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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by viraptor on Friday February 28, 2025 @05:44AM (#43204132)
It's already been trivial. There's a few sites showing you a special message or denying access if you block ads. uBlock doesn't really help here that much and if they tried, the issue is very asymmetric - it's much easier to update the site than to patch it again.
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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by tgsovlerkhgsel on Friday February 28, 2025 @05:58AM (#43204253)
So far, most of these sites that try to exclude adblocker users don't detect uBO on Firefox.
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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by somenameforme on Friday February 28, 2025 @07:45AM (#43205016)
Most anti-adblock also fails on Brave. Those that don't can generally be sidestepped with literally two clicks to disable scripts. The remaining few require substantially more tweaking (generally disabling a specific script while allowing others to run) which is outside the domain of most people, but still viable.
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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by viraptor on Friday February 28, 2025 @01:55PM (#43209024)
Marketshare. People don't care that much.
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