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Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Post by Melatonic »

hanniabu wrote: post #232
openplatypus wrote: post #24

uBlock Origin, with CNAME uncloaking is the most powerful ad/tracker blocking tool. Browsing Internet without it is often time a scary experience. It does block our [Wide Angle Analytics]( https://wideangle.co/documentation/track-with-custom-domain ) tracker about which we are open about. And ... we are not against. Every user should have a right to self determination and control when browsing the Internet. Our track…

Is AdBlockPro needed with uBlock or does uBlock do everything ABP does and more?

AdBlockPro has built in allowlists for some advertisers (might be paid on the advertisers side?) and Ublock does not. And from I remember the developer of Ublock might have originally also been involved in AdblockPro and then left? I could be wrong

Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Post by Melatonic »

freeAgent wrote: post #182
ksec wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My experience with uBlock or in fact any Ad Blocker have been suboptimal. It sometimes uses a lot of CPU resources in places I dot understand and couldn't be bothered to figure out why. In the end I just switch to NextDNS.

NextDNS and uBO are complimentary.

Agreed

Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Post by Melatonic »

matheusmoreira wrote: post #151
openknot wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From an older submission to Hacker News: "Appreciate marketing. It seems like bullshit, but it’s bullshit I don’t want to have to do. I’m glad someone else is doing it, I’m sincerely grateful for their efforts." [0] Software development is important, but marketing is also important, and it actually works. Most companies can't survive without effective marketing. [0] https://devjac.dev/posts/2021-05-29-my-personal-cre…

> Appreciate marketing. It seems like bullshit, but it’s bullshit I don’t want to have to do. Bullshit? To me it seems more like mind rape when a bunch of corporate ideas and brands are suddenly and forcibly injected into my mind. I didn't ask for it, I didn't consent to it. We don't tolerate it when people violate our bodies, so why is it okay to violate our minds? They "need" it to make money, so it's okay? If I wa…

The problem is that in order for you to hear about a product probably a lot of other people need to first. Not a huge fan of advertising myself but to call it 'mind rape' seems a bit over the top.....

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Post by Nextgrid »

toastercat wrote: post #62

How 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

I'll consider this if publishers and adtech vendors consider the fact that stealing my personal data, bandwidth and processing power (= battery life on mobile) could also be unethical.

Publishers and adtech might not like the fact that I am in control of what happens on my device and do things they dislike, but then they seem to do exactly the same when it comes to controlling how many ads are displayed and what personal data they collect.

Maybe if the industry can come to an agreement for a reasonable amount of ads, respecting privacy and taking responsibility for the ads they serve (aka compensate the user in case of scam or malware) then people might be more inclined to consider it.

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Post by cuteboy19 »

tiffanyh wrote: post #287

Librewolf I’m surprised LibreWolf doesn’t get more attention. [0] It’s stock Firefox, with uBlock Origin preinstalled and a bunch of Firefox configs adjusted to more privacy oriented settings. It ranks as the most private browser experience, even better than Brave. [1] https://librewolf.net/ https://privacytests.org/

Entropy increase is bad for privacy, so using more obscure browsers would make you stand out more often right?

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Post by lizard »

RedComet wrote: post #259
lizard wrote: post #252

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Thanks, that was not clear with the commentary about "paying someone" and "before you read it" that make it sound like something normal people wouldn't do and should be wary of.

Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Post by Melatonic »

hn_version_0023 wrote: post #231
openknot wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From an older submission to Hacker News: "Appreciate marketing. It seems like bullshit, but it’s bullshit I don’t want to have to do. I’m glad someone else is doing it, I’m sincerely grateful for their efforts." [0] Software development is important, but marketing is also important, and it actually works. Most companies can't survive without effective marketing. [0] https://devjac.dev/posts/2021-05-29-my-personal-cre…

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.

I don't think it is marketing as a concept that is the problem - it is that we are forced to have it everywhere. There is no choice.

I think a much healthier relationship would be a system where you can choose to dedicate some of your time and preferences to marketing. Instead of companies trying to trick you into clicking their advertisement they would need to create compelling and entertaining advertisements for stuff you might actually want. What I am envisioning is basically something like an app or channel you might willing give some type of inputs (say, for example, you are looking for a new car - you could input some data about your preferences) and then advertisers would have to compete to show off the best product. You could choose to dedicate 0 of your time or X amount of minutes.

Some of the products I actually use and like the best also have the best (in terms of entertainment) marketing - if someone can make me laugh with a 10 second video AND show off a well designed product at the same time then I generally take that as a positive. But the advertisement needs to be providing entertainment value on its own.

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Post by takeda »

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.

I don't think it is a good idea. Usually when things like that happen the project will become less and less effective, also once it is so ingrained it will be harder to switch to a new kid in town that is better.

Firefox has its own built in privacy mechanism that is enabled by default and don't prevent me to use uBlock together with it. I prefer that approach.

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Post by FreeFull »

rinze wrote: post #157
Synaesthesia wrote: post #95

Really great on firefox for android too, along with YouTube background player.

I use Firefox on Android as a background YouTube player. Just open Youtube on Firefox, select the video you want to watch, lock the screen. The video will stop, but if you press 'play' in the dialog you get in the lock screen, it'll start playing again.

There is an addon available for Firefox on Android that stops the video from stopping, too, which makes this even easier.

Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Post by forty »

dfinninger wrote: post #285
btdmaster wrote: post #229

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The law says that agreeing or disagreeing should be equally easy. Companies are breaking that law.

Personally, I rarely come across a site that makes it harder to agree than disagree. I find both paths equally annoying.

We must not use the same internet. Agree is always one click for me, and there is generally no disagree button, but a "manage your privacy settings" button, that opens the biggest popups ever, slow as hell, when then even work,with thousand of button to click.
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