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Curious why I can't offload this task to a DNS server? If such a solution truly doesn't exist (and I don't mean OpenDNS), would anyone like to talk about building something like that?
It would be unbelievably obvious, yet ironic, if the "anonymous" buyer of Adblock ended up being an ad company. Why else would they want to remain anonymous?
"Adblock Plus to Allow Independent Board to Decide Which Ads Are `Acceptable’ - Parent company Eyeo says it will no longer help decide which ads can pass through its filters" http://www.wsj.com/articles/adblock-plus-to-allow-independen... https://acceptableads.org/
Curious why I can't offload this task to a DNS server? If such a solution truly doesn't exist (and I don't mean OpenDNS), would anyone like to talk about building something like that?
> Curious why I can't offload this task to a DNS server? DNS doesn't provide nearly enough precision for ad blocking. Many servers serve both ads and content. Random example: some sites host actual non-ad video content on doubleclick.
Having been using Adblock for Safari for some time now, I'm a little apprehensive about this development. Thankfully, Adblock Plus (see above - distinct from Adblock) exists for Safari: https://adblockplus.org/en/safari Duly switched over.
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uBlock 0.9.5.2 is available for Safari. It looks an awful lot like µBlock Origin on Chrome.
I know uBlock has a version for Safari, which I mentioned in my comment. However, uBlock Origin does not, which I also mentioned. Is there something unclear about what I said above? Both uBlock Origin and uBlock have similar code bases because they were "born" from the original uBlock (now called uBlock Origin).
To anyone who is concerned by this change, I recommend taking a look at μBlock Origin [1,2]. It's blazingly fast, very flexible, and under active development. I made the switch about a year ago and it has served me very well. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock [2] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa...
Just be sure NOT to install "U Block For Origin", by www.z1z2z3z4.com, which is currently the top hit if you search the Chrome extensions store for 'ublock'. I don't know what it does, but I bet it's not good.
To anyone who is concerned by this change, I recommend taking a look at μBlock Origin [1,2]. It's blazingly fast, very flexible, and under active development. I made the switch about a year ago and it has served me very well. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock [2] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa...
or just stay with Adblock Plus which isn't affected by this change...