So you’ve decided to do something about all those annoying ads you’re barraged with online. What pushed you over the edge? Auto-play video ads? Blaring banners? Tired of your music interrupted by a sudden sponsorship? Was it the realization they intentionally make the ‘Close’ buttons [x] on ads super tiny so you accidentally click the […]
  • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
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    10 months ago

    uMatrix + uBlock Origin

    Edit: For YouTube there is also SponsorBlock, but I don’t use YouTube directly anymore. It’s part of FreeTube, so you could add SponsorBlock to the list too if you want.

    • www-gem@lemmy.ml
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      10 months ago

      Umatrix was awesome but is unfortunately not maintained anymore since July 21, 2021. Ublock origin is a perfect replacement though and can be deeply configured behind its simpler appearance. Coupled with the LibRedirect add-on in the Librewolf browser and I can navigate ad and tracking free.

      • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
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        10 months ago

        Dang, I was not aware uMatrix was not maintained anymore. But it does still its job and has its own usefulness. I like the interface and how everything is layed out easily, where I can allow or deny specific domains or categories back and forth. It shows in a table which domain requests what category (and how many). So this is to me invaluable and a good companion alongside uBlock Origin. I can also just allow only images for a certain domain in example, not just its entirety. Its easy to see and work from this table to me. Like in this screenshot:

        • www-gem@lemmy.ml
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          10 months ago

          I noticed that it was not maintained when some pop-ups showed up while they used to be blocked. I also first missed that level of granularity from umatrix. You can replicate it with the element picker mode in Ublock but I realized that I could live with the “basic” Ublock advanced settings.

          • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
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            10 months ago

            I can’t replicate this with ublock element picker, because not every element can be picked like in matrix. Also I can see what domain each element is that I am about to block, and even just block or allow specific elements per domain. umatrix also does not save all changed rules until I click the save button. Its easy to revert and try stuff.

            With the element picker in ublock its not like that. In example I use zapper to block stuff (btw it can only block, not allow stuff). And now when I want to make that setup permanent, I have to reload site and start doing the same again with the permanent block element functionality.

            But on the other side, for some webpages ublocks visual blocker is much better. In my experience, both tools are good and cannot replicate the other. I even think umatrix should be installed by default everywhere ublock origin is installed too, but someone trustworthy needs to maintain it.

  • mydude@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I don’t really trust these adblockers… Has anyone tried using Greasemonkey or any of the equivalent script environments for adblocking? I know it’s posdible, but I could not find any good scripts available? Has anyone found any good scripts on github (or other places) for this?

    • ivn@jlai.luEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Why would you trust Greasemonkey and some random script over uBlockOrigin?

      Also it might be possible to do it partly but performance would inevitably be worse and I’m not sure every functionality would be implementable.

    • leopold@lemmy.kde.socialEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Content blockers like uBlock use filter lists which list every single element that needs to be blocked across the entire web. I currently have nearly 700000 of these filters active. That is very far outside the scope of a simple script. Basically all ad blocking userscripts are site-specific and they still usually block significantly less than uBlock would on the same site. Also, userscripts are not safer than extensions.

  • foremanguy@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    You should only use Unlock Origin in my opinion… But I’m open to other propositions

  • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
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    10 months ago

    In short: all are Crap, usd UBlockOrigin

    (ABP is worse, Adguard “intelligently shows ads”, Ghostery is spyware)

  • Archaeopteryx@kbin.run
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    10 months ago

    I also would vote for uBlock Origins. This is by far the best solution on the market. It blocks more than just ads and trackers. uBlock blocks also malware sites, popups, miners and other annoyances. Or you can also use it as an URL shortener tool to get rid of the tracking parameters in the URLs.

    Something I’ve also been looking at more closely for a few days now is Arkenfox to hardening my Firefox more effective. Does anyone here has some experiences with Arkenfox?

    • tmjaea@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Nah, they tried to sell their own “non-intrusive” ads after blocking the sites’ ads.

  • gnuhaut@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    extension design and strong content filters make AdBlock for Firefox a solid choice for people who don’t necessarily despise all ads

    Do these people exist and if so, have they been checked for brainworms?

    The rest is also stupid, ublock origin can and does block trackers, and can be made to block more stuff if you want. It’s strictly better in every way than the competition, which lets through more stuff, and/or sells your info. The article would be very short though if they just said that.

    • The Doctor@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Either the article’s author has an editor who made the change, or the author knows what side his bread’s buttered on.

    • tritonium@midwest.social
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      10 months ago

      I like Adguardhome better.

      Adaway on rooted Android is pretty amazing and blocks a lot of ads in apps.

      SmartTubeNext for ad free YouTube on TV. And S0undTV for ad free twitch on TV.

      Revanced Manager for ad free YouTube and more on Android phones.

  • Truck_kun@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    10 months ago

    My typical recommendation would be:

    Normie: uBlock Origin

    Techie: uBlock Origin + uMatrix

    Security Critical/Paranoia/Just Hate Yourself: uBlock Origin + uMatrix + NoScript

    I use the last option at work, and the middle option at home, and the first option for my wife’s computer.

    For me, a lot of it isn’t about ads, it’s more about the security risk of cross site scripting. Typically, if I’m visiting a site, I probably trust it, but I have no trust for people they sell ads to. I don’t mind sites I trust having a few non-intrusive ads, but of course that’s not the reason I use blockers; if a site has so many ads it is unusable, I just don’t ever visit it again (plenty of 'don’t show articles from ’ flags in my google news feed for this very reason. I’ll never know if you redeem yourself, because I will just never visit your site again.).

    • boatswain@infosec.pub
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      10 months ago

      If XSS is your concern, check out Firefox’s Container Tabs. They allow you to set up tab groups that restrict access to cookies to only tabs in that group, so you can just, eg, set up a group for your bank and restrict it to just your bank’s site. Your session cookie etc are then not available to any other tab groups.

      I pair that with the Temporary Containers extension, so any random tab I open is in its own container. Everything is always separate.

  • olicvb@lemmy.caEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I see all the Ublock Origin love, I also want to bring up Privacy badger (while not an adblocker I use it and would love for people to confirm it’s relevancy to me).

    Should be part of the basic user extension kit afaik