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0 pointscrazygringo1y ago0 comments

The adblockers still work on Chrome though.

Pretty sure people are figuring out to switch to uBlock Origin Lite and ads -- including on YouTube -- are still being blocked just fine.

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unicornporn1y ago

They "work", but not well.

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

zelphirkalt1y ago

Until those things don't work any longer. Slowly the frog is boiled here.

culi1y ago

They will continue to "work". Both v2 and v3 allows extensions to block elements from the DOM. However, only in v2 can they modify actual network calls. With v3, those network calls will still be made. Which means you are no longer protected from tracking and your web browsing experience is once again being slowed down by the loading of ads even if you don't see those ads

crazygringoOP1y ago

As I replied to your other comments, this is false. v3 block the network calls. They are not made. You are protected from tracking and nothing is slowed.

culi1y ago

They can still block elements from appearing on your browser but in the background the network calls are still being made. That means you are no longer being protected from tracking and your internet is once again being slowed down by the loading of ads

crazygringoOP1y ago

That's not true. The requests themselves are blocked:

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/api/d...

culi1y ago

Lol yeah with a max number of rules being 50

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/Web...

But declarativeNetRequest is the alternative to the webRequest API which Chrome is removing. Using declarativeNetRequest means you have to rely on static rules instead of the dynamic logic that the webRequest API allowed. This is extremely trivial to bypass. So much so that it's basically nothing at all. Especially when you take into account the max ruleset sizes

Also in Chrome (and Chrome only) any images or iframes blocked are simply collapsed

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TingPing1y ago

For now. Advertisers now know ways to bypass all blockers for Chrome.

grayhatter1y ago

Right, google knows not to turn up the temp too fast, else the frog might jump out!

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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unicornporn1y ago

They "work", but not well.

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

zelphirkalt1y ago

Until those things don't work any longer. Slowly the frog is boiled here.

culi1y ago

crazygringoOP1y ago

As I replied to your other comments, this is false. v3 block the network calls. They are not made. You are protected from tracking and nothing is slowed.

culi1y ago

crazygringoOP1y ago

That's not true. The requests themselves are blocked:

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/api/d...

culi1y ago

Lol yeah with a max number of rules being 50

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/Web...

Also in Chrome (and Chrome only) any images or iframes blocked are simply collapsed

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TingPing1y ago

For now. Advertisers now know ways to bypass all blockers for Chrome.

grayhatter1y ago

Right, google knows not to turn up the temp too fast, else the frog might jump out!

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse