An update on uBlock • Hacker News Board

Re: An update on uBlock

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Post by maxerickson » Sat, Jul 28, 2018, 2:33 PM UTC

wallabie wrote: post #2

Cue the YouTube video of Michael Scott saying "No God, please no. Noooo!" uBlock was the AdBlock when AdBlock sold out. Now who will be the uBlock now that uBlock has sold out? And this is separate to uBlock Origin, right?

uBlock Origin will continue being uBlock Origin, there's no real issue from that standpoint, no one should have been using uBlock anyway.

Re: An update on uBlock

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Post by mileycyrusXOXO » Sat, Jul 28, 2018, 2:33 PM UTC

wallabie wrote: post #2

Cue the YouTube video of Michael Scott saying "No God, please no. Noooo!" uBlock was the AdBlock when AdBlock sold out. Now who will be the uBlock now that uBlock has sold out? And this is separate to uBlock Origin, right?

Correct, uBlock is separate from uBlock Origin.

Re: An update on uBlock

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Post by __s » Sat, Jul 28, 2018, 2:34 PM UTC

trash_panda wrote: post #7

A good solution I've found for ad blocking is using the following hosts file: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts Which sinkholes every known ad/malicious domain. It's been pretty useful, and it hasn't broken nothing important yet.

I've been using http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm anyone know how they compare?

(reading github description, seems it includes this as a source, but also others)

Re: An update on uBlock

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Post by ad1ttya » Sat, Jul 28, 2018, 2:35 PM UTC

From Ublock Origin's github(https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock): uBlock Origin is (and has always been) COMPLETELY UNRELATED to the web site ublock.org.

edit: and here is a commit blocking the site ublock.org - https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/commit/82067d1ef3370...

Re: An update on uBlock

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Post by Frenchgeek » Sat, Jul 28, 2018, 2:36 PM UTC

michaelhoffman wrote: post #6

I'm using uBlock Origin and get uBlock Origin has prevented the following page from loading: https://www.ublock.org/announcement/ Because of the following filter ||ublock.org^$document Found in: uBlock filters – Badware risks

Confirmed. I non longer use uBlock Origin.

Re: An update on uBlock

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Post by dghughes » Sat, Jul 28, 2018, 2:36 PM UTC

AH4oFVbPT4f8 wrote: post #8

rlabrecque wrote: post #3

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-is-comp...

Why doesn't ublock origin change its name to something else to avoid this confusion?

Well, isn't that moot since UBlock (not origin) will probably now be called AdBlock?

Re: An update on uBlock

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Post by visualphoenix » Sat, Jul 28, 2018, 2:36 PM UTC

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Re: An update on uBlock

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Post by visualphoenix » Sat, Jul 28, 2018, 2:37 PM UTC

myf01d wrote: post #9

Wasn't this the same asshole who hijacked gorhill's work 4 years ago and even asked for money for others' work? now he sold others' work? what a scumbag!

Yup

Re: An update on uBlock

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Post by tgtweak » Sat, Jul 28, 2018, 2:38 PM UTC

Frenchgeek wrote: post #15

michaelhoffman wrote: post #6

I'm using uBlock Origin and get uBlock Origin has prevented the following page from loading: https://www.ublock.org/announcement/ Because of the following filter ||ublock.org^$document Found in: uBlock filters – Badware risks

Confirmed. I non longer use uBlock Origin.

I thought it was a bit amusing.

Re: An update on uBlock

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Post by deskamess » Sat, Jul 28, 2018, 2:39 PM UTC

Frenchgeek wrote: post #15

michaelhoffman wrote: post #6

I'm using uBlock Origin and get uBlock Origin has prevented the following page from loading: https://www.ublock.org/announcement/ Because of the following filter ||ublock.org^$document Found in: uBlock filters – Badware risks

Confirmed. I non longer use uBlock Origin.

Isn't ublock origin the 'good one'?