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submitted 1 year ago by Im28xwa to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

I literally haven't seen anyone even mention it anywhere on the internet as if it never existed, when it comes to Ad blockers I always see uBO recommended with absolutely no mention whatsoever of ABP why? What makes it better than ABP? What happened to it? or maybe I'm wrong and ABP is not as well known as I think it is.

I have been using ABP for many years until someday don't remember when I switched to uBO because I read that it is "the best ad blocker".

I maybe need a history lesson as everything on the matter seems so vague to me and the whole situation is super weird

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[-] lemmyuser30@lemmy.ml 104 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes we know of it. That's why we actively avoid it. It doesn't take many searches to figure out its downfalls. AdBlock, AdBlock Plus, and the non Origin uBlock are all owned by the same company and they allow corporations to pay to let ads through.

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 70 points 1 year ago

Adblock Plus is not recommended as by default it allows certain promoted ads to show if it deems them unobtrusive. I think they actually receive profits from ads, which is asinine for an adblocking entity.

On the other hand, uBlock does much more than just block ads. First of all, it blocks all ads, and it blocks other trackers and annoyances from Facebook, Google, as well as having the ability to add custom rules for bypassing certain types of popovers, and to clean up tracking data that often gets appended when you click a URL.

[-] GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago

Ublock doesn't freeze my YT videos when it rolls over a midroll ad. I'll never use anything else (maybe a Pi-Hole)

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

A pi hole is great, but I don't believe it's effective against YouTube ads because of the way they're delivered

[-] drwho@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

You are correct.

[-] MoonlitSanguine@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah. I believe YouTube ads are basically just YouTube videos so it's difficult to filter out.

[-] 4nTxOKVHPEtpu1o@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

SmartTubeNext or Newpipe and other apps can effectively filter YT ads.

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

NewPipe is amazing. I've made NewPipe+Sponsorblock my default YouTube app on my phone, and I use the Libredirect addon on PC to redirect all links to Piped instances.

[-] mightysashiman@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

ublock origin + sponsorblock

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[-] SyJ@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 year ago

It was recommended until they changed their business model to charging advertisers to be allowed through the blocking because they were "the good type of advert"

[-] yowhat@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago
[-] _haha_oh_wow_@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago
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[-] veloxy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago
[-] drwho@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

Other folks who've commented on Adblock Plus have hit the important stuff. I just want to follow up with the comment that it also tends to bog down the browser after a certain point; browsing just got painfully slow on Firefox with it. I didn't bother troubleshooting it because that was around the same time they started allowing ads, so I bailed and didn't look back.

[-] STUPIDVIPGUY@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

I used to use it, but switched away to uBo because abp didn't work properly

[-] lemmy@lemmy.stonansh.org 2 points 1 year ago
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