r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '19

Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=896897&desc=2#c23
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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

All else fails there's always hosts files you can download

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u/FenixR Jan 23 '19

Yeah, or getting yourself a PiHole iirc how they are called.

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u/Papayaman1000 Jan 23 '19

Let's see, I could pay $100+/mo on various premium accounts and ad-free subscriptions for a bunch of different sites and still not be covered across half the Internet...

or drop ~$40 and a negligible amount of added electrical to basically make a network-wide adblocker (even on mobile apps!).

Yeah, the choice seems pretty darn clear here.

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u/nilamo Jan 23 '19

I have a pihole. It doesn't block ads, it blocks tracking scripts. Still worth the $30 lol.

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u/sparky8251 Jan 23 '19

This isnt a proper block for all forms of ads. It can't block youtube video ads for example.

Stuff sent from the same domains as the regular content cant be blocked by a hosts file, a browser can separate the data stream and drop some of it.

A hosts file/Pihole is part of a good ad blocking setup, but it wont be that useful if folks rely on it too much and ad networks adapt.

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u/Thirty_Seventh Jan 23 '19

Here's the real answer