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uBlock Origin stops chasing Facebook’s ever-changing ad-blocking tricks (sh.itjust.works)

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uBlock Origin maintainers have decided to stop continuously updating filters specifically to keep up with Facebook’s latest ad-blocking countermeasures.

Existing filters will remain, but new Facebook techniques may eventually bypass them. The decision highlights the ongoing cat-and-mouse game between ad blockers and advertising platforms.

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[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And that's why it's important to either:

Push people to stop using FB/linking to Facebook for those things
Create web scrapers to extract content off of Facebook and share it somewhere else

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Do you have suggestions for alternatives? Especially the event/scheduling part of Facebook remains the one killer app holding me there. Even as much as it sucks, it’s very effective in getting everyone aware of events and when they’re happening.