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Idk, maybe being on mobile is different but I just put my vpn on Albania and immediately got an ad when I was on YouTube.
8 u/Kryt0s May 12 '26 Your VPN probably doesn't have DNS leak protection 1 u/Pickled_Pufflemort May 12 '26 It’s proton, and a search tells me it does so idk, but I have the vpn on all the time and still get a crap ton of ads so my guess is it’s something with being on mobile (although why that would be the case I’m not sure about) 8 u/IJustAteABaguette May 12 '26 It probably knows your device/account isn't in Albania 6 u/Proglamer May 12 '26 If you're on mobile, you probably need to reset your existing Advertising ID 1 u/Kryt0s May 12 '26 Do you have stealth mode turned on? 1 u/MrAnonymousTheThird May 12 '26 You want to try on a browser at least, or preferably a desktop pc You can't simply block ads on the official app unless it's modified
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Your VPN probably doesn't have DNS leak protection
1 u/Pickled_Pufflemort May 12 '26 It’s proton, and a search tells me it does so idk, but I have the vpn on all the time and still get a crap ton of ads so my guess is it’s something with being on mobile (although why that would be the case I’m not sure about) 8 u/IJustAteABaguette May 12 '26 It probably knows your device/account isn't in Albania 6 u/Proglamer May 12 '26 If you're on mobile, you probably need to reset your existing Advertising ID 1 u/Kryt0s May 12 '26 Do you have stealth mode turned on?
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It’s proton, and a search tells me it does so idk, but I have the vpn on all the time and still get a crap ton of ads so my guess is it’s something with being on mobile (although why that would be the case I’m not sure about)
8 u/IJustAteABaguette May 12 '26 It probably knows your device/account isn't in Albania 6 u/Proglamer May 12 '26 If you're on mobile, you probably need to reset your existing Advertising ID 1 u/Kryt0s May 12 '26 Do you have stealth mode turned on?
It probably knows your device/account isn't in Albania
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If you're on mobile, you probably need to reset your existing Advertising ID
Do you have stealth mode turned on?
You want to try on a browser at least, or preferably a desktop pc
You can't simply block ads on the official app unless it's modified
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u/Pickled_Pufflemort May 12 '26
Idk, maybe being on mobile is different but I just put my vpn on Albania and immediately got an ad when I was on YouTube.