Jon S. von TetzchnerAug 28, 2025

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Show threadCristian Rasch 🇦🇷 🇺🇾Aug 28, 2025
@jon Literally the 1 non-feature that makes me stick with Vivaldi. Despite being a great browser in its own right, the native ad blocker isn't as capable as uBlock Origin. Maybe when Vivaldi finally supports extensions on mobile (Android) that'll seal the deal for me.
Please don't get me wrong, I LOVE the browser and use most of its power-user oriented features. It's just that having an ad blocker that blocks ads reliably on YouTube it's important to me.
Show threadJack Yan (甄爵恩)Aug 29, 2025
@cristianrasch @jon Hi Cristián, I use Vivaldiʼs ad blocking on YouTube and it works for me. I also block all YouTube and Google cookies manually, and I have Privacy Badger installed, so I think it is possible to replicate your Ublock experience (caveat: I have never used Ublock).
Show threadCristian Rasch 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
@jackyan Thanks for the follow up Jack! Blocking Google & Youtube cookies seems like the smart thing to do. I might restrict those sites to use session cookies only using the built-in perms settings. The tricky thing for me is that, ideally, I want replicate the same exact setup I use on my desktop (Debian Linux) on my mobile (Android.) If Vivaldi on Android supported extensions, I'd be using uBlock Origin Lite which seems to work well enough, even on Youtube.
Aug 29, 2025 at 10:08amWeb
Show threadJack Yan (甄爵恩)Aug 29, 2025
@cristianrasch I’m not sure what the Android situation is as I don’t use cellphones that much. You can sync Vivaldi between desktop and phone, but I just checked on mine and it looks like the tracker and cookie blocks are different (I must have entered them manually per device).
I clicked on five random YouTube videos on the phone and didn’t get ads for the first four (with the ad block turned on in Vivaldi for Android). Unfortunately, one showed on the fifth, so this could be frustrating.
Show threadCristian Rasch 🇦🇷 🇺🇾Aug 29, 2025
@jackyan Frustration is indeed the name of the game when it comes to ads on Youtube hehe. It's the proverbial wack-a-mole race that never ends 😅