A filter to block only video ads?

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A filter to block only video ads?

Post by rhanajoy »

Hi! We get a lot of requests from users who want to support sites by allowing banner ads while still blocking video ads. Is there a custom filter that will do this?

Thanks!
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Post by intense »

it depends on the page .. there is no general approach
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Post by rhanajoy »

According to this post on the ABP blog, EasyList now contains a filter that blocks these ads. Way to go, guys!!!! :)

https://adblockplus.org/blog/fb-reblock ... o-facebook
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Post by rhanajoy »

OK, thanks, @intense!
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Post by WarFame »

Couldn't a filter like this theoretically work?

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@@*$~media,domain=goodsite.org
@@||goodsite.org^$elemhide
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Post by intense »

No, you whitelisted the whole site. She was talking about whitelisting the site but blocking the video ads.
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Post by intense »

The new filter is only for firefox, you need $other for chrome and .. sometimes the video ads are blocked blocking the scripts not directly the video ad itself.
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