
"navigation": {
"enabled": true
},
"auto-confirm-when-paused": {
"enabled": true
},
"hide-video-player": {
"enabled": true
},
"no-google-login": {
"enabled": false
}
},
"options": {
"tray": false,
"appVisible": true,
"autoUpdates": false,
"startAtLogin": false,
"restartOnConfigChanges": true
},
"window-position": {
"x": -8,
"y": -8
},
"window-maximized": true,
"internal": {
"migrations": {
"version": "1.7.1"
}
}
}

[triplecan]

Hey @triplecan & @martinjoeledwards, thanks for the issue! It might be the same issue as #55 - from the screenshot, config looks ok - out of curiosity, what OS are you using? I don't have the issue (logged in or not) on MacOS so it could be linked to the OS and/or the country you are in.

So as I read the other thread, I think it is exactly the same issue as #55. Today I can't even reproduce the issue any more. No settings changed.

I will keep updating if something changes.

EDIT: So now there is again an ad playing before every song. I wanted to implement the blocklist as you suggested. But I'm getting a JSON Error when starting the application when I try to set the cache to false. I use Windows 10 Pro 2004, Country is Austria.

I think this has something to do with how Google handles the account. Because it worked fine today until I watched a YouTube Video in my main Browser with an ad. The the ads started appearing again in the YouTube Music application. Could be a coincidence. But still. I'm logged in to the same Google account in my browser.

So this is an image of the Debugger when I play a video when not logged in (no ad)

And this is logged in (ad is playing)

I noticed that there are all of the sudden 2 entry's with "googlevideo.com" when logged in. But I don't know if this helps or not, If you need further information. I will do what I can

[ricardo404]

I am also having problems with Adblocker in my Brazil region. Early on Saturday morning, when I opened the app, an ad started popping up for every song played. I tried to follow the steps of adding Blocklists, but I had the same problem that the previous friend presented. When placing the cache in "false" the application opened but with a javascript error related to the modified JSON.

[th-ch]

From this AdBlock page and this reddit thread, it seems it's a known issue that appears randomly (still unable to reproduce on my end even on Windows) - you can try the following:

• being logged out seems to be enough if that's ok for you
• otherwise, as mentioned in AdBlock won't work anymore #83 (comment) you can try to set cache to false and add some known lists like https://easylist.to/easylist/easylist.txt to additionalBlockLists to see if it helps (not sure it will, though)

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the application opened but with a javascript error

@ricardo404 thanks for the feedback! can you share your edited JSON config? If it's a simple JSON error, it should be fixable!

[ricardo404]

{
"window-size": {
"width": 1100,
"height": 550
},
"url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=r5-qPZdT9pA&list=OLAK5uy_mhbIHrfp5Tw3f-qfaH4d-zfsXAnulfqTE",
"options": {
"tray": false,
"appVisible": true,
"autoUpdates": true,
"hideMenu": false,
"startAtLogin": false,
"disableHardwareAcceleration": false,
"restartOnConfigChanges": false
},
"plugins": {
"navigation": {
"enabled": true
},
"shortcuts": {
"enabled": true
},
"adblocker": {
"enabled": true,
"cache": false,
"additionalBlockLists": "https://easylist.to/easylist/easylist.txt"
},
"downloader": {
"enabled": false,
"ffmpegArgs": []
}
},
"internal": {
"migrations": {
"version": "1.7.1"
}
},
"window-position": {
"x": 410,
"y": 250
}
}

[th-ch]

@ricardo404 Blocklist must be an array so config should look like:

…
"adblocker": {
    "enabled": true,
    "cache": false,
    "additionalBlockLists": [
        "https://easylist.to/easylist/easylist.txt"
    ]
},
…

With that, it should work fine! 🤞

[ricardo404]

{
"window-size": {
"width": 1100,
"height": 550
},
"url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz3PD8c4eSo&list=OLAK5uy_mhbIHrfp5Tw3f-qfaH4d-zfsXAnulfqTE",
"options": {
"tray": false,
"appVisible": true,
"autoUpdates": true,
"hideMenu": false,
"startAtLogin": false,
"disableHardwareAcceleration": false,
"restartOnConfigChanges": false
},
"plugins": {
"navigation": {
"enabled": true
},
"shortcuts": {
"enabled": true
},
"adblocker": {
"enabled": true,
"cache": false,
"additionalBlockLists": [
"https://easylist.to/easylist/easylist.txt"
]
},
"downloader": {
"enabled": false,
"ffmpegArgs": []
}
},
"internal": {
"migrations": {
"version": "1.7.1"
}
},
"window-position": {
"x": 410,
"y": 250
}
}

I put it that way but the error persists. The error is of the type: ENOENT: There is no such file or directory. And it keeps showing directories that link to "adblock engine.bin" and app.asar

[th-ch]

Definitely a bug, good catch, thanks for the report! Pre-release 1.7.2 should fix it, allowing to test additional blocklists like "https://easylist.to/easylist/easyprivacy.txt", feel free to give it a try!

[ricardo404]

It is now possible to add the easy lists without presenting the Javascript problem. Meanwhile, boring ads continue to circumvent the list.

[triplecan]

Just a quick update: Now it's even playing ads when not logged in:

I have added easylist to the config and disabled cache.