Reviews for Adblock Plus
Adblock Plus by Adblock Plus
232 reviews
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 18171991, 8 days agoJust stopped working for me. In fact, YouTube's website is automatically turning off Adblock Plus. It was good while it lasted
Developer response
posted a day agoWe are using a new strategy to handle YouTube's anti-ad blocking warning. When we detect YouTube's notification, we will automatically pause Adblock Plus so you can continue watching without disruption. The pause is temporary so if you leave YouTube and return later, it will remain unpaused until the warning is detected again. We believe YouTube will only attempt to show you the wall for a day or two and then we can go back to blocking ads as normal. - Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 15207440, 22 days ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Arbi, a month ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by imthemama7, 2 months agoIt used to work for youtube, but now its giving me all kinds of problems and between it fighting with youtube, has made my computer lag and use all its resources, so I keep having to close out my browser and finally disable this extension. I'm so upset because it was working perfectly for years. :(
Developer response
posted 2 months agoWe have not received other similar reports. Can you please try uninstalling and reinstalling ABP? If those steps don't help, please submit a support request and we'll be happy to assist you: https://help.adblockplus.org/hc/en-us/requests/new. - Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 18739841, 2 months ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 18731760, 2 months agoUsed to work wonderful for years, but has stopped working on many websites.
Developer response
posted 2 months agoIf you are suddenly seeing ads, please try the steps in this article: https://help.adblockplus.org/hc/en-us/articles/23213105628691-What-to-do-if-you-are-seeing-ads. If those steps don't help, please use the link in the article to reach out to us and we'll be happy to continue assisting you. Developer response
posted 2 months agoYouTube has been intermittently testing strategies to show either ads or their anti-adblocking wall. However, in some cases we've found that your settings might have changed which is why ads are suddenly appearing. Please try the steps in this article: https://help.adblockplus.org/hc/en-us/articles/26653087560595-Ads-appearing-on-YouTube. If those steps don't help, please submit a support request and we'll be happy to assist you: https://help.adblockplus.org/hc/en-us/requests/new.- Rated 2 out of 5by SmokeRingHalo, 2 months agoWorked great for a long time but stopped working on youtube over time by first having ads skip to the skip button, and then stopped blocking youtube ads completely. I followed the developer recommendations from other review responses and they didn't help. As someone who spends a lot of time on youtube, I had to find another solution. I added Ublock and haven't gotten an ad on youtube since. Perhaps the paid pro version of ABP works better on youtube but I wasn't going to take the chance of upgrading just to find out it doesn't. ABP used to be the best ad blocker. It's a shame that it no longer works as well as it used to.
Developer response
posted 2 months agoWe're aware that YouTube has been intermittently testing strategies to show either ads or their anti-adblocking wall. However, in some cases we've found that your settings might have changed which is why ads are suddenly appearing. Please try the steps in this article: https://help.adblockplus.org/hc/en-us/articles/26653087560595-Ads-appearing-on-YouTube. If those steps don't help, please submit a support request and we'll be happy to assist you: https://help.adblockplus.org/hc/en-us/requests/new. - Rated 2 out of 5by MOAZ_JR, 4 months ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Ky, 5 months agoUsed it for 15+ years, but it's now both functionally worse than uBlock Origin, and sends an annoying popunder every time it updates begging you to donate money for more features.
Works, usually, and isn't actively malicious or anything, but just save yourself the trouble and use uBlock.Developer response
posted 4 months agoWe appreciate you taking the time to provide your feedback about the update page. When we update the extension we share the latest options available for Premium. We are exploring options for this page and would love to hear more about how we can make it better. Please reach out to us and let us know: support@adblockplus.org - Rated 2 out of 5by Mark, 5 months agoFacebook is winning the war at the moment - Adblock Plus is useless on it. Enabling AP disables far too many wanted parts of Fb
Developer response
posted 4 months agoFor the ads appearing on Facebook, there may not be a whole lot we can do. Facebook has both "sponsored posts" and regular advertisements. However, only the latter are considered actual ads that we can block.
Facebook goes to great lengths to ensure that their sponsored posts remain unblocked, and they have an entire department dedicated to circumventing ad blockers. That said, we're constantly on the lookout for ways to make ABP better and continue to look for ways to get around Facebook's enormous ad blocking circumvention efforts. - Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 16446069, 5 months agoThe addon works okay, but I've been growing rather frustrated with the constant popups asking me to pay for it. Once a year seems acceptable, as opposed to multiple times a week.
