Bug: Adguard DNS do not block YouTube ads

[mzabuawala]

Hello,

First of all Thank you so much for the great product.

I am using Adguard DNS in my home router to block ads and it is working properly, the only issue I've is it does not blocks ads on YouTube videos (Ads which comes at the beginning of the video and in-between that video)

Details:
OS: macOS Yosemite
Affected browsers: All
I'm using Family protection DNS in my home router.

Screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/QTsKg

Expected behaviour:
YouTube videos play without ads.

Could you please fix that?

[mzabuawala]

Hence I'm force to use Ad blocking extensions in Browser :(

[ameshkov]

@Alex-302 could you please take a look?

[Alex-302]

Hi
It seems video ads can't be blocked[in some cases].
It is impossible to block this ad request using DNS filtering

But on my side I see only yellow labels on progress bar without video ads.

[ameshkov]

@mzabuawala in order to troubleshoot we'll need to get a HAR file with the issue recorded:
https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204410413-Generating-a-HAR-file-for-troubleshooting

[mzabuawala]

Attaching har file, there was a video ad at beginning of video, After 80% ad playback I clicked on Skip Ad to continue with actual video.

www.youtube.com.har.zip

@ameshkov Why we have changed the Tag to question, In my opinion this is a Bug, Even if I've opted for Adblock DNS service, YouTube video ads get pass through it.

[Alex-302]

I can't find video ad. Could you please make new HAR and screenshot of one of the first ad frames?
It seems video ad is loaded from *.googlevideo.com

[mzabuawala]

ScreenRecording_Youtube_Ad.m4v.zip

I'm not able to upload har file due to large size, I've uploaded it 3rd party hosting.
Download link: https://nofile.io/f/7dp5WDrjFDU/www.youtube.com.har.zip

[Alex-302]

No, it is impossible with DNS filtering only.

[mzabuawala]

That's disappointing :(

[Alex-302]

But you can install AdGuard extension or the app:)

[bigdargon]

This is disappointing! I'm using Adguard for iOS and Youtube video ads appear continuously :(

[ameshkov]

Yeah, the very same problem is with the iOS. The only ugly workaround is to use Youtube in Safari.

[Gaspard-Bourgeois]

Are they any update about it ? I'm facing the same issue. It even bring more ads on youtube.

[stamatgeorge]

I'm facing the same issue.

[toutvukantabu]

if you have any solution, thanks in advance !!

[Gaspard-Bourgeois]

It is in fact not possible to block ads with adguard home, as it filters only dns. I can't explain why, but I read that on the internet. Try Adblock Plus if you can.

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