I wonder; is there a way to calculate how much electricity uBlock saves over time?
uBlock Origin 1.50.0
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#52> Add thunderbird as target for installation That's interesting. I get a couple of newsletters with advertising in them, and while I still find the Thunderbird interface a little clunky, this might sway me a bit. I'm currently running Thunderbird as an email backup solution, with a rule to automatically copy every new email to a local folder. Maybe I'll start using it a bit more. (It's in a docker image on my file se…
> Thunderbird is clunky
> I'm running it in a docker image on my file server, accessed via noVNC in a browser
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#54My terminology may be wrong, but I would assume these ad-blockers are great until streaming platforms catch up and embed ads directly into the video stream. Twitch is getting close to that. They directly inject video ads into streams at random times causing you to miss parts of streams. uBlock Origin seemed to have a way around that with some extra setup but it's only a matter of time before it's completely transpare…
Youtubers I follow are doing just that.
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#55I understand why gorhill doesn't ask for donations, but I still wish there was some sneaky way I could send him some money anyway.
Same, I'd love to buy them a beer (or coffee)!
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#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
They’re pretty clear. Switch to Firefox. uBlock Origin works best on Firefox for a number of reasons: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...
For your mobile needs, uBlock Origin also works great in Firefox for Android!
This is, honestly, one of the things that brought me back to Android. Content blockers on mobile Safari just didn't work as well for me.
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#57Ublock is without a doubt the most valuabe chrome extension. Most people underutilize it as a way of filtering “legitimate portions” of websites as well. For example, I used it to filer out all recommended content from youtube, as well as comments. My youtube is merely a search bar and the video I wanted to watch, nothing more.
Ublock is a scam. Ublock Origin is without a doubt the most valuable chrome extension. I know you people understand this but normal people take our advice and could get scammed.
Given the context, I would assume they were already talking about Ublock Origin.
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#58Ublock is without a doubt the most valuabe chrome extension. Most people underutilize it as a way of filtering “legitimate portions” of websites as well. For example, I used it to filer out all recommended content from youtube, as well as comments. My youtube is merely a search bar and the video I wanted to watch, nothing more.
When reading, I often scroll up and down, and those annoying banners that appear only when you scroll up drive me mad. I hit em with the 'ol uBlock zap and they go away. So much nicer.
Yes! The Kill Sticky extensions/bookmarklets are good for this, too.
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#59Ublock is without a doubt the most valuabe chrome extension. Most people underutilize it as a way of filtering “legitimate portions” of websites as well. For example, I used it to filer out all recommended content from youtube, as well as comments. My youtube is merely a search bar and the video I wanted to watch, nothing more.
couldn't agree more.
I put together an explainer about how to use it to _rapidly_ (and usually permanently) delete nearly any part of public websites.
When I see friends on many websites now, it makes my heart ache.
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#60My terminology may be wrong, but I would assume these ad-blockers are great until streaming platforms catch up and embed ads directly into the video stream. Twitch is getting close to that. They directly inject video ads into streams at random times causing you to miss parts of streams. uBlock Origin seemed to have a way around that with some extra setup but it's only a matter of time before it's completely transpare…
Those are fine by me. My problem with ad networks is that my machine is caught in the middle of upholding the contract between the advertiser and the presenter. That's their problem, not mine. I don't want to be part of that in anyway and I have every right to refuse to be. That and the personal tracking across sites, the sooner that dies, the better off we'll all be. With all that stuff gone, "ad" will finally be the correct term to use. No other form of advertising ever got to do those things.