uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues on Hacker News

…they can be. Many of the things uBO does cannot be done in v3. That's what the uproar is about. https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338#iss... https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338#iss...

comment by Arnavion · 2021-10-20 · in Google, Mozilla Close to Finalizing Sanitizer API for Chrome and Firefox Browse

…[2] https://news.softpedia.com/news/google-chrome-microsoft-edge... [3] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338

comment by danuker · 2021-07-15 · in Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers are panicking

…detects and blocks this. Unfortunately Chrome and Safari don't expose the APIs to allow this there. https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/780

comment by Qub3d · 2021-06-01 · in Apple, FedEx and the cookie apocalypse

…then just removing query parameters from the URLs of outgoing network requests. --- [1] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/1356#is...

comment by gorhill · 2021-05-05 · in ClearURLs – automatically remove tracking elements from URLs

Searching a bit, I find in https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/760 and https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/1356 that uBlock Origin offers filter functions $queryprune and $removeparam . Didn't know uBlock…

comment by ronjouch · 2021-05-05 · in ClearURLs – automatically remove tracking elements from URLs

Issue was just closed - https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/1553

comment by sodality2 · 2021-04-15 · in DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking Method in Chrome

…understand [1]. So for all of us using that extension, there's no need to install DDG as well. [1] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/1553

comment by dx034 · 2021-04-15 · in DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking Method in Chrome

…of plenty of add-ons that got delisted at random and that were promptly re-instated like ublock ( https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/745 ) or firenvim ( https://github.com/glacambre/firenvim/issues/518 ).

comment by retyurt · 2021-03-24 · in Google Removed ClearURLs Extension from Chrome Web Store

…ad-blocking extensions for it: - https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-still-plans-to-cripple-... - https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338 So you will get a sub-par ad-blocking / anti-tracking experience on Chrome or any…

comment by webmobdev · 2021-01-23 · in Support for the IPFS Protocol – Firefox Bugzilla

I immediately wondered if the controversial Manifest V3 changes would render this a non-issue. https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338 https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/migrating_to_manifes...

comment by saxonww · 2020-10-16 · in Uninstall Nano Defender

…doesn't work with extensions like uBlock Origin. In Firefox, uBO can block first party domains: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/780 Also domain or URL blocking isn't the only thing you can do. You can also ban scripts…

comment by bad_user · 2020-09-06 · in Google proposed Web Bundles could threaten the Web as we know it

From that page. w3engine: "Firefox will be abandoned in the next year" 34 downvotes. https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338

comment by totetsu · 2020-08-21 · in Why Did Mozilla Remove XUL Add-Ons?

…has expressed that he will not neuter the extension to work with Chrome's API change, reference: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338#iss... )

comment by Fej · 2020-08-21 · in Why Did Mozilla Remove XUL Add-Ons?

…. uBO blocks those on Firefox https://medium.com/nextdns/cname-cloaking-the-dangerous-disg... https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/780

comment by ffpip · 2020-08-19 · in Theheadless.dev – open source Puppeteer and Playwright knowledge base

Probably Chrome extension manifest version 3. See, eg https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338

comment by abrowne · 2020-06-23 · in Safari is adopting an extensions API similar to Firefox’s WebExtensions

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story by llacb47 · 2020-06-08 · 0 comments

That link is incorrect. https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/1070

comment by the_pwner224 · 2020-06-06 · in eBay is port scanning visitors to their website

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues?q=is%3A...

comment by ilikenwf · 2020-06-06 · in eBay is port scanning visitors to their website

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues?q=is%3A...

comment by ilikenwf · 2020-06-06 · in eBay is port scanning visitors to their website

…I prefer to just use uBlock origin...we have a discussion and a blocklist for internal IP's here: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues?q=is%3A...

comment by ilikenwf · 2020-06-06 · in eBay is port scanning visitors to their website

…the future that blocks 3rd party access to localhost and other IANA reserved IP addresses, though. https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues?q=is%3A...

comment by ilikenwf · 2020-06-06 · in eBay is port scanning visitors to their website

…does exactly that on browsers which support it. Which I believe is only Firefox at this time. https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/780

comment by thefreeman · 2020-06-06 · in eBay is port scanning visitors to their website

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story by surround · 2020-05-16 · 96 comments

…maximum size and limits the flexibility of the URL filtering. See the uBlock Origin author's post: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338#iss... This is ironic, because uBlock implements an extremely efficient filter and…

comment by AaronFriel · 2020-05-13 · in Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill our extension

…Also, this [1] happened. [0]: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-chrome-manifest-v3-ad-... [1]: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/745

comment by pixelHD · 2020-05-13 · in Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill our extension

