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uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by MSFT_Edging »

scohesc wrote: post #32

My 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…

Ublock used to hide all the hulu ads for me, now some get through but its more than satisfying seeing the other 6 god damn ads just blink through when they don't load. I'll deal with a Hyundai or apple commercial if I don't have to deal with 8 more every 5 minutes.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by RankingMember »

RussianCow wrote: post #56
coldpie wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I use Brave on iOS. I know it's forced to be just a webkit skin there, but it's better, at least.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by belter »

dlisboa wrote: post #64
danielwmayer wrote: post #28

Ublock 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.

I’m often amazed at how people I know, full internet “power users”, don’t use it and complain about ads. I have never seen an ad in years, not on YouTube or wherever. How do people who build web stuff daily not know about adblocks? It’s so weird to me.

I am even more amazed, about companies paying for ads, while seeming to ignore most users will not see them as they use adblocks plugins.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by pachico »

From time to time, I happen to browse using someone else's computer (browser) and I get immediately overwhelmed by how crappy the experience is without uBO.

Yet, I cannot convince people to install it :)

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by PrimeMcFly »

danielwmayer wrote: post #28

Ublock 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.

There are YouTube specific addons that will do a better job of that and likely use less memory just FYI.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by coldpie »

RussianCow wrote: post #56
coldpie wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Yeah. There's a glimmer of hope that Apple being forced to open the app store will allow us to use Firefox on iOS, too. Fingers crossed!
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