µBlock, a lean and fast blocker

Thanks I am trying it out simply because uBO does not to a good job of blocking them. Sad that it has not been updated since February.

 

If you'd like, you could use I don't care about cookies, which was updated more recently.
Since Avast, now part of Gen Digital Inc. (formerly Symantec Corporation), acquired that extension, it has been forked as 'I still don't care about cookies' by Guus.

 

Google is going to rollout manifest v3 next year. According to Gorhill, this means that uBlock won't be able to offer Dynamic Filtering, but I wonder if everything else will keep working? Because apparantly Google did make certain changes to not completely cripple adblockers. And another question that I have, does anyone know how to block the annoying pop up on Google Search which keeps asking me about search location, see third link?

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/16/23964509/google-manifest-v3-rollout-ad-blockers
https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1725633169070649710
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-graphical-choose-location-for-search-results-36225.html

 

Is this wiki entry comprehensive enough?
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/wiki/Frequently-asked-questions-(FAQ)

 

Have you tried uBlock Origin element picker and choose the appropriate cosmetic filter to hide that element?
I don't use Google search often, but when I do, I don't get to see the pop-up you mentioned. Perhaps that's because in Firefox I set 'Block pop-up windows' and also 'Block new requests asking to access your location'.

 

For anyone with that nasty anti-adblocker delay on YouTube, esp. on Firefox--has your issue been resolved yet? It has for me for now with a filter list update plus the filter rule in post #7946. YouTube currently loads almost instantly now. Thanks Google for the wild goose chase that had me blaming and troubleshooting Firefox instead of the obvious culprit, hiding in plain sight.

 

With the same settings and filterlists?

 

With uBO I see the site also as shown in the above screenshot.

 

With uBlock Origin, I see the page as in your AdGuard screenshot.
I don't have the issue that you have with uBlock Origin on that page.
I guess the issue is in your filter lists, other filters, rules, or settings.

Spoiler: my filter lists

 

Where do you find the time to bother this thread with useless messages?

 

Available uBlock Origin 1.54.0:

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.54.0

P.S. Already available in the MS Store.

 

You are right I waste my precious time,I deleted the various posts as far as I could.
Too bad I couldn't delete the older ones as well.

 

Have you tried using/testing Firefox to see if that makes a difference?
Again I have doubleclick.net and securepubads.g.doubleclick.net blocked
in uBlock Origin. I do though have 2 twitter entries blocked in uBO as well.

 

If any users (other than Jan Willy whom I beg not to read this post and turn his attention elsewhere) care there is a reason that with uBlock Origin you can see the wide white spaces in PortableApps that has been explained elsewhere by John T.Haller.

https://portableapps.com/blogs/john...ad-provider-caching-faster-platform-downloads

 

uBlock Origin Run In Private Windows has 2 settings allow and don't allow. When I select
don't allow it doesn't retain that setting and resorts back to allow. How do I prevent
setting from changing? Also browser(s) are NOT set to always use private browsing mode.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/extensions-private-browsing

 

1.
Did you try to change the 'Run in Private Windows' setting for uBlock Origin to 'Don’t Allow' when you had a Private Window open already?
Perhaps that does not work when you have a Private Window open already?
Perhaps you need to change that setting when you're in a standard non-Private Window, and perhaps then the setting will retain?

2.
After selecting the desired option, did you close all browser windows and restart the browser?
Perhaps closing all browser windows and restarting the browser is necessary to keep the changed setting?

I haven't tested 1 or 2, but I think it's easy for you to try.

 

Seems to be working in Firefox now, but don't recall changing anything. Doesn't matter
if I'm in PBM or not the uBO setting remains on 'Dont Allow'.

In LibreWolf I tried what you suggested, but it didn't work.

