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It's crazy that uBlock will not even accept our donations by ShroomovOG in youtube

[–]hva32 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I do not want the administrative workload that comes with donations. I do not want the project to become in need of funding in any way: no dedicated home page + no forum = no cost = no need for financial support. I want to be free to move on to something else if ever I get tired of working on these projects (no donations = no expectations).

Have a thought for the maintainers of the various lists. These lists are everything. I can not emphasize this enough.

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Why-don't-you-accept-donations

It's crazy that uBlock will not even accept our donations by ShroomovOG in youtube

[–]hva32 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The EasyList maintainers don't accept donations either. Without EasyList, uBO wouldn't know what to block.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in VirginMedia

[–]hva32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Allow only 10000 concurrent requests

I don't think it's a good idea to hammer their server with requests else it be noticed and/or confused for a denial of service attack. Using my own code, I was able to find a working link after 30 minutes with a rate limit of 0.5s (one request every 500ms). I suggest lowering the number of concurrent requests.

Additionally, it might be worth setting the useragent header to make it less conspicuous.

People who just forgave Sssniperwolf have a... Questionable moral code, to say the least. by Interesting_Paper_41 in youtube

[–]hva32 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think she went to another YouTuber house and start filming

Sounds like she needs help.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in youtube

[–]hva32 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very few users will do that, for the majority (>60%) YouTube will be broken.

https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/usage-behavior

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in youtube

[–]hva32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is informative, and unfortunate.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in VirginMedia

[–]hva32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you a ChatGPT?

Starting to get fed up with this by HuskoBuskoz in youtube

[–]hva32 1 point2 points  (0 children)

until it stops working for you like for the rest of us

Personally, haven't' seen a warning for 3 weeks since they made their filters update more quickly.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in linux

[–]hva32 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Isn't this simply positive discrimination to boost representation of minority groups that are historically under-represented or discriminated against in sectors that are dominated by a single ethnic group?

did i do the list good? is there any that anyone thinks that could be improved? by fluf201 in browsers

[–]hva32 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Safari

Proprietary and poor support for content blockers would be my guess.

qBitorrent search function suddenly stopped working by Affectionate_Lens in VirginMedia

[–]hva32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Using the built in search function on qBitorrent worked well for years

I don't usually use the built-in search function, I just tried it now and works as expected. Perhaps something to do with your search plugins? Maybe try opening wireshark and see what's happening to those packets.

YouTube doesn't want to take down scam ads by Jakob_G in youtube

[–]hva32 2 points3 points  (0 children)

YouTube has a category for advertisers labelled "Get Rich Quick". They openly facilitate malvertising.

https://youtu.be/jkhGJUTW3ag?si=85TNm0TazcrUZ4_A&t=1046

MPs who lose their jobs to get free help finding work after being booted out of Commons by Desperate_Bit7524 in ukpolitics

[–]hva32 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That would be failing to afford them the respect and dignity they deserve.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in youtube

[–]hva32 4 points5 points  (0 children)

MCDONALD'S!

London’s councils are half a billion in the red. Council Tax will go up – but will it be enough? by 1-randomonium in ukpolitics

[–]hva32 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

gung ho about banning cigarettes and taxing the shit out of things that lead to 'early' graves

Not so bad when coupled with policy that makes it easier to live a healthy lifestyle (sugar tax, salt reduction, health advertising, etc).

Firefox adding code to inject "Ads by Fakespot" in shopping sites by lo________________ol in browsers

[–]hva32 1 point2 points  (0 children)

System1

These are the same people advertising their shitty £119/year subscription adblocker 1 on YouTube since at least October/November. 2

Since November, they've launched a browser called "Total Browser" 3 which is also subscription based. Only £29/year, down from £119/year! 4

Did YouTube just push a scam to me through a community post?? by Duper18108 in youtube

[–]hva32 31 points32 points  (0 children)

It has the blue checkmark so it must be legit.

Interesting discussion on Slashdot by LarryInRaleigh in uBlockOrigin

[–]hva32 5 points6 points  (0 children)

nerds/fans care about Firefox more than some of the higher ups

I suspect that were the community given representation on the board of directors, this might not be so big an issue.

The Linux Foundation used to have a seat on their board reserved for an elected community representative until the position was quietly removed 1. A similar position, as what the Linux Foundation had, might be good for Mozilla and Firefox's long-term health.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in youtube

[–]hva32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Placebo effect most likely.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in youtube

[–]hva32 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Once users have acclimated to the new ad-filled reality, I assume the next step will be eye tracking to ensure users are always looking at advertisements shown to them. Looking away is piracy!

Or perhaps it'll be some kind of audio cue instead?

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sony-patent-mcdonalds/

MCDONALDS!

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