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[-] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 62 points 2 years ago

ublock origin still blocking everything.

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago

ublock origin is so good at blocking YouTube it almost makes me think the developer is affiliated somehow. Their other extension, umatrix (which has more or less the same functionality just laid out differently), never really worked for me, but as soon as I add ublock origin it works perfectly.

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Are any of the blocklists actually made by gorhill?

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

In uMatrix? The lists it comes with are:

  • Dan Pollock’s hosts file
  • MVPS HOSTS
  • Peter Lowe’s Ad and tracking server list

It probably wouldn't be too hard to export from uBlock and import into uMatrix. I generally prefer uMatrix, even though it's technically discontinued. Even when you put uBlock into Author mode in the advanced settings, it still only really lets you choose by domain instead of splitting it down into scripts, XHR, frames, etc.

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I was asking because if gorhill doesn't maintain any block lists then the conspiracy that he has inside information from youtube is nothing more then a conspiracy.

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Actually, uBlock does use lists made by the developer, I think. In the settings there's a bunch of things that are built in:

So maybe it's something in there that blocks YouTube ads, which uMatrix is missing.

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I didn't say I actually thought that.

[-] aceshigh@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

not the current version. YT just updated their id.

[-] kingshrubb@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

YouTube ReVanced is still around?

[-] DragonOracleIX@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Yup. I last updated a month or 2 ago and it works perfectly fine still.

[-] daddycoy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I wish I could say the same been getting these annoying youtube things with firefox/ublock on both linux and windows

[-] CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Not for me anymore.

this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2023
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