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Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by aendruk »

danielwmayer wrote: post #28

Ublock is without a doubt the most valuabe chrome extension. Most people underutilize it as a way of filtering “legitimate portions” of websites as well. For example, I used it to filer out all recommended content from youtube, as well as comments. My youtube is merely a search bar and the video I wanted to watch, nothing more.

My personal filters are categorized into:

- advertisements: things that weren’t caught by the third-party filter lists, e.g. Discord upsells

- animations: gimmicks that spend CPU for cosmetic effect, or visual effects that worsen a headache

- annoyances: components such as sticky headers that conflict with content, and unused features

- dark patterns: fake/inflated notification badges

- distractions: unsolicited suggestions, e.g. Hot Network Questions

- theming: removing classes that conflict with user styles

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by RobotToaster »

PrimeMcFly wrote: post #76
danielwmayer wrote: post #28

Ublock is without a doubt the most valuabe chrome extension. Most people underutilize it as a way of filtering “legitimate portions” of websites as well. For example, I used it to filer out all recommended content from youtube, as well as comments. My youtube is merely a search bar and the video I wanted to watch, nothing more.

There are YouTube specific addons that will do a better job of that and likely use less memory just FYI.

Also sponsorblock, that blocks internal video ads.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

#153

Post by illiac786 »

codetrotter wrote: post #140
Kiro wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe they just don't want to. I don't use an adblocker because I'm not bothered by ads. I just don't care enough. The only place where it's actually annoying is YouTube and that's solved by paying for Premium.

I grew up with ads and learned to not pay attention to them. I still use an ad-blocker on all of my own systems, and on my current company laptop. But a few years back at a different company I didn’t have any ad blocker installed. This was an office job with a desk and coworkers walking past me all the time. So at that job I’m having the browser open reading something and one of the older guys is walking past me. He…

Marketing is a branch that employs hundred of thousands of people to devise the best images to manipulate you. Billions are spent on research in this domain.

thinking oneself impervious to ads, let alone blind, is in my view a bit presomptuous. I am convinced you are influenced by ads, you just don't notice it (and that's the point of ads, you shouldn't notice)

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by david_allison »

danielwmayer wrote: post #28

Ublock is without a doubt the most valuabe chrome extension. Most people underutilize it as a way of filtering “legitimate portions” of websites as well. For example, I used it to filer out all recommended content from youtube, as well as comments. My youtube is merely a search bar and the video I wanted to watch, nothing more.

Thanks to a change by dang, I filter out my karma on HN and would highly recommend others try it.

    news.ycombinator.com###karma

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by codetrotter »

illiac786 wrote: post #153
codetrotter wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I grew up with ads and learned to not pay attention to them. I still use an ad-blocker on all of my own systems, and on my current company laptop. But a few years back at a different company I didn’t have any ad blocker installed. This was an office job with a desk and coworkers walking past me all the time. So at that job I’m having the browser open reading something and one of the older guys is walking past me. He…

Marketing is a branch that employs hundred of thousands of people to devise the best images to manipulate you. Billions are spent on research in this domain. thinking oneself impervious to ads, let alone blind, is in my view a bit presomptuous. I am convinced you are influenced by ads, you just don't notice it (and that's the point of ads, you shouldn't notice)

> I am convinced you are influenced by ads, you just don't notice it (and that's the point of ads, you shouldn't notice)

Yeah that’s why I explicitly mentioned the difference between what I consciously notice and my subconscious and why I mentioned this as another reason to have an adblocker :I

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by Sakos »

danielwmayer wrote: post #28

Ublock is without a doubt the most valuabe chrome extension. Most people underutilize it as a way of filtering “legitimate portions” of websites as well. For example, I used it to filer out all recommended content from youtube, as well as comments. My youtube is merely a search bar and the video I wanted to watch, nothing more.

I briefly tried to go without blocking anything through uBlock. I was willing to give sites a chance because I felt if they needed ads to survive, I'd put up with them. They're insufferable. Pop-ups, changing the layout after the page has already "loaded", interrupting content and forcing me to scroll over it, making it difficult to recognize what's an ad or what's just an embedded video related to the article, etc. Then there's Youtube, who'll insert 30s ads in the beginning and in the middle. Even if I just want to browse videos and I haven't committed a watching a specific one all the way through.

I gave up quickly.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by illiac786 »

codetrotter wrote: post #155
illiac786 wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Marketing is a branch that employs hundred of thousands of people to devise the best images to manipulate you. Billions are spent on research in this domain. thinking oneself impervious to ads, let alone blind, is in my view a bit presomptuous. I am convinced you are influenced by ads, you just don't notice it (and that's the point of ads, you shouldn't notice)

> I am convinced you are influenced by ads, you just don't notice it (and that's the point of ads, you shouldn't notice) Yeah that’s why I explicitly mentioned the difference between what I consciously notice and my subconscious and why I mentioned this as another reason to have an adblocker :I

Sorry then I misread you. I focussed on the statement "truly blind to ads"...

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by dingledork69 »

paulryanrogers wrote: post #144
dlisboa wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s not even those professionals, I’m talking people who are highly skilled and trained (CS/Engineering degrees). Like they could tell you off the top of their head HOW to build an adblocker, but they don’t use one themselves. That type of disconnect that is weird to me. People who don’t know any better I can understand.

Ad blockers can be an ethical issue if one considers that's what funds a site's content and its widespread availability.

Indeed, spying on users and sharing data about them so you can make a buck is unethical.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by no_pomegranates »

Kiro wrote: post #110
EscapeFromNY wrote: post #34

I understand why gorhill doesn't ask for donations, but I still wish there was some sneaky way I could send him some money anyway.

What's the rationale for not accepting donations?

As someone who is neither a lawyer nor an expert, I always wondering if refusing donations gave them less surface area for civil suits from advertising companies for stolen revenue.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by everdrive »

s1k3s wrote: post #90

I’m curious what the plan is for when everyone starts blocking adblockers in YouTube style. Switching browsers won’t do anything to that.

The plan is simple. If YouTube is valuable enough to you, start paying for YouTube Premium. If it’s not, then stop watching YouTube. There’s no such thing as a permanently good service. It will slowly degrade as it attempts to get more value from its “captured” user base.

To be clear, this does not suggest that I’m “owed” YouTube without ads. Just that I won’t participate in it either.

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