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uBlock Origin 1.20

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Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by Dangeranger »

nickjj wrote: post #115
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.

OBS is interesting because not only is it one of the best programs available for what it does (and cross platform to boot, which is huge), but it's also a catalyst for making people an absurd amount of money. Pretty much every top streamer uses it. I wouldn't be surprised if OBS was responsible for generating over $75 million worth of earnings for just the top streamers on Twitch in the last few years, then there's T…

OBS could make a lot of money by offering a few premium features for an annual donation. Something like a more advanced banner editor, or an animation engine.

It’s amazing software and I would like to see the developers and the organization thrive and be sustainable for the long term.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by ducttape12 »

agumonkey wrote: post #100
nocture wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I send a small mental thanks to Raymond almost every day - his impact is stunning when you think of it

yeah, because of him, everytime I use ublock-less chrome on android I get angry, thanks a lot gorhill ! ;)

Give Brave a shot. It's Chromium with an ad blocker, privacy blocker, and HTTPS Everywhere built in!

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by Tepix »

fanttazio wrote: post #159
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…

Maybe a good start could be sponsoring the maintainer since GitHub added the feature?

It's not that people don't want to give him donations. He doesn't want any.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by Tepix »

ec109685 wrote: post #67

It's crazy how good uBlock is and everything it blocks. What happens if more of the Internet learns about this extension? Subscriptions for all sites? Some other business model?

You probably mean uBlock Origin, not uBlock.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by Tepix »

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…

My guess is if he were to start accepting donations he could do it full-time as his main job. Guess he doesn't want that.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by vbezhenar »

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.

What's the advantage of Pi-Hole over ubound?

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by icebraining »

michaelmrose wrote: post #52
superkuh wrote: post #21

Too bad it only targets Chrome webextensions. No support for people still using the Firefox version of Firefox instead of the modern Chrome style Firefox.

Pre quantum being unsupported and therefore by dint of lacking security updates insecure will end up with 0.1% marketshare. This is probably why nobody cares. You are of course free to maintain a fork for you and the other 28 users.

gorhill is such a trooper that he's actually still maintaining a Firefox-legacy version, latest release just a couple of weeks ago: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/firefox-legac...

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by ehonda »

panta wrote: post #121
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…

Yes, this. uBlock Origin seems to have ~15 million active users between Chrome and Firefox (source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBlock_Origin#uBlock_Origin ). If it only spared us 10 seconds a day on average (probably a super conservative estimate), it would save the equivalent of an average human life (~70yrs) every 15 days! (And given that probably at least 70% of users don't use an ad blocker, it's infuriating to…

uBlock saves my laptop battery and CPU when web browsing, by a lot. It has an older core2 CPU that can easily churn at 40% just staring at a page where some ads aren't blocked. That and the cpu fan spins up to high. Turn on uBlock, and CPU use goes to zero. uBlock saves electricity and is therefor good for the environment. I'd say we're all obligated to use it ;)

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by TeMPOraL »

rusk wrote: post #155
vimslayer wrote: post #120

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Fun fact: the line of the ad was twisted by internet people for meming purposes. The actual line is "You wouldn't steal a car".

I always thought a good answer to this was "well I'd think about copying a car if I could..." How sweet would that be? Friend gets a car, I make a copy of it at zero cost! I guess the standard answer to that would be "but you're depriving the manufacturer of money to cover the costs of providing the car in the first place" Which is reasonable, but I'd have to question their business model if their manufacturing costs…

Nah, the standard answer isn't reasonable. They're depriving themselves of that money by choosing a business model that matches neither the customer needs nor physical reality.

In hopes it'll one day turn into a catchphrase: no one is entitled to have a particular business model working for them forever.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by gorhill »

foepys wrote: post #63
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…

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.

EasyList/EasyPrivacy and other lists are maintained by volunteers, not by Eyeo GmbH.
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