Doesn't block in-stream youtube ads

[danline]

I am using the default list that comes with the library and it doesn't seem to block in-stream ads on youtube (although it seems to block in-feed and bumper-ads).

I am using the adsAndTrackingLists list as below:

import { ElectronBlocker, adsAndTrackingLists } from '@cliqz/adblocker-electron';

Should I be using a different list or is blocking in-stream ads not supported?

[Rémi]

Hi @danline,

I think this should be working. Can you tell more about how you integrate the adblocker into your project? In particular we need to make sure cosmetics (relying on a preload script) are working as expected.

[danline]

Hi @remusao, that is probably the issue because I had to disable loadCosmeticFilters config due to a prod preload issue I was experiencing in my project when using ad blocker.

import { ElectronBlocker, adsAndTrackingLists } from '@cliqz/adblocker-electron';
import fetch from 'cross-fetch'; // required 'fetch'

const adBlocker = await ElectronBlocker.fromLists(
    fetch,
    adsAndTrackingLists,
    {
        loadCosmeticFilters: false
    }
);

adBlocker.enableBlockingInSession(session)

I am glad blocking in-video ads are supported by this library. I will try to make the preload script for loading cosmetic filters work in my project. Hopefully that takes care of it.

Thanks!!

[Rémi]

If that's useful, here is an example of project that has some custom handling of bundling the preload script: https://github.com/wexond/browser-base/blob/a0d424b409d68878369b587f4cc3d5f38fe77784/webpack.config.js#L25

[danline]

This is perfect, thank you!!