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uBlock Origin stops chasing Facebook’s ever-changing ad-blocking tricks (lemmy.nz)

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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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[-] Jilanico@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

What's stopping YouTube from overwhelming the maintainers in the same way?

[-] philipp_@discuss.tchncs.de 44 points 2 weeks ago

Probably that the maintainers actually want to use youtube for themselves and don't see it as a pure resource drain like facebook.

[-] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago

Google has a million other revenue streams. Facebook has to pay for the Fuckerburg tech failure of the month. Pervert glasses aren't filling the coffers.

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