Hopefully at some point someone will do something similar for element-level blocking.
A lot of my custom ABP rules are actually blocking dynamic HTML slide-ins, overlays, animated carousels, etc.
µBlock for Firefox
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Re: µBlock for Firefox
#12I have been using µBlock for 3 weeks now.(previously adblock plus). There is one irritating thing it has that almost makes me go back to adblock again. It is often blocking the false positives. So if developer has named one of their assets file with social media names like "twitter/facebook/etc", it blocks the file right away. Since it does not have custom configuration options for each site, you can either disable µ…
That's an issue with the filter lists you choose, not uBlock. Also uBlock does allow you to disable on a domain or subdomain, so this is easily worked around.
uBlock is a bit more of a power user blocker than AdBlock and its variants, but I find it to be far better, both in customisability of filters, and resource utilisation.
Re: µBlock for Firefox
#13I have been using µBlock for 3 weeks now.(previously adblock plus). There is one irritating thing it has that almost makes me go back to adblock again. It is often blocking the false positives. So if developer has named one of their assets file with social media names like "twitter/facebook/etc", it blocks the file right away. Since it does not have custom configuration options for each site, you can either disable µ…
I thought this was one of those "used it for s and everything is super duper" and wanted to add my "+1". Anyway, I've been using it for 1-2 months and it's been smooth sailing so far. Faster than AdBlock and 99.9% of the coverage coverage (usually some obscure popup ads usually – they did get fixed pretty fast though). And no false positives for me at all.
Re: µBlock for Firefox
#14Ad blocking is theft. Period.
I wonder if sites could make it so with EULA or something. Could they say that viewing an article without ads violates something? Or using this service (for example reddit) without ads? Is it legally possible?
Re: µBlock for Firefox
#15Ad blocking is theft. Period.
That would be like saying a service that blacked out the ads in news papers is theft, its completely rubbish. Plus educate yourself on the definition of theft:
"theft is the taking of another person's property without that person's permission or consent with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it."
At best its unauthorized modification of a creative work without distributing it, which is not illegal and never will be.
Re: µBlock for Firefox
#16Ad blocking is theft. Period.
Where's the law that says I have to view web content as it's creators intend? You send me a stream of data, I decide what to do with it, what parts to render, what parts to ignore.
Re: µBlock for Firefox
#17Ad blocking is theft. Period.
One day, ad blockers will learn to secure their ad networks so they don't periodically become firehoses of malware.
Until that day, ad blocking is an integral part of every internet users digital security system. Period.
Re: µBlock for Firefox
#18Ad blocking is theft. Period.
I wonder if sites could make it so with EULA or something. Could they say that viewing an article without ads violates something? Or using this service (for example reddit) without ads? Is it legally possible?
EULA's dont usually hold up in court because contracts normally require consideration, most of the time you cant implicitly enter into a contract.
Re: µBlock for Firefox
#19Ad blocking is theft. Period.
Unfortunately, ad blocking has become a part of protection against malware -- especially for non-tech users.
Blame malvertising that loads exploit kits, and ads (on search engines and elsewhere with fake download buttons, etc) that point to pay-per-install malware, the kind of spyware/adware that's super easy to install and monitor-smashingly hard to remove, now the creators of those have gone as far as adding ring-3 rootkits to their dlls that hook into browsers.
Re: µBlock for Firefox
#20I have been using µBlock for 3 weeks now.(previously adblock plus). There is one irritating thing it has that almost makes me go back to adblock again. It is often blocking the false positives. So if developer has named one of their assets file with social media names like "twitter/facebook/etc", it blocks the file right away. Since it does not have custom configuration options for each site, you can either disable µ…
> Since it does not have custom configuration options for each site
What's the purpose of such tool really? It might sound weird, but I was happiest with opt-in (ad) blocking. Every single blocked content was (semi)manually entered by me. I really don't care if I see ads on a site I visit once in a lifetime.