gorhill/uBlock on Hacker News

…uBO) has been available for a long time: https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/#extensions https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Deploying-uBlock-Orig...

comment by ormax3 · 2026-10-13 · in Firefox Enterprise

…Web Clipper" and use the "Reading View" button to read articles [2] Trust me, you'll love it. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode#medium-... [2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-clipper-o...

comment by DavideNL · 2026-09-06 · in The ColorChecker, photography's most important 24 squares, turns 50

This remains true: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...

comment by curt15 · 2026-09-01 · in Hang on to Your Firefox

The solution is to use Firefox. uBlock Origin always worked best in Firefox anyway: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...

comment by cisc · 2026-08-31 · in Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO

I'm sure there must be something on https://github.com/gorhill/ublock/wiki/Resources-Library but I've still not really been able to make sense/use of these rules much. At this point blocking certain things in js universally seems kind of…

comment by duskdozer · 2026-08-29 · in “It works better in the app”

https://github.com/gorhill/ublock

comment by Varelion · 2026-08-28

ublock origin _lite_ https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b... I also can't use Safari because I want my tabs and bookmarks to sync between my desktop machine (linux) and my phone (iOS), and Safari is the only major…

comment by TheDong · 2026-08-25 · in iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will remain on icloud.com

…the same restrictions on extensions as Safari (Manifest V3). - uBlock Origin works best on Firefox: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b... - uBlock Origin Lite FAQ: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/wiki/Fre…

comment by commoner · 2026-08-15 · in Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin

…the wiki [1]) you can find benchmarks showing that webpages load faster, rather than slower. [1]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Various-videos-showin...

comment by username923409 · 2026-08-15 · in Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin

…blocked by the Lite version. You may not even notice that they start tracking you efficiently. See https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b... for some examples of things Ublock Lite can't do. Related discussion: uBlock…

comment by fsflover · 2026-08-14 · in Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin

uBlock does a lot more than just block ads, is the thing, and that's what they killed with MV3. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...

comment by sensanaty · 2026-08-10 · in Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM

…prints this: Document tried to create an RTCPeerConnection: undefined Which comes from uBlock, see https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/5efb8ee4891c09720011e... Edit: I gave a shout-out to your comment on the blog post linked in this…

comment by justusw · 2026-07-27 · in Can uBlock Origin Block WebRTC?

No it can't, but yes it can, just not like that. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Resources-Library#now... As can be seen, it matches on the source, not the destination https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Resources-Library#web...…

comment by its-summertime · 2026-07-27 · in Can uBlock Origin Block WebRTC?

…adblockers"? Do any of the MV3 versions replicate the full power of ublock origin on Firefox? ( https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b... )

comment by curt15 · 2026-06-16 · in Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers

…But other developers said this and meant they would support MV2 until Google removed it. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...

comment by pseudalopex · 2026-06-10 · in Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extension

…have ads in them (radio stations, media streaming, etc.) If it has ads, i simply dont’t use it. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

comment by DavideNL · 2026-05-31 · in I'm So Tired of Ads

> It most definitely is as well. No. uBlock Origin works best in Firefox: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b... uBlock Origin Lite can't do everything uBlock Origin does: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/w…

comment by breve · 2026-04-26 · in Firefox Has Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/wiki/Frequently-as... https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...

comment by hurfdurf · 2026-04-25 · in Firefox Has Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine

Or both. uBlock Origin works best in Firefox: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...

comment by breve · 2026-04-17 · in Silicon Valley is turning scientists into exploited gig workers?

…. uBO mitigates this partly by generating internal secret tokens for each request: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/tree/master/src/web_access... . However, there are other proof of concept of another attack vector to bypass this by using…

comment by eipi10_hn · 2026-04-02 · in LinkedIn is searching your browser extensions

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Permissions https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Can-you-trust-uBlock-... https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Privacy-policy https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Why-don't-you-accept-...

comment by nickburns · 2026-04-02 · in LinkedIn is searching your browser extensions

…methods in a way that welcomes those users who do not wish to use more technical means.” [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock?tab=readme-ov-file#ublock-...

comment by ronjouch · 2026-04-02 · in LinkedIn is searching your browser extensions

…like its 'spiritual successor'. I run both side-by-side. https://github.com/hackademix/noscript https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by nickburns · 2026-03-23 · in PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading

…business practices or 2. You shouldn't use ad-block because it's effectively "stealing." [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/MANIFESTO.md

comment by kevinfiol · 2026-03-10 · in YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they'll be unskippable

On PC, it looks like I'm using this, from the end of January: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.69.0 And also this, from a couple of weeks ago: https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/147.0.4/releasenotes/ (with Linux, but…

comment by ssl-3 · 2026-02-27 · in Smartphone market forecast to decline this year due to memory shortage

…be to piggyback off of ublock origin's lists That won’t work. uBlock origin is licensed GPLv3 ( https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock ), this code is MIT licensed ( https://github.com/IronsideXXVI/Hacker-News ).

comment by Someone · 2026-02-20 · in Show HN: A native macOS client for Hacker News, built with SwiftUI

