uBlock Origin Is Giving Up the Fight to Keep Ads Off Facebook

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49271126

More discussion here

Here's the source:

https://reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1vgcjg5

https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1vgcjg5/

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I wrote and shared uBlock Origin filters for Facebook, shared on Reddit and up to a week later they changed the DOM structure bypassed the filters. After some attempts I no longer publish the filters.

ok thanking the team for this work over the years. i hope yt will stay ad-free :-)

the tragedy is 'mainstreet' runs on Facebook.

not shitter, google but fb. some local business don't even have their own sites but maintain an insta / fb page.

It is an interesting experiment. Ads on my network are mostly blocked, but wife did notice a spike on her FB stuff. Now that she knows how nice ( edit: well, not automatically awful ) net is without ads, lets see if accepts the trade off.

uBlock hit them where it hurts. Facebook's entire existence hinges on serving ads.

All the more reason to block Facebook completely.

Not sure detailing how Facebook demoralized them is the best idea.

Hot take: uBlock origin could insert even MORE ads into Facebook? Discouraging people to use Facebook, and also make some money on the side.

(this is a joke obviously, but boy that would be fun and against the T&C)

Out of spite they should have a block list, blocking every meta related service, disabled by default... for now

I misread the domain as "digital cesspools" and that is indeed what Facebook is. If you're still on there you're going to get subjected to their abusive practices.

why not just run a 24/7 agent to do the work for them?

Oh! The Irony! This page doesn't load when your ad blocker is turned on.

Another reminder that facebook is abhorrent and not worth your time.