Many major websites are taking silent anti-ad-blocking measures

Re:Many major websites are taking silent anti-ad-blocking me... by shandor on Friday December 29, 2017 @04:35AM (#16028587)

Firefox for Android is wonderful after Quantum. uBlock Origin works fine with it, and you can even use the custom filters to purge the scourge of the so called "dickbars" from your browsing experience. It's not as streamlined to use as with a mouse, but never having to see those Medium banners again makes my Internet life so much better.

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Re:Many major websites are taking silent anti-ad-blocking me... by dhimes on Friday December 29, 2017 @08:08AM (#16029277)

"dickbars:"

https://twitter.com/gruber/status/874304779622785024

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Re:Many major websites are taking silent anti-ad-blocking me... by abhishek0318 on Friday December 29, 2017 @06:24AM (#16028916)

Though Firefox on Android has improved a lot with the recent quantum update, you can still feel it's a little laggy as compared to Chrome.

Specifically, scrolling on Firefox feels very laggy. Also, Firefox doesn't play videos on same tab. That becomes very frustrating.

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Re:Many major websites are taking silent anti-ad-blocking me... by bryanlarsen on Friday December 29, 2017 @08:03AM (#16029263)

Are you sure you're using Quantum? Quantum isn't in Firefox 57 for mobile, you need the beta 58 for Quantum.

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Re:Many major websites are taking silent anti-ad-blocking me... by distances on Friday December 29, 2017 @08:14AM (#16029295)

Huh, I didn't know this. I felt Firefox 56 -> 57 was a major improvement in Android too, and was sure this was due to Quantum. I wonder now if that was just placebo.

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Re:Many major websites are taking silent anti-ad-blocking me... by bryanlarsen on Friday December 29, 2017 @08:55AM (#16029460)

It wasn't just placebo, some parts of Quantum made it in to 57 mobile, just not everything.

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