Though, advertisers are already using first party redirection. Future of adblockers is bleak. https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/780/

comment by thrwaway69 · 2020-01-20 · in How is search so bad? A case study

Not OP, but probably referencing Chrome's v3 manifest: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338 HN discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20050173 (281 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20044430 (893…

comment by npongratz · 2020-01-07 · in Firefox 72.0

…version of AdBlock will continue to function when they cripple the APIs it relies on: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338#iss... They claim to be doing this for speed purposes, but it'll actually slow down the vast…

comment by wizzwizz4 · 2019-12-05 · in How to fight back against Google AMP as a web user and a web developer

…ad stripping at a minimum. [0] https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/apply-pi-hole-blocking-to-cn... [1] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/780#iss...

comment by t3f · 2019-11-25 · in NextDNS first to block ALL third-party trackers disguised as first-party

uBlock Origin issues: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/780 https://github.com/NanoAdblocker/NanoCore/issues/296

comment by matheusmoreira · 2019-11-23 · in Cname cloaking, a disguise of third-party trackers

…issue becomes more common in the future, then I'll feel more confident about that prediction. [0]: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/780#iss... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21506330

comment by danShumway · 2019-11-20 · in uBlock Origin: Address first-party tracker blocking

…keeps alive the things that make uBlock Origin a necessity for a decent browsing experience. [1]: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/780#iss...

comment by newscracker · 2019-11-20 · in uBlock Origin: Address first-party tracker blocking

…problems a while ago, while suggesting a feature that would help with my particular approach: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/44

comment by neilv · 2019-11-20 · in uBlock Origin: Address first-party tracker blocking

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story by hokkos · 2019-11-20 · 581 comments

…reduces the likelihood that there will be enough people pressuring them to give clear answers. [1] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/745#iss... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21233041

comment by dessant · 2019-11-11 · in Google Begins Testing Extension Manifest V3 in Chrome Canary

And once asked a clear question, the developer advocate deflects and stops answering: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/745#iss...

comment by dessant · 2019-11-11 · in Google Begins Testing Extension Manifest V3 in Chrome Canary

Yes[0] [0]: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338

comment by steventhedev · 2019-11-11 · in Google Begins Testing Extension Manifest V3 in Chrome Canary

gorhill will not "make uBO less than what it is now". https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338#iss...

comment by josefx · 2019-11-10 · in Using Firefox for a faster, calmer and distraction-free internet

I believe so: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338#iss... And: https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1134127701583904770?s=20

comment by tyingq · 2019-11-10 · in Using Firefox for a faster, calmer and distraction-free internet

…there did not have as much luck. Just the fact that they reply in this way on issues is disgusting: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/745#iss... https://github.com/dessant/search-by-image/issues/57#issueco...

comment by dependenttypes · 2019-10-12 · in A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store

Do you mean this post? https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/745#iss... That's the developer relenting and trying to resubmit, after fuming at one of their users suggesting to do so. The reply they get is the same as the…

comment by YeGoblynQueenne · 2019-10-12 · in A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store

…uBO 1.22.5rc2 would no longer be rejected with only changing the version number to 1.23.0.", https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/745#iss...

comment by _Microft · 2019-10-12 · in A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store

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story by ismaildonmez · 2019-10-12 · 588 comments

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story by __name__ · 2019-10-07 · 1 comment

…manifest v3 proposal takes chrome down to roughly the same level as Safari for ad blocking plugins. https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338#iss... So, that day isn't far off. It was supposed to be in canary last month, I…

comment by tyingq · 2019-09-20 · in Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other blockers for Safari

…There is a fairly lengthy explanation of how it is bad and why by the author of uBlock Origin: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338#iss...

comment by krageon · 2019-07-10 · in Firefox 68.0

…rules. None of the updates seem to have changed his position that this would cripple Ublock Origin. https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338#iss... > I don't know exactly what other features may be needed I know this sounds…

comment by danShumway · 2019-06-13 · in Web Request and Declarative Net Request: Explaining the impact on Extensions

…an update to the rules will require a full update of the plugin. See also comments from gorhill: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338#iss...

comment by Isinlor · 2019-06-09 · in Opera, Brave, Vivaldi to ignore Chrome's anti-ad-blocker changes

…enterprise will probably at best buy you some time before you're forced to make that decision. [0] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338#iss...

comment by danShumway · 2019-06-06 · in Plausible Deniability and Gaslighting in Fighting Ad Blockers

See: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338#iss... > eyeo GmbH (owner of Adblock Plus) is a business partner of Google (through its "Acceptable Ads" business plan), and its business share some the same key characteristics…

comment by judge2020 · 2019-05-30 · in Switch from Chrome to Firefox