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Re: µBlock for Firefox

#271

Post by gorhill » Sat, Jan 24, 2015, 12:45 PM UTC

findjashua wrote: post #253

sprokolopolis wrote: post #217

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Some of those share/tweet/like buttons can track you without no interaction, just by loading on the page. Removing them might be intentional for this reason.

True, but imho an ad blocker should just block ads by default. I'm not sure if I'm representative of most users, but I don't really care as much about tracking, just about ads cluttering the page.

> an ad blocker should just block ads by default

First sentence on the project page:

"µBlock is not an ad blocker; it's a general-purpose blocker."

Re: µBlock for Firefox

#272

Post by sdfjkl » Sat, Jan 24, 2015, 5:07 PM UTC

avree wrote: post #182

sdfjkl wrote: post #175

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I've used Privoxy & friends (Glitterblocker on OS X) since the days of junkbusters.com, but with SSL on the rise this no longer works very well for me.

Anyone looking to follow up on this comment should search for "GlimmerBlocker", not GlitterBlocker. Useful stuff, though, thanks!

Oops, brain fart - sorry :-!

Re: µBlock for Firefox

#273

Post by findjashua » Mon, Jan 26, 2015, 6:45 AM UTC

gorhill wrote: post #271

findjashua wrote: post #253

Earlier quoted context omitted.

True, but imho an ad blocker should just block ads by default. I'm not sure if I'm representative of most users, but I don't really care as much about tracking, just about ads cluttering the page.

> an ad blocker should just block ads by default First sentence on the project page: "µBlock is not an ad blocker; it's a general-purpose blocker."

touche!