…more garbage I'll never see thanks to uBlock Origin, which everyone should be using at this point. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock?tab=readme-ov-file#ublock-...

comment by biglyburrito · 2025-12-12 · in Native ads coming soon to Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange

There are occasional breakages, but yes. edit: documentation: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax#... https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Resources-Library#tru... It's actually given in example: >…

comment by jraph · 2025-10-22 · in Internet's biggest annoyance: Cookie laws should target browsers, not websites

…situations such as e.g. the multi-year struggle between uBlock Origin extension and Google: - https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/About-Google-Chrome's... Not for-profit may fare better, tolerating and pivoting as corporate owners…

comment by ncr100 · 2025-10-21 · in ChatGPT Atlas

…browser extensions, you have very few options. [1] Notice I said uBlock Origin and NOT uBlock. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by vunderba · 2025-09-24 · in Everything that's wrong with Google Search in one image

…vocation is software. On the other hand, if that can cheer someone up... * https://ladybird.org/ * https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock * Zig rebuilt a C compiler from scratch https://ziggit.dev/t/zig-as-a-c-and-c-compiler/10963 * Rust…

comment by vogu66 · 2025-09-19 · in A shift in developer culture is impacting innovation and creativity

Fortunately, the GitHub README opens with a list of links to install ublock Origin. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock?tab=readme-ov-file#ublock-...

comment by pmxi · 2025-09-09 · in No adblocker detected

…point of potential compromise in what would be very valuable malware). Hill seems to operate from < https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock >. One link that isn't too bad to view < https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/README.md >.…

comment by neilv · 2025-09-09 · in No adblocker detected

…uBO comes configured out-of-the-box). https://github.com/gorilla/ublock/wiki/Keyboard-shortcuts https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Advanced-settings#blo... https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode You still need a solution…

comment by schiffern · 2025-08-31 · in Hardening Firefox – a checklist for improved browser privacy

…I'd recommend also enabling filter lists(I advice yokoffing/filterlists and your region/language) https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-hard-m...

comment by user070223 · 2025-08-20 · in Ask HN: Why does the US Visa application website do a port-scan of my network?

…he was aware of the fork, which mostly shared code with upstream, and seemingly endorsed the fork. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/About-Safari-and-Cana...

comment by lapcat · 2025-08-05 · in uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

…now have since the deprecation of the blocking webRequest API (which Safari never supported). See https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b... for some examples of things you can't do without those APIs.

comment by shawnz · 2025-08-05 · in uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Cloud-storage

comment by inversetelecine · 2025-07-29 · in Sign in with Google in Chrome

…UBO to replace noscript. Then you need to manage it through UBO interface which I don’t like[1] [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-hard-m... [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu...

comment by eddythompson80 · 2025-07-28 · in Sign in with Google in Chrome

…and also a prominent default in uBlock Origin [1]. [0] https://grapheneos.org/features#vanadium [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock?tab=readme-ov-file#ublock-...

comment by ysnp · 2025-07-25 · in Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build

…(but persistent) css-based filters with a nifty element picker was implemented two weeks ago: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/0b0294af4f It's great, and it still even works permissionless!

comment by 0312831209381 · 2025-07-23 · in How to Firefox

…on Firefox, it's very easy to remove that kind of annoyance using the "element zapper" mode. See: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Element-zapper

comment by mrob · 2025-07-22 · in Don't animate height

You're either not using uBlock Origin Lite or do not know what the "per-site switches" are: https://github.com/gorhill/ublock/wiki/Per-site-switches

comment by ReadCarlBarks · 2025-07-22 · in How to Firefox

…- Enable it and relaunch browser - Download the latest zip file of uBlock version from github: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases - Under Assets, download the chromium zip and extract it - Open the extension page in chrome, click…

comment by sto11z · 2025-07-22 · in How to Firefox

No. Yes. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/About-Google-Chrome's...

comment by sksrbWgbfK · 2025-07-21 · in Ask HN: Is there a way to get uBlock Origin on Chrome >= 138?

…[2] https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1j5tktg/ubloc... [3] https://github.com/gorhill/ublock/wiki/Blocking-mode [4] https://www.localcdn.org/ [5] https://github.com/ClearURLs/Addon

comment by schiffern · 2025-07-19 · in A 14kb page can load much faster than a 15kb page (2022)

The best bypass is to use Firefox. uBlock Origin works best in Firefox: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...

comment by breve · 2025-07-12 · in Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

…referencing a method to block, unsure how effective it is(seems to be based on the first link): https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax#... "*$1p,strict3p,script,header=via:1.1 google" Perhaps some filter in your list…

comment by user070223 · 2025-07-05 · in Incapacitating Google Tag Manager (2022)

https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/wiki/Changes-from-HTTP-Sw... https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Advanced-settings Having tried both, IMHO they do not do exactly the same thing. One is pattern-based, the other is host-based. As such,…

comment by 1vuio0pswjnm7 · 2025-07-05 · in Incapacitating Google Tag Manager (2022)

…you can easily whitelist sites individually and set a hotkey to switch to lesser blocking modes. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-hard-m...

comment by schiffern · 2025-07-05 · in Incapacitating Google Tag Manager (2022)