gorhill should be given a Nobel Prize and a knighthood for contributions to humanity.
No kidding. How do we thank this person? Compensate the effort?
uBlock Origin 1.53
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Re: uBlock Origin 1.53
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ad-blocking never stopped working for me. I use a combo of uBlock Origin, uMatrix, and Unhook.
I used to use uMatrix before it ceased development, but eventually switched over to only uBlock advanced mode. Do you find it still works fine? What cases do you keep uMatrix around for?
The UI is superior, in my opinion. Better colours; much clearer about which connections are made or attempted; less interaction with typing out rules or looking at such rules.
If I could get the uMatrix "skin" on top of uBlock Origin that would be great.
Re: uBlock Origin 1.53
#43I'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.
This. I've pretty much stopped using YouTube since the adblocker blocker shut me out. I figure it's a good time to kick a bad habit. :D
To be fair Youtube has to make a profit somehow. Ad revenue, direct and/or through profile data collection is easy and effective but the worst businessmodel for human sanity.
I like that they at least offer an alternative for the ad viewing part through Youtube premium. I don't know about the US as streaming services seem to have catalogues orders of magnitude more extensive than over here in Europe, but compared to the likes of Prime Video, Netflix, Apple TV+, Disney+ and several local offerings, YT Premium is a steal in terms of value proposition.
And like most here I fail to understand how anyone can stand YT with ads.
You wiil seriously start to dislike the podcasts for speaking in video ads though.
Re: uBlock Origin 1.53
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not seeing any YouTube adds. I'm using ublock origin with firefox and didn't do anything special. What YouTube adds are everyone talking about?
They have been rolling out ad-blocker detection with warning popups telling you to disable it. Mine were skippable the first few times but that lead to a final 3 warnings with the player refusing to load after. They seem to be doing a lot of A/B testing with the system currently.
Turn off Ublock, reload the page, then turn it back on. Usually solves the problem for me.
Re: uBlock Origin 1.53
#45I'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.
It’s crazy. Even with an adblocker you are subjected to a crazy amount of ads or hostile design. With ads, it’s just a free for all on your attention.
and for your cpu. Ads are the number one killer of performance.
Re: uBlock Origin 1.53
#46Earlier 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…
Which is fine. It's just that the options they offer aren't good. You either take annoying ads or pay $14 per month. How much do they make showing me ads per month? Probably not $1. If they wanted to offer me premium for $20 per year I would gladly pay and it would be win-win. As it stands I will play cat and mouse with ad blockers and they will get $0 from me.
Re: uBlock Origin 1.53
#47"Do not add filters from untrusted sources." Interesting addition.
Re: uBlock Origin 1.53
#48From the “uBO works best in Firefox” page, I found this gem:
> Firefox will wait for uBO to be ready before sending network requests from already opened tab(s) at browser launch.
> In Chromium-based browsers, this is not the case. Tracker/advertisement payloads may find their way into already opened tabs before uBO is ready, while Firefox will properly filter these.
That’s a hell of a “bug” in Chromium, that blocker initialization has a race condition with restoring the last opened tabs. What a weird little “accident” that Chromium just moves forward and loads all the trackers, “oopsie”. I wonder which kind of promotion the engineer who made that “mistake” has been awarded.
Re: uBlock Origin 1.53
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
This. I've pretty much stopped using YouTube since the adblocker blocker shut me out. I figure it's a good time to kick a bad habit. :D
Can't you copy the url and open in incognito? If you are using Firefox you can open it in a container that is not logged into YouTube no ?
I did that a little. The friction is irritating and enough for me to walk away from the computer after only a few videos. It was just enough to break me from my normal veg and consooooom cycle.
Re: uBlock Origin 1.53
#50Is there something significant about this release? I read the changelog but nothing really stands out to me.