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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours ago

Facebook ads are so hard to block that uBlock Origin stopped filtering them

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Facebook ads are so hard to block that uBlock Origin stopped filtering them

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours ago

Facebook ads and ad-blocking tools have been in a constant clash for years. But it looks like uBlock Origin is stepping away from that fight.

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They just randomize the DOM. Which is a pretty terrible thing to do. So I can completely understand why they stop blocking ads on that terrible site.

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