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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Facebook ads are so hard to block that uBlock Origin stopped filtering them

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Facebook ads are so hard to block that uBlock Origin stopped filtering them

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Facebook ads and ad-blocking tools have been in a constant clash for years. But it looks like uBlock Origin is stepping away from that fight.

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That stinks. Today is Facebook. Tomorrow it’s a site you use. I guess that means I’ll have to figure out how to block this shit elsewhere.
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  No, Facebook is a different beast.
  
  And nobody should be using it.

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