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I wouldn't do that if I were him because I don't know how to explain that income to the IRS (or rather, the Finanzamt, since I'm German).
Is that income uniquely difficult to explain?
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None of the other browser extensions in the test are Anti-Viruses yet they seem to block fine many of the malware threats Furthermore, what is the purpose of Malvertising filter list by Disconnect, Malware Domain List, Malware domains, in uBlock Origin if they can't protect the user from malwares?
can those companies provide free access to their blocking lists they created based on their research? ublock will work just as well if so.comparing paid products to freeware is madness in the malwertising space
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None of the other browser extensions in the test are Anti-Viruses yet they seem to block fine many of the malware threats Furthermore, what is the purpose of Malvertising filter list by Disconnect, Malware Domain List, Malware domains, in uBlock Origin if they can't protect the user from malwares?
can those companies provide free access to their blocking lists they created based on their research? ublock will work just as well if so.comparing paid products to freeware is madness in the malwertising space
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Unfortunately, all Safari releases going forward (12 onwards) are removing APIs that allow uBlock Origin to do what it does. Apple are basically neutering _all_ blockers, unfortunately. I don't know if they're planning on filling the void though.
The reason these APIs are being removed are to improve the privacy of users. Apple recommends all adblock extensions now use the content blocking API which is superior from a user privacy perspective. When using the content blocker apis, the extension cannot view or read which web pages are visited. Prior extension APIs had full access to browsing history (which obviously can be easily abused). The content blocker AP…
Meaning that if the blocker misses something (and it will), I have no way to deal with it.
This "privacy" canard is just Apple being Apple and punishing users in the name of full control. The #1 and #2 most used adblockers by everyone have no legitimate privacy concerns.
The first plugin I install on a freshly installed system with Firefox is uBO. After that I harden the browser by changing stuff in about:config. Chrome has never been an option for us with privacy in focus. The guys behind uBO should get some price or something.
Unless you have some reason not to use it, it's much easier than changing about:config on each computer, you just copy over the user.js file.
Here's a hardened option (no affiliation): https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js
And a relaxed version: https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/tree/relaxed
UBlock Origin is more than an ad-blocker. Some usecases other than being ad-blocker 1. Hide Quora notification icon 2. Hide YouTube notification icon 3. Hide stackoverflow questions you might be interested section(right bottom section) How do you use other than ad-blocker?
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Is that income uniquely difficult to explain?
How would you explain that you're making money from a project summary of UBlock?
Don't know how it would be for an opensource project. Mentioning something like "open source browser extension uBlock Origin" probably...
Interesting how people report their donations, patreons, etc.
I also use uBO for injecting my own styles on pages, like adding an absolute timestamp to github: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15743008
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The reason these APIs are being removed are to improve the privacy of users. Apple recommends all adblock extensions now use the content blocking API which is superior from a user privacy perspective. When using the content blocker apis, the extension cannot view or read which web pages are visited. Prior extension APIs had full access to browsing history (which obviously can be easily abused). The content blocker AP…
Except that API kills one of the main use cases - live blocking annoying stuff that's already on the page. Apple's gimped API, as far as I can tell, offers no way with the user to interact with the plugin. Meaning that if the blocker misses something (and it will), I have no way to deal with it. This "privacy" canard is just Apple being Apple and punishing users in the name of full control. The #1 and #2 most used ad…
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Dude could still do a monthly patreon and cancel it if he didn't want to work on it anymore
I wouldn't do that if I were him because I don't know how to explain that income to the IRS (or rather, the Finanzamt, since I'm German).