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[-] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 145 points 3 days ago

Link complains about adblock.

[-] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 2 days ago

This is a new kind of Adblock detection that is being deployed on many blogs, some forums, and other websites and it’s the next generation. AdGuard or uBlock won’t save you because the way it works is outside the scope of those plugins.

There’s essentially JS that happens before the page render that checks for resolution with fingerprinting servers. If this does not occur you get the error message about html-load.com or content-loader.com or whatever that looks like malware intercepting the page.

If the page implements the JS poorly (eg the page renders before the checks come back) it’s easily defeated with ublock by just blocking element and selecting the overlay. Though the page usually isn’t fully rendered it’s enough to read the content. Reader mode can often work in this scenario too. But on more competent blogs with actual tech support (like seriouseats.com, fuck you kenji, like you don’t have enough money), it’s implemented more competently and the page won’t render at all prior to the checks coming back.

As a result a solution is to lie. It’s cumbersome but if you run adguard dns (or maybe pihole, if that can also do dns rewrites, not sure), you can rewrite the offending servers checked for fingerprinting you like:

api64.ipify.org
cdn.cookielaw.org
id5-sync.com
cdn.id5-sync.com
dotdash-meredith.solutions.cdn.optable.co
static.cloudflareinsights.com
html-load.com
content-loader.com

To a null route on your network for all subdomains. Somewhere run a docker and rewrite them to resolve to that docker, run nginx on that docker and basically just have it return 204 to all requests you funnel to it.

Now those sites run the JS, there is dns resolution, tls handshake, fetch and response, but no fingerprint or analytics. It’s not perfect, the error still occurs 1:5 tries, but closing tab and retrying almost always has the page render fine without issue.

Just keep in mind that some of these will break other sites (specifically cookielaw.org and lots of shitty shopping sites) especially if you do this lazily and just route to nothing instead of something that can return 204.

Fuck all advertisers, never turn Adblock off, steal all content, defeat any antiadblock measure, destroy the ad industry because they ruined the world

[-] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 23 points 2 days ago

AdGuard or uBlock won’t save you

I'll just do what I always did on websites that think they have a say in the matter: leave and never come back.

[-] CodeBlooded@programming.dev 6 points 2 days ago

This is the way.

Almost nothing is worth my time to dance around their adblock blockers and almost anything on the internet can just be found on a different site.

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Huh, ublock is working great for me on seriouseats. I wonder what the difference is

[-] desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 days ago

browser? I'm on firefox and no issue so far

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago
[-] desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago

maybe it is an issue with the new manifest v3

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

That would make sense, yeah

Disabling JS via ublock works for this specific site

[-] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

This works on some sites but not all in my experience. Nothing works on all 100% of the time. My method generally works on all sites I’ve found that use this script (which is an increasing number and definitely on all dotdash Meredith sites like this/seriouseats/thespruce/etc) but it doesn’t work 100% of the time. I don’t know why. But anything that can defeat it should be promoted and that’s definitely much easier, should be tried first

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 74 points 3 days ago

Embedded Tweet: https://xcancel.com/007GameIOI/status/2008599546708787297

Also:

Probably not much of a stretch to expect a Amazon Luna (streaming) version of that game. "Too hardware hungry for you? No problem, just sign up to our game streaming service."

[-] THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 73 points 3 days ago

Huh. So if games are just horribly optimized and hardware costs a fortune, it will push more people to cloud/streaming their games. The corporations just keep winning. What a wonderful timeline we live in.

[-] glitches_brew@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago

And no doubt an optimized version of the game will exist but only at the enterprise level for streaming providers.

[-] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 days ago
[-] THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

If that means more stuff like Stardew Valley then I'm in.

[-] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

Yep its pretty gross.

Also why they love the ai bubble. They can buy up all the hardware and price us all out.

I foresee in 10 years the majority of homes not having a computer at all or a dumb terminal connected to Amazon. Hell it probably already is that way

[-] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 days ago

or a dumb terminal connected to Amazon

Hey, Alexa....

[-] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

The scary part is it will become the norm and we will be the weird ones who want to actually own their pc and control their data.

Ah well

[-] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

Ah, induced demand. A cornerstone of capitalism.

[-] zikzak025@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago

FWIW, Amazon bought the James Bond IP last year (and also owns MGM Studios as of 2022). The relationship between this game and Amazon may be nothing more than that.

[-] moncharleskey@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

Which is why I was very surprised to see the Bond movies coming the Netflix. What's that all about?

[-] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Money. Netflix money.

[-] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago

Why the five screens worth of breaks?

[-] picnic@lemmy.world 41 points 3 days ago

Thanks.

Out of those specs, what doesnt exist?

As expected, the i5-9500K doesn’t even exist, and despite recommending 12 GB of VRAM (video RAM), the publishers also recommended an RTX 3060 Ti, which strictly came with only 8 GB of VRAM. Not to mention the game also required 8 GB of VRAM at a minimum, but then also required a GTX 1660, which only has 6 GB of VRAM.

[-] criss_cross@lemmy.world 56 points 3 days ago

Something tells me some marketing putz had Gen AI do this for them.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 30 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

All that shit for a game that will look and perform worse than The Order 1886 or Ryse son of Rome

[-] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 43 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'm going to be honest, IOI's focus on massive seamless open areas with tons of detailed, (relatively) intelligent NPCs all running like clockwork is one of the few use cases for massive amounts of RAM that I find acceptable. Improving their systems from Hitman is vastly preferable to making the game look slightly shinier.

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

The NPCs are a big part of what makes Hitman so great. A dlc where they create brand new routes for every NPC would be like playing a brand new game

[-] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 days ago

I wouldn't take it seriously. 1660 has 6gb while they list 8 as the min and the 3060ti has 8gb and they say recommended needs 12. Probably AI generated crap.

Also, if it's going to be based on the hitman 3 engine, it'll run really well on most hardware.

Hitman 3 Recommended Requirements

  • CPU: Intel CPU Core i7 4790 4 GHz
  • RAM: 16 GB
  • VIDEO CARD: Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 1070 / AMD GPU Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB
  • DEDICATED VIDEO RAM: 8192 MB

An upgraded engine with RT will probably mean at least 3600/3060 for 1080/60.

[-] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

I play a ton of Hitman 3 on a laptop (11800H, 3060 mobile, 16gb ram) and it runs fantastic. Just in case anyone has similar or better specs to me, wondering if they could run it well.

[-] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 16 points 3 days ago

These specs were probably AI generated.

[-] JayGray91@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

holy shit that got a good hearty chuckle from me.

[-] Mwa@thelemmy.club 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yep my pc can't even run it properly(maybe?) and I don't think it has modding.
So am gonna pass on this.

this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2026
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