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Re: UBlock Origin

#31

Post by acheron »

83a wrote: post #30
StavrosK wrote: post #25

I've tried uBlock a few times, but it's always been inferior to Ghostery. I want to choose what I block on each page, e.g. sometimes I want to load Disqus, sometimes I don't, etc. uBlock doesn't allow me to do any of that, does anyone know a lighter alternative to Ghostery that will still have sane lists and allow me to unblock elements on a per-page basis?

i'm using https://www.requestpolicy.com/ (ghostery seems to phone home, requestpolicy not (afaik))

There's an opt-in option in Ghostery that reports usage info, but as far as I know it doesn't "phone home" if you don't opt in to that.

Re: UBlock Origin

#32

Post by bhouston »

izietto wrote: post #22
currysausage wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> hence ABE happened Fun fact: ABE is now discontinued "in favor of uBlock" because the latter is just so much more efficient. [1] [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-Us/firefox/addon/adblock-edge/

It has been discontinued too early; from an AdBlock Edge comment, titled "uBlock may be fast, but is rubbish": > I've been using uBlock now for a while and while it is light and fast, it's is rubbish to use. Exclusions are idiotic, context menu controls don't work, default filters selection is idiotic, it doesn't sync settings like Adblock Edge does, I'm just starting to hate it. > I'd too like to see AdBlock Edge co…

And don't forget that uBlock blocks Google Analytics, breaks most popular travel sites if you try to actually purchase, and also error reporters like NewRelix. Most of this is the fault of the default inclusion of EasyPrivacy I believe.

Re: UBlock Origin

#33

Post by StavrosK »

acheron wrote: post #31
83a wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i'm using https://www.requestpolicy.com/ (ghostery seems to phone home, requestpolicy not (afaik))

There's an opt-in option in Ghostery that reports usage info, but as far as I know it doesn't "phone home" if you don't opt in to that.

Yeah, seconded, AFAIK it doesn't phone home if you disable that.

Re: UBlock Origin

#34

Post by benedikt »

83a wrote: post #30
StavrosK wrote: post #25

I've tried uBlock a few times, but it's always been inferior to Ghostery. I want to choose what I block on each page, e.g. sometimes I want to load Disqus, sometimes I don't, etc. uBlock doesn't allow me to do any of that, does anyone know a lighter alternative to Ghostery that will still have sane lists and allow me to unblock elements on a per-page basis?

i'm using https://www.requestpolicy.com/ (ghostery seems to phone home, requestpolicy not (afaik))

What about Disconnect or Lightbeam? (as alternatives to Ghostery)

Re: UBlock Origin

#35

Post by fridek »

Honest question - what business model for free content do you see other than ads? I understand all the privacy and distraction issues related, but increasingly many news sites I read feature only paid content. I suppose it's connected to the rise of ad blocking.

At the moment I'm not hosting any content of such kind myself, but I wanted to publish a game and I'm facing the same question. Should I sell my soul to the devil and work on freemium, coins, exploit OCD and rich-parents kids, or host ads and risk not earning a dime because every single gamer I know is tech savvy enough to have an ad blocker?

Re: UBlock Origin

#36

Post by benedikt »

nickysielicki wrote: post #15

You should all check out umatrix if you have 15 minutes to spare. Made by the same guy, it's adblocking and noscript done exactly how you want it done. Block pulled-in third-party sites by default, accept all on the primary domain you're looking at, and especially block from domains on a blacklist. It breaks on a few sites, but it's not in my way as much as noscript and it's a 5 second job to get most any website to…

Is it supposed to run alongside uBlock Origin or is it indended as a replacement?

Re: UBlock Origin

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Post by tasqa »

the8472 wrote: post #21
nickysielicki wrote: post #15

You should all check out umatrix if you have 15 minutes to spare. Made by the same guy, it's adblocking and noscript done exactly how you want it done. Block pulled-in third-party sites by default, accept all on the primary domain you're looking at, and especially block from domains on a blacklist. It breaks on a few sites, but it's not in my way as much as noscript and it's a 5 second job to get most any website to…

> it's adblocking and noscript done exactly how you want it done. it's good, but not exactly how I want it done. Namely, it's not hierarchical. E.g. I can say Site A may load frames from site B. But then site B tries to load stuff in its frame and I have to set additional rules for Site B. instead an forward pointer to "Site B default inclusion set" or something like that would be useful. Basically, hundreds of sites…

All scopes import from higher level scopes. E.g. bl.com imports from * and www.bla.com import from * and bla.com.

I've made soem modifications to the * (global) scope to allow the minimal version of youtube to load. So whenever I visit a new website youtube just works.

Re: UBlock Origin

#38

Post by colinbartlett »

StavrosK wrote: post #33
acheron wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's an opt-in option in Ghostery that reports usage info, but as far as I know it doesn't "phone home" if you don't opt in to that.

Yeah, seconded, AFAIK it doesn't phone home if you disable that.

Privacy-advocating browser extension stops violating your privacy if you ask it to.

Re: UBlock Origin

#39

Post by kevingadd »

nickysielicki wrote: post #15

You should all check out umatrix if you have 15 minutes to spare. Made by the same guy, it's adblocking and noscript done exactly how you want it done. Block pulled-in third-party sites by default, accept all on the primary domain you're looking at, and especially block from domains on a blacklist. It breaks on a few sites, but it's not in my way as much as noscript and it's a 5 second job to get most any website to…

Thanks for the recommendation! Uninstalled noscript, installed uMatrix in firefox, and wow - everything feels faster and configuration is less finicky. Loving it.

Re: UBlock Origin

#40

Post by beagle3 »

fridek wrote: post #35

Honest question - what business model for free content do you see other than ads? I understand all the privacy and distraction issues related, but increasingly many news sites I read feature only paid content. I suppose it's connected to the rise of ad blocking. At the moment I'm not hosting any content of such kind myself, but I wanted to publish a game and I'm facing the same question. Should I sell my soul to the…

How much do you think you'll make from ads? Chances are, much, much less than you expect. There are exceptions (e.g. plentyoffish.com), but people I know who run popular niche sites (in the low millions of page views per month, a few tens-of-thousands unique) are happy when they manage to make $1,000/month from ads.
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