Also when I click on the uBO setting to 'Don't Allow' the uBO icon flashes for a second but
remains on the 'Don't Allow' setting. Same as in Firefox.
If I refresh the about:addons page the uBO setting returns to the 'Allow' setting.
If I keep open the Add-ons Manager tab and open up a new tab the uBO setting remains on
'Don't Allow'. If I close the Add-on Manager tab then uBO setting returns to 'Allow'.

It may have to do with how LibreWolf handles PBM as the option is hidden, but not sure.
If you happen to use LibreWolf, please let me know your results. Thanks.

 

@Compu KTed
Concerning LW.
From https://librewolf.net/docs/faq/
Why can't I use always-on private
browsing?
We have decided to hide that option as it doesn't provide any benefit over the default cleaning mechanism of LibreWolf. Instead it introduces many regressions, as it doesn't respect cookie exceptions and installed addons, while also being fingerprintable.

 

so much nonsense in one sentence...

 

this is the truth about private browsing mode:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/private-browsing-use-firefox-without-history
the first paragraph and this section: "What does Private Browsing not save?"

PBM for sure respects general settings which includes also exceptions. the PBM do not save most of the used data after exiting PBM. so that part of the faq is a bad lie. anyhow ck wrote elsewhere he does not care about (such lies) more using the browser.

i have in mind that LW does not save history by default, so thats equal to use the pbm. no history also means that tiles (start page) are no preserved and other savings.

"hiding" means not disabled, but the regular browsing mode of LW is not equal to the PBM.

concerning add-ons those need to be enabled manually for use in PBM. firefox will ask user when installing add-ons if they should usable in PBM.

sorry for the excurse, but it has to be (again)

#typo

 

I have not seen it in a while now, but I don't think I tried it because it also blacks out the screen, so from experience I know that the element picker won't help then.

Yes thanks, I saw this link. I also decided to checkout uBlock Lite and I was shocked to see how basic it was. No cosmetic filtering is a no go for me, and I bet it's probably because the limited amount of filters that are allowed by Google, I had hoped this would have been fixed. And I'm not sure yet if the absent of Dynamic Filtering is a huge problem.

 

Yes good idea, I checked it out in Firefox and I didn't have this problem. I even made sure they were using the exact same filters and of course Vivaldi's adblocker is always disabled. But whatever I try, the only way to make it work in Vivaldi is to enable doubleclick.net, so it remains a mystery. But Brummelchen saw it too, perhaps he can explain?

 

And something else, do you guys know how to make imbedded Twitter content work on this page, see first link? I'm afraid the logger didn't help me, and I did allow certain scripts, but it keeps getting blocked. I allowed consentmanager.net because that solved it on some other page, but not this time. On the second link I don't have any trouble loading imbedded Twitter content, so this is pretty weird.

https://www.iex.nl/Artikel/785510/V...pvallend-veel-actie-in-het-shortregister.aspx
https://www.iexprofs.nl/Nieuws/7855...opese-autobouwers-zwaar-ondergewaardeerd.aspx

 

Yes, I'm aware of LW FAQ page. I just find that if you created a forked browser
that has uBlock Origin pre-installed that there be an better way to retain a uBO
setting when given a choice of 'Allow' or 'Don't Allow' in Private Windows.

From Mozilla.org page - NOTE: Not all extensions can be allowed in Private Windows.
That doesn't seem to pertain to uBlock Origin at least in Firefox.

The only way I found in LW to run uBO in Private Window with 'Don't Allow'
the extension access to your online activities while private browsing.

1.Click on the 3 lines in upper right corner of browser (drop down menu)
2.Select 'New private window'
3.Your then in Private browsing. (Private Window)
4.Again click on 3 horizontal lines in upper right corner
5.Select add-ons and themes from menu
6.Expand uBlock Origin by clicking on the box or the 3 dots & select manage
7.Scroll down to Run in Private Windows and select 'Dont Allow'.
8.Keep Add-ons Manager open and click back on Private Window and search the web.

NOTE: I'm not recommending users do this in LW, but only as an example or option.
It's up to the user to decide if this is something they want to do when using uBO.