Why would anyone need to block ads outside of the browser? This seems like it's just asking to introduce obscure errors into other apps?
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System-wide open source ad blocker for Mac, Windows, and Linux
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If you can read the code and asure that the traffic won’t be sent to a malicious third party, why not? What is the concern?
How would you know if the binary was built from the code verbatim? How would you know that for future updates?
The build steps are provided as a GitHub action in the repo. You can audit the build pretty easily, or if you're super paranoid you can build it yourself by following the build steps.
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#23Why would anyone need to block ads outside of the browser? This seems like it's just asking to introduce obscure errors into other apps?
I meaning Microsoft is trying to introduce ads into the file explorer and search centers...
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#24Why would anyone need to block ads outside of the browser? This seems like it's just asking to introduce obscure errors into other apps?
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#25Why would anyone need to block ads outside of the browser? This seems like it's just asking to introduce obscure errors into other apps?
Because Google is implementing changes to disable adblockers in the browser.
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#28Why would anyone need to block ads outside of the browser? This seems like it's just asking to introduce obscure errors into other apps?
Why not? Lots of services are now desktop apps and since you cannot run browser adblockers on Electron apps, this is the next best thing. I also run something similar on Android so I don't see ads in apps either, not just in the browser.
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#29Nice, I use AdGuard (on mobile and desktop), would this be a suitable replacement?
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Because Google is implementing changes to disable adblockers in the browser.
Are people that much in love with Chrome?
I imagine it would be a chore for ChromeOS users to migrate to another OS and another browser, and ChromeOS has many attractive qualities.