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uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Post by passivate »

dotcoma wrote: post #30

The most popular extension, and the 2nd most popular, just like the 6th, 7th, 9th and 10th most popular, are ad-blockers. I guess it's only marketers that love targeted ads...

>I guess it's only marketers that love targeted ads...

That maybe, but it might be hypocritical if you're working at a private business that generates sales via ads, which in effect pay your salary. I'm not against ads, so I wouldn't use an ad-blocker on principle, I would just avoid visiting sites that show excessive ads.

Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Post by devmor »

loudtieblahblah wrote: post #172
alarmingfox wrote: post #15

I instantly install this extension whenever I work on a new machine as I could not imagine browsing the web without it. For that reason I just went looking for a donate button to help fund the project and it turns out they don't even accept donations https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Why-don't-you-accept-...

the day is coming - between changing how 3rd party cookies work, how ads are served from the same domain as content itself, to the intended feature-creep of Trusted Computer.. that ublock origin, pihole (which is already a piss poor solution), and other tools are going to be rendered useless. It's a great tool. But it's days are numbered. A couple more years and mark my words, things like ublock, will be defeated.

If you think that's going to happen, you definitely have never worked with an advertiser or agency.

Most would rather die than trust the content provider with reporting their own statistics.

Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Post by biomcgary »

loudtieblahblah wrote: post #175
planetafro wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I prefer DNS filtering over extensions as they generally want all permissions to essentially impersonate you at the browser level. Am I wrong?

DNS filtering sucks and can't filter ads served from the same domain as content, if all you can block is a FQDN, there's an absolute shit ton of trackers and ads that are getting past you. This is why piholes are awful. I don't know why they get such high praise - it's just a crappy DNS filter that blocks like what 40% of the ads you see?

Pihole is contributes to a defense in depth strategy. Lots of android games are unplayable when I'm connected to the internet unless I'm on a network protected by pihole. Yes, I can run a firewall on my phone, but maintaining firewalls on every device that my family uses?

Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Post by dheerajvs »

loudtieblahblah wrote: post #175
planetafro wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I prefer DNS filtering over extensions as they generally want all permissions to essentially impersonate you at the browser level. Am I wrong?

DNS filtering sucks and can't filter ads served from the same domain as content, if all you can block is a FQDN, there's an absolute shit ton of trackers and ads that are getting past you. This is why piholes are awful. I don't know why they get such high praise - it's just a crappy DNS filter that blocks like what 40% of the ads you see?

Defense in depth.

On my Android I have Netguard[0] configured with a hosts file, Firefox with uBlock Origin and NextDNS with comprehensive blocklists.

uBlock Origin protects only one app — the browser.

[0]: https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard/releases/

Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Post by xdennis »

thatguy0900 wrote: post #21
Larrikin wrote: post #7

I prefer Ad Nauseum ( https://adnauseam.io/ ) because I don't want to just block the ads I want to ruin the profile ad companies have on me by having all the ads clicked as well.

I really like the concept but I would be concerned about having my Google account banned the instant it becomes popular

That's the same concern I had. But after years of draging my feet, I've finally degoogled enough to not care if they banned my account. Time to install AdNauseam now.

Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Post by fernandotakai »

loudtieblahblah wrote: post #177
oauea wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

or even just "they"

Quoted post unavailable.

i have so much trouble with they as singular because ESL + romantic language with no genderless pronoun.

i always call users "he" because user is, by default, male in my native language.

Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Post by Melatonic »

mkr-hn wrote: post #163
telchior wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm thinking of it this way. A guy builds a flamethrower to burn away the creeping slime that threatens to overtake your house. Someone else then supplies the fuel. You want to donate, but the builder says no. "The fuel is everything." That's pretty much correct from one perspective. The flamethrower is built, just needs a bit of maintenance now and then. But its everyday slime-burning power comes from the fuel.

The lists are more like an automatic targeting system for your world-saving flame thrower. Both are vital since the slime killed everyone who knew how to use it, so now you have to enlist average people who only use them to clear weeds and snow.

When your flamethrower needs to shoot hundreds of thousands of little slime balls all at once using tiny little blasts of flame I think that targeting system becomes pretty damn vital!

Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Post by LordHeini »

boplicity wrote: post #168

I really, truly, sincerely wish more developers put compatibility with adblockers at the top of their priority list. I have so many customer support issues to deal with because some of the SaaS platforms we use are not compatible with ad blocking software. Usually, the first thing I tell people is to turn off their adblocker. This almost always fixed the issue. Yes, I absolutely hate asking our customers to do this.…

Incopabiltiy can happen incredibly fast.

One of our backends had a route called /statistics for showing application statistics to the user.

Some Adblockers with some lists block routes named like that which caused a confused bug hunt.

Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Post by scarface74 »

meerita wrote: post #178
alarmingfox wrote: post #15

I instantly install this extension whenever I work on a new machine as I could not imagine browsing the web without it. For that reason I just went looking for a donate button to help fund the project and it turns out they don't even accept donations https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Why-don't-you-accept-...

We're two. It's so useful. I use it on those website who display the "accept all cookies", specially on those ones because I'm tired of denying cookie usage. I still don't understand why Firefox, champion of privacy, doesn't make a uBlock native.

Blame government for not understanding unintended consequences when they pass laws regarding tech (GDPR)
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