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#1

Post by NOWHERE_ » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 6:20 PM UTC

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#2

Post by Terr_ » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 6:32 PM UTC

Previous HN thread, 8 hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38345858

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#3

Post by geek_at » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 6:37 PM UTC

Is this some n=1 thing or can someone else confirm that this is for all Firefox users?

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#4

Post by neogodless » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 6:38 PM UTC

Terr_ wrote: post #2

Previous HN thread, 8 hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38345858

And still front page, with 386 comments. And links to the source instead of some random X / Twitter post!

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#5

Post by qweijfoiwqj » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 6:40 PM UTC

Firefox is the browser of choice for me on Android, because it is the only browser that allows using uBlock Origin on a smartphone.

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#6

Post by Racing0461 » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 6:41 PM UTC

qweijfoiwqj wrote: post #5

Firefox is the browser of choice for me on Android, because it is the only browser that allows using uBlock Origin on a smartphone.

is it the full ublock origin impl?

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#7

Post by Racing0461 » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 6:41 PM UTC

geek_at wrote: post #3

Is this some n=1 thing or can someone else confirm that this is for all Firefox users?

i can confirm (it even affects people on chrome with adblock detected). also on reddit it has the javascript causing this.

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#8

Post by banana_giraffe » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 6:41 PM UTC

geek_at wrote: post #3

Is this some n=1 thing or can someone else confirm that this is for all Firefox users?

n++, I've seen this behavior.

Adding 'NotChrome' to my UA worked around this, as the code seems to be looking for the string literal 'Chrome' anywhere in the UA to trigger this and other behavior.

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#9

Post by wintorez » Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 6:41 PM UTC

So much for “don’t be evil”