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Re: uBlock Origin 1.53

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Post by xctr94 »

Liquix wrote: post #34
Kate0CoolLibby wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A few years now since I have given up on (most) of Google's services. YouTube via Newpipe is the only exception I can think of. But if it came between choosing between uBlock and anything? I choose uBlock!

Same. But IMHO Google would be fine with this. They aren't in the business of giving out CPU time and bandwidth for free – your data must be catalogued and correlated and sold to keep YouTube viable. What do they gain from the 5-10% of users consuming videos but offering no salable data in return? It's a direct hit to the bottom line from a minority who would rather stop using the service than be converted to impress…

In the US, we’re talking about a quarter of users. That’s a lot of traffic to lose.

If they stop bundling Music, and possibly lower the cost of YT Premium, it might convert better.

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Post by nullandvoid »

kriro wrote: post #58

I have been hit a lot by the adblock-block and my default browser for youtube was Chrome with uBlock. There was some back and forth and it still worked around 50% of the time. I took the oportunity to try the youtube experience on a brand new clean browser, not logged in. My seed recommendations were 80% right wing and conspiracy material. I humored the algorithm a bit and after three days I was basically in a right…

I find YT is only useable via the following combination of extensions these days

- Ublock (still works for me, maybe it's a Firefox thing) - News feed eradictor (hides reccomended vids) - Pocket tube (how subscription management should have been) - Sponsorblock (auto skip sponsors which are typically gambling or predatory games)

Re: uBlock Origin 1.53

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Post by Goz3rr »

cbarrick wrote: post #187
leloctai wrote: post #87

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Which is a horrible design on Android. Firefox on my (admittedly relatively old) phone take 20s to load the first page when browser start with uBlock enabled. On desktop this is fine as it only happen once a day. But on the phone it happen a lot since apps getting killed is a normal thing.

Chrome desktop since v110 has started killing background tabs and reloading them upon use. [1] Lately, I've noticed Chrome being really aggressive about this. [1]: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/chrome-110-will-auto...

I'm on the regular stable Chrome build and was explicitly asked on several devices over the last few months if I wanted to enable memory saver or not, it wasn't automatic for me at least.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.53

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Post by wintermutestwin »

Liquix wrote: post #34
Kate0CoolLibby wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A few years now since I have given up on (most) of Google's services. YouTube via Newpipe is the only exception I can think of. But if it came between choosing between uBlock and anything? I choose uBlock!

Same. But IMHO Google would be fine with this. They aren't in the business of giving out CPU time and bandwidth for free – your data must be catalogued and correlated and sold to keep YouTube viable. What do they gain from the 5-10% of users consuming videos but offering no salable data in return? It's a direct hit to the bottom line from a minority who would rather stop using the service than be converted to impress…

Your point and attitude would be applicable if YouTube wasn't a de facto monopoly due to the network effect and the Goog throwing their warchest around, effectively eliminating any semblance of a "free market." Meanwhile this monopolistic site is the only repository of massive amounts of content with cultural and practical use to society.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.53

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Post by NelsonMinar »

flakes wrote: post #9

I've been using uBlock since shortly after it launched, and I'd rather lose access to all Google services than not have an ad blocker. I seriously question how people use a browser without one. Completely changes how the web feels.

Most people who work at Google use ad blockers. They agree with you that the web isn't usable without them. The hypocrisy is becoming unbearable.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.53

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Post by bonton89 »

bluescrn wrote: post #118
mantra2 wrote: post #6

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I don’t think they’ve rolled it out to everyone yet.

Currently doesn't seem to affect logged out users. So I just logged out.

One of my PCs never had an account and the ad blocker no longer works. My other PC appears to be logged into my throwaway account and the most I ever saw one message about blocking.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.53

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Post by epgui »

specialist wrote: post #168
chakintosh wrote: post #142

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The cognitive load is the worst part of ads for me. The amounts of ads that display an X to close the banner only for that X to be an actual link to another fkn ad or straight up opens a new tab. Not to mention the invisible divs spanning the entire page so wherever you click, it's gonna open a link which is most of time either porn, betting sites or aliexpress. This sh* should be illegal.

Yup. They're pollution. (There's gotta be a phrase for "cognitive load" + "pollution".) I used to love tech ads. I'd inspect every ad in BYTE, Creative Computing, etc. I'd even buy Computer Shopper, a massive catalog interrupted by some articles, just for the ads. Ads can be useful, informative, and engaging. I wouldn't mind that.

I like the term “information pollution”.

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Post by throitallaway »

Condition1952 wrote: post #169
malka wrote: post #152

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Ad nauseam is "weirdly" banned from the chrome store. Guess it hurts them :)

Can’t you sideload applications like a hacker?

Our computing landscape has deteriorated if installing an application/extension outside of a walled garden makes you a "hacker."

Re: uBlock Origin 1.53

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Post by flutas »

bloopernova wrote: post #209

uBlock Origin can also be used to modify the DOM or CSS in specific URLs via its "My Filters" screen. For instance, I use it to switch HackerNews to dark mode, and restrict the width of comments to about 10-12 words: https://gist.github.com/aclarknexient/c39c83f2f97c3c6b1c307c... It's a great alternative to GreaseMonkey or other user style extensions.

Thanks for the gist.

I tweaked it a tiny bit since overscroll on FF on osx was showing as white, figured I'd share it back. It's not perfect, but the BG color differences are close enough to not bother me.

  ! Invert the colours of the site, making a dark mode that I like
  ! `invert(95%)` does most of the work,
  ! but you can tweak the hue-rotate value to fine tune the colours
  news.ycombinator.com##body:style(filter:invert(95%) hue-rotate(200deg); background: white)
  news.ycombinator.com##html:style(background: black)`

Re: uBlock Origin 1.53

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Post by lolinder »

loughnane wrote: post #189

Yesterday I figured out how to block cards in my LI feed that contained certain words. Here's the one for things containing "excited to" ``` www.linkedin.com##.relative:has-text(/excited to/i)``` between that, blocking images, and user taglines my feed is much more concise and readable.

This is cool, but sincere question: what is even left after you block all the fluff? I rarely bother to go to my LinkedIn feed, but when I do it's all fluff that I don't need to see. Is there actually value buried somewhere under there?
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