Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other extensions in Edge

Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by ethagnawl on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:28AM (#43204453)

There are also "upstream" options, like PiHole or NextDNS which block requests to ad/tracking/malicious domains at the network (local machine, router, etc.) level.

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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by NoGravitas on Friday February 28, 2025 @07:13AM (#43204758)

DNS based blocking is a good front-line, but in my experience, it's not sufficient on the modern web.

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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by ethagnawl on Friday February 28, 2025 @12:11PM (#43207931)

I can't say I understand why that would be the case -- probably naivete on my part. Are browser/JS apps loading ads via proxies or websockets or something? Is uBlock Origin somehow able to intercept those?

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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by Henchman21 on Friday February 28, 2025 @02:36PM (#43209422)

IIRC, Firefox at least has its own DNS-over-HTTPS client configured out of the box? So they aren’t using your DNS servers at all?

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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by _fat_santa on Friday February 28, 2025 @10:27AM (#43206658)

My issue with upstream options is that it prevents ads from coming through but their "place" on the page is still preserved so you still need uBlock to remove the elements.

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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by ethagnawl on Saturday March 01, 2025 @04:20AM (#43217561)

Personally, I'm happy to see those empty spaces. It's a reminder of what we're up against and that my defenses are holding.

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