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Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

sam_goody wrote: post #123
aluren wrote: post #54

I am dumbfounded that uBlock Origin, arguably the single most important extension in modern web browsing, and one that makes millions of lives easier by making their web experience bearable at all, all of this depends on one single person, working for free. Now there's also the list maintainers, who also work for free. Still makes you wonder about how the world works. There's probably many other similar instances. In…

If I recall correctly, he trusted one of his maintainers too much, and that is the reason he no longer contributes to uBlock (his original project), but rather created uBlock origin. The fact that there is no easy way to make this into a money project probably led to his relying so much on such a maintainer. Part of the issue seems to be that the devs that actually value an OSS project don't have any way to persuade…

Something like uBlock I'd imagine it's worth supporting for some brands just to be associated with by name.

Like a VPN service, or such.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

earenndil wrote: post #86
foepys wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The biggest and most important lists (Easylist and its localizations) are heavily maintained by eyeo GmbH, the company behind AdBlock Plus. It might be a community project but in reality it's more like Chromium or Go.

Not really, no. The lists themselves are ultimately less interesting than the technology used to run them; there are other lists, and if easylist soured, a community-sourced alternative could be made relatively easily.

Doesn't that argument work for the plugin too. I mean most people using uBlock Origin probably started with Adblock (and maybe moved to ABP), or uBlock.

You can achieve similar results with pihole, or hosts file managers.

Back in the day I used a local proxy tool, Proximator or something.

AFAIK uBo isn't doing anything particular unique technologically (which doesn't mean I'm not grateful, nor that anyone could make it).

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by icebraining »

axylw wrote: post #118
ehsankia wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are definitely a few OSS that don't get anymore as much love as they deserve. VLC and OBS are two example of programs that are so damn good, even paid alternatives hardly can compete.

MPC-HC and mpv are much better than VLC.

No need to compare, they're all amazing for what's mostly volunteer work.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by WAHa_06x36 »

vasili111 wrote: post #20
vxNsr wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have a link to that? My only issue is that chrome is great bec I can have multiple profiles on the same windows user account, but that’s kinda anathema to the paradigm of how Microsoft wants us to use Edge. I use chrome profiles the same way ppl use Firefox containers, my only hope is that edge builds something similar. I’ve also been using Vivaldi, I love it but I’m worried about using duh a small project tha…

Try also Brave. It is fully open source and based on Chromium.

Don't. Brave has so many problematic sides. Just stay away from that one.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by jannes »

aluren wrote: post #54

I am dumbfounded that uBlock Origin, arguably the single most important extension in modern web browsing, and one that makes millions of lives easier by making their web experience bearable at all, all of this depends on one single person, working for free. Now there's also the list maintainers, who also work for free. Still makes you wonder about how the world works. There's probably many other similar instances. In…

We should also thank Firefox for having adblockers at the time when Chrome was released. Otherwise Google wouldn't have felt the need to add an adblocker extension API in the first place.

Having adblocker extensions was one of the things that allowed Google to get Firefox users to switch at the time.

Ever wonder why Mobile Chrome doesn't have extensions or adblockers? Because it didn't have to compete with Firefox to gain marketshare.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

stevekemp wrote: post #65
pmoriarty wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The bright side of Google's anti-ad-blocking efforts is that ad-blocking is clearly no longer just an insignificant blip on their radar. There must be enough users of ad-blockers now to start to significantly affect their bottom line. There might even be a critical mass of people who are against advertising to attempt to make some legal headway on this issue in Washington. Just as there has been legal action against…

> There must be enough users of ad-blockers now to start to significantly affect their bottom line. I host a bunch of websites, and about five years ago I stuck adsense adverts on them. Due to the decent traffic I was earning about £80/month and that was stable for 3-4 years. This year, and last year, I instead earned about £100/year, despite having much more traffic/visitors, and more "aged content". When I get a ch…

Similar for my blog/site (>20 years old). But, it used to pay me my hosting costs + a computer component upgrade. Now I get a few pence here and there, an order of magnitude less.

So now it costs me to run it (excluding time considerations of course) whilst before it paid for itself.

Also with sites like Stack Exchange I tend to use them for what I blogged before (computer fixes mainly), so most of my new content nowadays is UGC on other people's sites too. Personal stuff goes on Facebook, on the whole.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by newman8r »

stevekemp wrote: post #65
pmoriarty wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The bright side of Google's anti-ad-blocking efforts is that ad-blocking is clearly no longer just an insignificant blip on their radar. There must be enough users of ad-blockers now to start to significantly affect their bottom line. There might even be a critical mass of people who are against advertising to attempt to make some legal headway on this issue in Washington. Just as there has been legal action against…

> There must be enough users of ad-blockers now to start to significantly affect their bottom line. I host a bunch of websites, and about five years ago I stuck adsense adverts on them. Due to the decent traffic I was earning about £80/month and that was stable for 3-4 years. This year, and last year, I instead earned about £100/year, despite having much more traffic/visitors, and more "aged content". When I get a ch…

You can always do a direct ad deal if it's the right niche. Better privacy for your users and it's impossible to block.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

PostOnce wrote: post #41
pmoriarty wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The bright side of Google's anti-ad-blocking efforts is that ad-blocking is clearly no longer just an insignificant blip on their radar. There must be enough users of ad-blockers now to start to significantly affect their bottom line. There might even be a critical mass of people who are against advertising to attempt to make some legal headway on this issue in Washington. Just as there has been legal action against…

I would think it's more likely they legislate against us, i.e. making it a crime to circumvent advertising (see: circumventing DRM).

It's already copyright infringement. In USA Fair Use probably does the necessary; but in UK I'm pretty sure it's infringing (you've modified the work without permission).

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by ycombonator »

JMTQp8lwXL wrote: post #111
keyle wrote: post #47

I've just noticed Safari is stuck at 1.16 and I've been using a fork. Anyone here uses Safari as their main browsing tool and has a good alternative? I mean 1.16 seems to do the job just fine, but if it falls behind too far...

Setup a Pi-Hole and don't depend on browser-level but network-level ad blocking.

+1 ! Loving the pihole setup myself. Optimized the dnsmasq & raspbian network a little bit. I have 248,000 hosts on block list. Can you share your block lists if you can ?

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

bdcravens wrote: post #22
paul7986 wrote: post #6

Just read Microsoft will allow ad blocker extensions (May build one in) in their new Chromium browser. Looks like I’m going to rewind 13 years and use IE again(IE of today). Such a stupid move by the do no evil company! Now they do no stupid too. EDIT: Here is link... https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2019/06/16/micr...

> Looks like I’m going to rewind 13 years Well if you had asked your typical HN developer a few years ago whether they'd be using a Microsoft code editor ...

What I really like about using "code" on Ubuntu is the nostalgia.

# name that assumes no other apps exist, check

# randomly freezes, check

# doesn't produce a log without jumping through hoops, check

Seriously though, I only just started using it, looks great ;o)

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