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Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

#91

Post by feanaro »

Causality1 wrote: post #82
pmoriarty wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The bright side of Google's anti-ad-blocking efforts is that ad-blocking is clearly no longer just an insignificant blip on their radar. There must be enough users of ad-blockers now to start to significantly affect their bottom line. There might even be a critical mass of people who are against advertising to attempt to make some legal headway on this issue in Washington. Just as there has been legal action against…

They're more likely to outlaw adblocking than they are outlaw advertising. Frankly I fear we're nearing the end of a golden age, where those in the know have an incredibly easy time blocking ads with a simple extension while our content providers are funded by the ignorant tech commoners watching ads. I don't want a future where ads are baked right into the YouTube video stream and articles refuse to load until they…

We are not helpless in this and we should not just lie down and accept our fate.

On what grounds and by what rationale could adblockers be possibly outlawed? If you cannot answer this question reasonably, then please don't even mention this as a reasonable possibility.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

#92

Post by agumonkey »

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…

First thing I install in any browser.

I always mention it to neighbors (who still don't use one..)

Massive thanks to everyone involved

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

#93

Post by leadingthenet »

krtkush wrote: post #49
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...

I use AdGuard but it is no uBlock Origin.

The paid version is even better than uBlock Origin.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

#94

Post by feanaro »

scardine wrote: post #68
bdcravens wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Looks like I’m going to rewind 13 years Well if you had asked your typical HN developer a few years ago whether they'd be using a Microsoft code editor ...

Lets not forget WSL. I just got the WSL2 upgrade - it turns a Windows 10 desktop into a quite decent software developer workstation. Seriously guys, if the last time you used Windows was a few years ago it is time to give it a another shot.

Isn't the surveillance/telemetry problem still as much of a problem as it was on day zero? As far as I know, it hasn't been removed nor lessened. As far as I remember, it is absolutely overreaching, collecting your name, email address, browsing history, searches, application usage and more.

Microsoft also keeps a copy of your full-disk encryption key. " rel="nofollow">https://theintercept.com/2015/12/28/recently-bought-a-window...

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

#95

Post by gridlockd »

proszkinasenne2 wrote: post #89

Is there a good short answer for why uBlock is using constructs like this: if ( self.browser instanceof Object ) { self.chrome = self.browser; } else { self.browser = self.chrome; } Instead of using a polyfill like that one https://github.com/mozilla/webextension-polyfill ?

This may sound shocking to "modern Javascript" developers:

Often, a little copy is better than a little dependency.

More often, a little copy is better than a large dependency.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

#96

Post by tonyedgecombe »

Causality1 wrote: post #82
pmoriarty wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The bright side of Google's anti-ad-blocking efforts is that ad-blocking is clearly no longer just an insignificant blip on their radar. There must be enough users of ad-blockers now to start to significantly affect their bottom line. There might even be a critical mass of people who are against advertising to attempt to make some legal headway on this issue in Washington. Just as there has been legal action against…

They're more likely to outlaw adblocking than they are outlaw advertising. Frankly I fear we're nearing the end of a golden age, where those in the know have an incredibly easy time blocking ads with a simple extension while our content providers are funded by the ignorant tech commoners watching ads. I don't want a future where ads are baked right into the YouTube video stream and articles refuse to load until they…

This is a problem for the advertisers, they don’t want their most valuable prospects walled off by adblockers.

My guess is we will see much more sponsored content as a response to this.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

#97

Post by tonyedgecombe »

feanaro wrote: post #91
Causality1 wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're more likely to outlaw adblocking than they are outlaw advertising. Frankly I fear we're nearing the end of a golden age, where those in the know have an incredibly easy time blocking ads with a simple extension while our content providers are funded by the ignorant tech commoners watching ads. I don't want a future where ads are baked right into the YouTube video stream and articles refuse to load until they…

We are not helpless in this and we should not just lie down and accept our fate. On what grounds and by what rationale could adblockers be possibly outlawed? If you cannot answer this question reasonably, then please don't even mention this as a reasonable possibility.

Lobbying from the advertisers?

I personally don’t think it’s very likely, for one thing I expect most of the staff at the likes of Google run an adblocker.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

#98

Post by ePierre »

paul7986 wrote: post #6

Just read Microsoft will allow ad blocker extensions (May build one in) in their new Chromium browser. Looks like I’m going to rewind 13 years and use IE again(IE of today). Such a stupid move by the do no evil company! Now they do no stupid too. EDIT: Here is link... https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2019/06/16/micr...

> Looks like I’m going to rewind 13 years and use IE again(IE of today).

Why not using Firefox?

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

#99

Post by worble »

scardine wrote: post #68
bdcravens wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Looks like I’m going to rewind 13 years Well if you had asked your typical HN developer a few years ago whether they'd be using a Microsoft code editor ...

Lets not forget WSL. I just got the WSL2 upgrade - it turns a Windows 10 desktop into a quite decent software developer workstation. Seriously guys, if the last time you used Windows was a few years ago it is time to give it a another shot.

If the WSL is the only reason windows is a decent development workstation, then why not just use Linux in the first place? What unique factor is Windows offering here?

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

#100

Post by agumonkey »

nocture wrote: post #73
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…

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 ! ;)
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