Re:Orion is a new WebKit-based browser for Mac
by franga2000 on Friday October 08, 2021 @11:05AM
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Network-level blockers are very crude and tend to cause errors that are hard to debug and fix. I get it if you have no other option and they work well enough with a very conservative blocklist, but in my experience a dedicated extension will block more ads, block them better (no blank spots in pages), break legitimate content less often and when it does be far easier to temporarily bypass.
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Re:Orion is a new WebKit-based browser for Mac
by micromacrofoot on Friday October 08, 2021 @11:36AM
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I've tracked down the "legitimate content" a few times and these are usually trackers, just baked in so deeply they break the content too.
Re:Orion is a new WebKit-based browser for Mac
by zamadatix on Friday October 08, 2021 @12:57PM
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Sure but the point is a browser level adblockers can separate the tracker content from the legitimate content while a network level blocker can either block both or neither.
Re:Orion is a new WebKit-based browser for Mac
by micromacrofoot on Friday October 08, 2021 @02:49PM
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Yes, but I can't install browser ad blockers on gaming consoles, TVs, and whatever other appliances the internet of shit will produce.