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At least uBlock Origin is always up-to-date now (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by cm0002 to c/memes

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[–] marcos 21 points 3 days ago

Oh, the uBO people fixed that already! That's great!

Thank you, devs.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've never got one of those anti-adblocker messages on YouTube and I just use a vanilla browser with no addons and I get zero ads. The Channel 4 website won't let me watch anything without disabling the adblocker, so it's not like my browser is in some super stealth mode where servers can't tell I'm blocking ads. I'm not complaining though.

[+] [email protected] -61 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I've never got one of those anti-adblocker messages on YouTube and I just use a vanilla browser with no addons and I get zero ads

If you use Firefox, uBlock Origin is installed by default.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

No it's not? Unless something changed in the last few months. I'm like 99.99999% sure it's not.

[+] [email protected] -59 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

It's been a pre-installed addon for years now. 🤦‍♂️

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana 37 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It is not. I just installed Firefox today on a new machine. It is, however, synced to all my machines when I've logged in.

[+] [email protected] -32 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Then I guess I must be getting special treatment from Mozilla then or somehow am downloading a different installer from GetFirefox.com because it's always been installed for me on a fresh install after a reformat or when putting it on someone else's computer since I switched back from Chrome after rumors about Manifest V3 started circulating a few years back. 🙄

[–] PlasticExistence 44 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You are someone I most often agree with on Lemmy, but you are simply mistaken here. Plug-ins get restored if you login to a Firefox account, so perhaps that’s why you think that it’s default for UBO to be installed, but it simply isn’t.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana 24 points 3 days ago

That's what I'm assuming as well. They must be getting it from logging in.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago

Im guessing adding plugins is part of your default workflow when installing browsers somehow. Ublock origin is the most used plugin on firefox Id reckon, but a fresh install doesnt carry it.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

You're just wrong man, sorry. Idk what else to say.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 days ago

If you use a mozilla account it automatically installs addons that you have on other browsers, that might be why you think it's installed by default.😅

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

I think you mean librewolf

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

Lol what? It isn't as far as I can tell.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Nope, not using Firefox on mobile. (I do on Linux mint though, and even with ublock I still got YouTube ads last time I was able to actually connect to the Internet.)

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago

I barely use YT on the desktop (mostly used with Smart Tube then YT Revanced) to even face these issues...

Glad to know the Ublock team is still fighting this as soon as possible.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago

Google sells youtube to twitch, suddenly a multi-trillion dollar company ...

Yeah, adblockers are a solved issue and only still work because google knows anyone using them will leave before watching dozens of ads per video, and those numbers are high enough to be a real threat.

[–] 4_degrees 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But my purge button is missing, and apparently is by design update

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It still exists, but was hidden for some reason. You can find it by going to the support tab and clicking the "more" button under troubleshooting information. It'll be at the far right of the button list on the resulting screen.

[–] 4_degrees 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Update: it worked, awesome! Thanks

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Good to hear!

[–] 4_degrees 6 points 3 days ago

Thanks, ill try this when I get back on the computer

[–] letsgo2themall 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

freetube still works fine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Not really since only a few Invidious instances work