At the risk of comming off as pathetic but it just struck my mind that Raymond probably deserves something like a Time's Person of the Year (if not Decade) award. I mean - this is the only piece of software (not exaggerating - I'm actually just realizing it now) which I consistently install everywhere and anywhere me or somebody who means something to me is accessing the internet from. We reached a point where for me and probably each one of you guys the Internet is unusable / unbearable without it! It's an integral part of the Internet now to just make it and keep it useful.
uBlock Origin 1.41
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#162Earlier quoted context omitted.
"reflects poorly on the person making such statement" is non-actionable and unsubstantiated criticism.
No, it isn't. The implication is "To hold oneself to a better standard, make actionable and/or substantiated statements, especially when making critical statements." People seem to shit on Mozilla/Firefox often, and often without any evidence or useful data to work with. And they often say they use Chrome instead, run by an organization that those same people would probably say is user-hostile. It's like seeing peopl…
> The implication is "To hold oneself to a better standard, make actionable and/or substantiated statements, especially when making critical statements."
Ok, but defining the implications of 1st party statements to 3rd parties is tricksy business.
> People seem to shit on Mozilla/Firefox often, and often without any evidence or useful data to work with. And they often say they use Chrome instead, run by an organization that those same people would probably say is user-hostile.
Except ravenstine didn't do any of that, so you're applying your issues with other people to the wrong conversation. They responded with depth before you posted this.
> It's like seeing people criticize corruption in Western democratic governments and declaring they're avoiding that mess by moving to Moscow.
You sure you're in the same conversation as everyone else?
Re: uBlock Origin 1.41
#163Earlier quoted context omitted.
I mean, YouTube at least offers a subscription that makes the ads go away. Which is not the case with the cesspool that's the rest of the internet basically. It's such a privilege that a software like this exists, and is offered for free with no strings attached.
yes, this. but this practice is less common than i would have assumed at first. there are websites out there that even after paying their subscription they still put up ads.
Youtube still put up sponsored ads unfortunately, even if premium
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#164Thank you Raymond and all others involved with uBlock Origin. It makes the internet bearable for me and other family members. Every time I use the "YouTube" app on my elderly relatives TV and see how often it is interrupted with adverts I count my blessings that this add-on exists.
PSA: If it's a recent-ish LG TV, you can root it and install an ad-free youtube app in just a few clicks. That said, one might be afraid of potential future breakage/maintenance burden from installing homebrew software for a relative. https://rootmy.tv/ https://repo.webosbrew.org/apps/youtube.leanback.v4
Can you load custom OS images onto them, or is this the same situation as with bootloaders on most Android devices?
Not that I'd want it actively connecting to the Internet either way, but if I could run something more stripped-down than an OEM stock image it would... almost make a smart TV attractive?
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#165I find it funny that when HN loaded for me, the post below this one was "How I changed my mind about advertising." Not here - ads begone. Wuthout UblockO the net is ugly and insufferable.
Now if only somebody made a decent ad blocker for phones. I haven't been able to find one (android) that works decently.
AdAway on a rooted phone is amazing for system-wide hosts-file-based ad blocking. YouTube Vanced blocks YouTube ads.
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#166Earlier quoted context omitted.
PSA: If it's a recent-ish LG TV, you can root it and install an ad-free youtube app in just a few clicks. That said, one might be afraid of potential future breakage/maintenance burden from installing homebrew software for a relative. https://rootmy.tv/ https://repo.webosbrew.org/apps/youtube.leanback.v4
On Android TV there's SmartTubeNext that I've installed without root access. It's such a joy to use. It's honestly better than the official Youtube app (it handles multi accounts properly) and even embeds SponsorBlock by default! And it doesn't show the comments, which is another feature as far as I'm concerned.
At the moment, SmartTubeNext is the only reason I use my Shield on my LG TV, as the WebOS apps do everything else I need.
But SponsorBlock is the best thing ever.
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#167Earlier quoted context omitted.
PSA: If it's a recent-ish LG TV, you can root it and install an ad-free youtube app in just a few clicks. That said, one might be afraid of potential future breakage/maintenance burden from installing homebrew software for a relative. https://rootmy.tv/ https://repo.webosbrew.org/apps/youtube.leanback.v4
Yeah, I've done this on my LG C9, works awesome. Apart from SponsorBlock in YT, the most useful thing I've found is the Hyperion sender app. I'm really looking forward to building my DIY Ambilight when the pieces arrive, and it's really nice to automatically capture all output, instead of capturing through HDMI.
Woah I did not know that was a thing. I am now for sure going to build my own Ambilight
Re: uBlock Origin 1.41
#168I find it funny that when HN loaded for me, the post below this one was "How I changed my mind about advertising." Not here - ads begone. Wuthout UblockO the net is ugly and insufferable.
Now if only somebody made a decent ad blocker for phones. I haven't been able to find one (android) that works decently.
Iuse AdGuard as a system-wide adblocker on Android, it works pretty well IMO.
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#169Earlier quoted context omitted.
FTC said that creators and influencers on social media services need to put "sponsored", "promoted" or "ad" tag disclosure on brands they are endorsing so it would be possibly for someone to make uBlock Origin filter which blocks such content.
The sponsor block extension is crowd funded, people put where the sponsor message is and it automatically skips it. Not sure if ublock can seek inside a youtube video.
I'm curious about how sponsorblock works - how does it prevent malicious users from submitting fake segments to skip?
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#170Earlier quoted context omitted.
Precisely. On iOS, I've recently been enjoying Hyperweb, which you can add some of uBlock Origin's blocklists to. My experience so far has been great, though I'm aware that their blocking is probably based on Safari's neutered "content blocker" API so it isn't quite as fast or efficient.
I've been very happy with the free tier of Lockdown Privacy, which blocks ads in every app, not only Safari. It creates a dummy VPN which can filter. Not as powerful as uBlock Origin, but it blocks in-app ads too.
Ah, not an option for me since I already use a VPN to access services on my home network like my pi hole. I tried Lockdown a while back, and I do remember it worked pretty darn well. But my pi hole works great, too, as far as DNS-level blocking is concerned. And it's nice to know that my network traffic is safe from my mobile provider :)