From xcancel:
The team behind uAssets, the filter lists used by uBlock Origin, says it will stop fixing ad-blocking issues on Facebook. They say Facebook keeps finding ways around new fixes, making the work increasingly difficult to sustain.
This won’t affect AdGuard’s Facebook filters. We maintain our own rules and will continue updating them.
There’s nothing to celebrate here. It shows how hard it is for small, often volunteer-run teams to keep up with tech giants — and how important their work is for everyone who wants more control over what they see online
uBlock Origin offers some AdGuard rule sets, so I don’t know exactly what this means for existing uBO users.
I mean, if nowadays you’re still on Facebook, you deserve whatever you get
Unfortunately it’s literally the only place my local bike shop posts their group ride information.
Yeah I guess it’s worth it to support the destruction of democracy worldwide if you don’t want to miss a bike ride
Don’t be a shit. Them using FB to stay connected with their local community is far more effective against fascist, anti-humanity efforts than, say, recycling® ever was. 😅
I mean, if you’d rather I stop being involved in trying to get cars off the road even if the current solution isn’t perfect, I guess…
Is there a way around this? Local events near me only post there. Drives me insane and I refuse to get a Facebook account just so I know where the writers group wants to grab coffee.
An archive work around, some crawler, anything I’m not aware of?
I disagree with this thought process for all the reasons I listed above. I don’t like Facebook, but I have friends who either appreciate it or need it for things like work.
But even if you consider all Facebook users to be an acceptable casualty, this blocking won’t stop on Facebook. If it works, why would anti-adblock developers confine a lucrative success to one site?
Edit: dialed down my opinion of Facebook because Beehaw
honestly no excuse to be on it. I remember years and years ago when I left FB people kept saying “how will you stay in touch with your parents? family? etc” and i’m like “uh I have this device called a phone. ya see I input 10 numbers into it and it allows me to talk to my parents and family whenever I want. there’s also this new fangled thing called email.”
Plus my Mom is the only person I know that still uses it. My Dad was never into it and I have easier time rolling into the IRC chat rooms he frequents to get in touch than anything else. which usually means logging into a Slackware IRC room or the TechTV room he made hoping other former TechTV viewers will show up. but that’s a story for another time.