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Do you guys even know of Adblock Plus? (lemdro.id)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I literally haven't seen anyone even mention it anywhere on the internet as if it never existed, when it comes to Ad blockers I always see uBO recommended with absolutely no mention whatsoever of ABP why? What makes it better than ABP? What happened to it? or maybe I'm wrong and ABP is not as well known as I think it is.

I have been using ABP for many years until someday don't remember when I switched to uBO because I read that it is "the best ad blocker".

I maybe need a history lesson as everything on the matter seems so vague to me and the whole situation is super weird

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[–] [email protected] 97 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes we know of it. That's why we actively avoid it. It doesn't take many searches to figure out its downfalls. AdBlock, AdBlock Plus, and the non Origin uBlock are all owned by the same company and they allow corporations to pay to let ads through.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 10 months ago (66 children)

Adblock Plus is not recommended as by default it allows certain promoted ads to show if it deems them unobtrusive. I think they actually receive profits from ads, which is asinine for an adblocking entity.

On the other hand, uBlock does much more than just block ads. First of all, it blocks all ads, and it blocks other trackers and annoyances from Facebook, Google, as well as having the ability to add custom rules for bypassing certain types of popovers, and to clean up tracking data that often gets appended when you click a URL.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Ublock doesn't freeze my YT videos when it rolls over a midroll ad. I'll never use anything else (maybe a Pi-Hole)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

ublock origin + sponsorblock

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A pi hole is great, but I don't believe it's effective against YouTube ads because of the way they're delivered

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. I believe YouTube ads are basically just YouTube videos so it's difficult to filter out.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

SmartTubeNext or Newpipe and other apps can effectively filter YT ads.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

NewPipe is amazing. I've made NewPipe+Sponsorblock my default YouTube app on my phone, and I use the Libredirect addon on PC to redirect all links to Piped instances.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago

It was recommended until they changed their business model to charging advertisers to be allowed through the blocking because they were "the good type of advert"

[–] yowhat 23 points 10 months ago

Here is one reason.

https://uk.pcmag.com/web-sites/39469/adblock-plus-extortion-or-smart-business

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

UBO > AdBlock

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I used to use it, but switched away to uBo because abp didn't work properly

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I use blokada

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