Are there any add blockers for iOS? I want to get a tablet for reading on the couch but I assume I would need an Android or Surface tablet in order to install Firefox with uNlock Origin.
uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox
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Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox
#252How do ya'll feel about the idea that adblock can be morally equivalent to theft[1]? I see this argument pop up from time to time in relation to people who use alternative clients to services such as YouTube. But if you're using uBlock Origin, you are probably browsing many, many sites that rely at least partially on ad revenue, so it's a similar case. [1] https://twitter.com/LeaVerou/status/518154828166725632
Ad blocking is analogous to paying someone to cut advertisements out of a magazine you ordered before you read it. You request something which is when sent to your house. Sure it is via http, but that is irrelevant. It could have just as well been via snail mail.
You are absolutely allowed to remove the ads from your copy of a magazine, whether you do it yourself, another household member, a visitor, or even someone you pay.
Even if someone does it without your consent, the dispute is with the copy owner not the magazine publisher.
This would be an issue if an unauthorized party took it from your mailbox, but that still has nothing to do with the publisher or content.
Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox
#253I 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.
> I still don't understand why Firefox, champion of privacy, doesn't make a uBlock native.
Mozilla's "commitment" to privacy is all talk and no action.
Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox
#254Earlier quoted context omitted.
I agree 100%. If your company can't survive without exploiting human psychology and contributing to a surveillance infrastructure and monetization scheme, good. Companies survived for centuries without internet ads, tracking, targeting, etc. Just because you can take advantage of technological methods and mental vulnerabilities to pimp your product without the consent of the target, doesn't mean you should.
> “Companies survived for centuries without internet ads, tracking, targeting, etc.” As far back as ancient Rome, vendors still used advertising and marketing. This included word-of-mouth advertisements and billboards (such as in Pompeii before the volcanic eruption). [0] In the 1900s, newspaper advertising was a major source of advertising. Now that fewer people read print newspapers, advertising has shifted to inte…
> This included word-of-mouth advertisements
This is not really advertising. It's more like a conversation. It's real people talking about their experiences. Advertising is when some phony who's on the corporation's payroll comes to you unsolicited and starts overstating the positives and downplaying the negatives.
Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox
#255Earlier quoted context omitted.
Making a science out of convincing people to buy things they don’t need is not only not important , it’s fundamentally dishonest. No amount of apologies or hand waving will change that fact. Marketing is a pox on the human mind that we’d all be better off without.
>”Marketing is a pox on the human mind that we’d all be better off without.” If you work, marketing pays part of your salary. A company can’t survive without it. Marketing includes the “Who’s hiring?” threads on the front page; word of mouth recommendations; and job postings on LinkedIn. If you’ve found a job that pays your bills, marketing played a role.
You pay your bookie a vig too?
The fact that marketing exists isn’t something I’m debating. The fact it has wormed its way into all aspects of life is a sign that we lead sick lives, to me.
Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox
#256I need to give uBlock another try. I use and love uMatrix, and was hoping someone would step up to maintain a fork of it, but six months later it is apparent that will not be the case (and is far outside my expertise).
For some reason uBlock never clicked with me. The various global blocking settings I tried either broke too many sites or let too many annoyances through, and I found the process for allowing/blocking third-party resources on a per-site basis was clunkier than other blockers like uMatrix or Privacy Badger.
I really respect what gorhill has done, and keep hearing great things about new privacy preserving techniques being adding to uBlock that go beyond what other blockers do, so I really want to like it. Given how so many people love it and don't have these complaints, I'm probably approaching it with the wrong mindset / usage model, that is causing me to fight against it rather than work with it, so I need to step back and try again with a blank mind.
Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox
#257What kills me is even paid subscription sites like WSJ, Bloomberg, Seeking Alpha, show you ads even when you're a paying member. Why is it a war on our attention?
Why would they not show you adds? I mean, they already got your money, now they will get a bit more.
Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox
#258just installed it today on my father's partner's laptop. in my opinion ublock origin is by now an integral part of the internet infrastructure. it's also the only piece of software which I consistently install on every platform I use (Linux, Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS). Raymond deserves some sort of Nobel prize or something for this. The internet is not usable for me without it.
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Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox
#259Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ad blocking is analogous to paying someone to cut advertisements out of a magazine you ordered before you read it. You request something which is when sent to your house. Sure it is via http, but that is irrelevant. It could have just as well been via snail mail.
You are absolutely allowed to remove the ads from your copy of a magazine, whether you do it yourself, another household member, a visitor, or even someone you pay. Even if someone does it without your consent, the dispute is with the copy owner not the magazine publisher. This would be an issue if an unauthorized party took it from your mailbox, but that still has nothing to do with the publisher or content.
Precisely my point.
Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox
#260I 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.…
> 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.
That's amazing. I hope this keeps happening until businesses are forced to fix their sites to make it work with uBlock Origin.