Developer response
posted 5 months agoWe appreciate you taking the time to provide your feedback about the update page. When we update the extension we share the latest options available for Premium. We are exploring options for this page and would love to hear more about how we can make it better. Please reach out to us and let us know: support@adblockplus.org - Rated 2 out of 5by Vi, 5 months agoАдблок скатывается. Все больше и больше рекламы показывает. И не просто какие-то рекламные баннеры. ВИДЕО по 1-2 минуты
Developer response
posted 5 months agoWe're aware that YouTube has been intermittently testing strategies to show either ads or their anti-adblocking wall. If you are seeing a brief display of an add, these are related to our efforts to stop adds on YouTube. However, in some cases we've found that your settings might have changed which is why ads are suddenly appearing. Please try the following steps:
1 - Signing out of your YouTube account
2 - Make sure you haven't added YouTube to your allowlisted websites
For more information, don't hesitate to contact us on support@adblockplus.org Developer response
posted 5 months agoWe're aware that YouTube has been intermittently testing strategies to show either ads or their anti-adblocking wall. If you are seeing a brief display of an add, these are related to our efforts to stop adds on YouTube. However, in some cases we've found that your settings might have changed which is why ads are suddenly appearing. Please try the following steps:
1 - Signing out of your YouTube account
2 - Make sure you haven't added YouTube to your allowlisted websites
For more information, don't hesitate to contact us on support@adblockplus.org- Rated 2 out of 5by Expert SEO - PPC - PPC EXPERT, 6 months agoLately, all the youtube pages start playing ads for 1-2 seconds and then they stop? it's like when it wants to start but then it's stopped!
I DON'T WANT AN ADVERTISEMENT TO START EVEN 0.5 SECONDS! to absolutely block any tendency to start running an adDeveloper response
posted 6 months agoWe're aware that YouTube has been intermittently testing strategies to show either ads or their anti-adblocking wall. However, in some cases we've found that your settings might have changed which is why ads are suddenly appearing. Please try the steps in this article: https://help.adblockplus.org/hc/en-us/articles/26653087560595-Ads-appearing-on-YouTube. If those steps don't help, please submit a support request and we'll be happy to assist you: https://help.adblockplus.org/hc/en-us/requests/new. - Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 15427173, 8 months agoi've been using ABP for a long time,since the windows 7 era.it's free,and it's great,but not anymore,time to say goodbye...
Developer response
posted 7 months agoHi,
We are sorry to hear you have been experiencing issues with ABP.
Can you please send us a message to support@adblockplus.org with more details of what you are experiencing? We would be happy to look into it for you! - Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 15786619, 8 months agoRecently is not working any links Youtube, before it's ok, but now no more"
Developer response
posted 8 months agoHi,
If you are using the Adblock Plus extension on a desktop browser, you should not be seeing full length ads though you may see a variety of different behaviors such as a temporary black screen or a very brief display of an ad (less than a second or two).
These are related to our efforts to stop the entirety of the ad appearing. If you are seeing full length ads, I recommend checking out this article: https://help.adblockplus.org/hc/en-us/articles/26653087560595-Ads-appearing-on-YouTube - Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 18471882, 8 months agoLeider verlangen immer mehr Webseiten die Deaktivierung des Adblockers, um die Seite anschauen zu können.
Developer response
posted 8 months agoHello,
thank you for contacting Adblock Plus.
Some websites indeed have an anti ad blocking wall in place, which requires users to disable their ad blockers to access the page.
Websites are in their right to request this, though we believe it is an extremely intrusive practice. We cannot legally stop it but we are constantly exploring legal ways to combat this. - Rated 2 out of 5by patped, 8 months agoIt's not working anymore on youtube. I use firefox. It used to work just fine but in the last few days whenever I try to watch a video on youtube the ad starts and by the end of the ad it freezes before beginning the second ad. I click play and by the end of the second ad it freezes again before the actual video begins. I noticed the icon somehow turns gray in a few videos as if youtube disconnected it but in most videos the icon is normal and even then the ads play as if I didn't have the extension. Also, when the video finally begins, the console with the buttons (play, sound, full screen etc) takes about 10 seconds to show up.
Developer response
posted 8 months agoHi,
We believe this issue has now been fixed.
If you are still experiencing this problem, can you please send us a message to support@adblockplus.org? We will be happy to help! - Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 15704522, 9 months agoYouTube has busted me on this several times. YouTube is the only reason I try to block ads - so, AdBlock Plus, try as I might, does not work for me.
Developer response
posted 9 months agoHello,
Thanks for contacting Adblock Plus.
We are aware that YouTube is currently testing anti-adblock notifications for some users with ad blockers installed. We are looking for the best way to address this, however, Youtube is quick to find their way around our strategies. You may see a variety of different behaviors such as a temporary black screen or a very brief display of an ad. These are related to our efforts to prevent the anti-adblock wall from appearing for you.
Anti-adblock walls have long been an issue for all ad blockers, not just ours. While we do believe that content providers should have the right to decide how you interact with their page (or opt not to, if you choose not to continue to patronize them), we know YouTube's walls are particularly troubling to many of our users.
We are hoping to find a way to address this, but for now, our best option is to allow ads for the YouTube site. To temporarily disable ABP, just click on your ABP icon > tog the blue button to off (it will turn gray) > refresh the page.
We apologize for the inconvenience. - Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 16205475, 9 months ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 15006048, 9 months ago
Developer response
posted 9 months agoHi,
We would recommend taking a look at this article here: https://helpcenter.getadblock.com/hc/en-us/articles/9738509282451-I-m-seeing-ads-in-YouTube-videos
If the issue persists, can you please message us at support@adblockplus.org? We would be happy to help!- Rated 2 out of 5by Adam.Rattue, 9 months ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by lazare, 10 months ago