Tux@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoGoogle Chrome’s uBlock Origin phaseout has begunwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square185fedilinkarrow-up1591arrow-down19
arrow-up1582arrow-down1external-linkGoogle Chrome’s uBlock Origin phaseout has begunwww.theverge.comTux@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square185fedilink
minus-squaremicka190@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·3 months agoThe big problem with DNS-based ad-blocking is that it doesn’t prevent redirects. Sure, you’ll get redirected to a harmless blank page, but then you need to go back to the previous page. You don’t have that issue with uBlock.
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoAlso doesn’t do cosmetic filtering - like, it would remove the ad, but not the HTML box that used to contain it.
minus-squareintro@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoYes, that happens when I click affiliate links. Blank page and then I go back.
The big problem with DNS-based ad-blocking is that it doesn’t prevent redirects. Sure, you’ll get redirected to a harmless blank page, but then you need to go back to the previous page. You don’t have that issue with uBlock.
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Also doesn’t do cosmetic filtering - like, it would remove the ad, but not the HTML box that used to contain it.
Yes, that happens when I click affiliate links. Blank page and then I go back.