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Hulu (and other streaming video sites)
Lately, Hulu has been detecting AdBlock and refuses to play until it's disabled. They even posted instruction on how to disable it: http://www.hulu.com/support/article/21091762
I don't know if you can get around that, but a secondary issue is that when I do pause AdBlock, it still complains about it and makes me wait quite a bit longer than the ads would take. So that doesn't seem to work either.
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1 Posted by Kieran on 05 Oct, 2013 08:30 PM
Is the Hulu workaround enabled in AdBlock Button > Options > Enable
Advanced Options?
2 Posted by Anil on 05 Oct, 2013 10:11 PM
Yes, that's enabled. What exactly is it supposed to do?
3 Posted by Kieran on 06 Oct, 2013 08:03 AM
The Hulu workaround disables the filters in EasyList which allow all Hulu ads.
EasyList put those in because they were unable to block Hulu ads on
sites with embedded videos. AdBlock disables those to at least let you
use Hulu without ads, even if other sites let you see ads.
Does turning it off make the site work (and let you see ads)
On 05/10/2013, Anil
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4 Posted by Anil on 06 Oct, 2013 09:50 PM
I even tried unchecking that, restarting browser, pausing AdBlock, and finally navigating to hulu.com. The video still hangs when it wants to show an ad and prompts me to go to that page (https://adblock.tenderapp.com/discussions/problems/374/r?go=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5odWx1LmNvbS9zdXBwb3J0L2FydGljbGUvMjEwOTE3NjI=) and pause AdBlock even though it's already paused.
5 Posted by Anil on 08 Oct, 2013 01:23 AM
I tried whitelisting hulu and the symbol turned to a green thumbs-up sign, but hulu still balks and insists that I turn it off.
6 Posted by Kieran on 08 Oct, 2013 07:02 AM
What other extensions are installed?
On 08/10/2013, Anil
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7 Posted by Anil on 08 Oct, 2013 08:40 PM
AdBlock is the only extension I have installed. Thanks for the help so far, by the way!
8 Posted by Kieran on 09 Oct, 2013 04:04 PM
Can you try disabling AdBlock by unchecking the checkbox at about:extensions?
9 Posted by Anil on 09 Oct, 2013 06:34 PM
Well... even doing that and restarting my browser (Chrome) I still get the problem. I guess this problem is not on AdBlock's end?
10 Posted by Kieran on 10 Oct, 2013 06:29 AM
Probably. You might want to run a virus scan and see if that helps.
I'm now closing this discussion.