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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by TingPing on Friday February 28, 2025 @11:58AM (#43207792)
Ads that use dns cnames to bypass block lists. Only Firefox has an API for this.

Ads that previously were blocked at the HTTP Response level. ManifestV3 removed this API.

A world where the number of ad rules exceeds the new limit. Which is 500 dynamic rules, 50 static rulesets, 30,000 rules. This may sound high but its not.

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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by deanc on Friday February 28, 2025 @12:03PM (#43207842)
This is really really important now that server side tracking is rolled out at the major Ad providers. Keeping up a block list of the custom domains every site uses to mask their tracking will lead to an unsustainable cat and mouse game.
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