According to https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/chrome-adblocker Chrome is going to include built-in support for ad blocking based on the EasyList and EasyPrivacy ad-blocking lists on 15th February 2018. The biggest difference from a ad-blocker add-on is that you would not be able to add your own web sites to the block list. Supposedly you can disable the built-in ad blocking and continue to rely upon a add-on such as ublock origin to block ads.
Has anybody heard of something similar planned for Firefox Quantum?
Any plans for built-in ad blocking?
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Re: Any plans for built-in ad blocking?
i wont take this for good. EasyList and EasyPrivacy are sometimes too intrusive on websites and can break them in lot of ways. and i would bet that firefox wont offer some options like uBlock or adblock plus are offering. so at least a bad idea. (opera has also an integrated adblocker but thats a big joke)
in fact those 2 lists are only basics, if some want more he should be able to opt-out when installing another decent adblocker and so this feature become futile.
and another decent adblocker is highly recommended, there is more crap on the run which are not captured from 2 lists, eg the latest fake "firefox need urgent update" pages.
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in fact those 2 lists are only basics, if some want more he should be able to opt-out when installing another decent adblocker and so this feature become futile.
and another decent adblocker is highly recommended, there is more crap on the run which are not captured from 2 lists, eg the latest fake "firefox need urgent update" pages.
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Re: Any plans for built-in ad blocking?
I'm using the default lists in ublock origin and they don't seem to have ever caused me a problem. The reason why I was asking is a number of friends & relatives that I help with their computer problems will never learn how to install a add-on, let alone tweak its settings.
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Re: Any plans for built-in ad blocking?
i had issues with the easylist on waz.de - it do not show the time of article, i had to whitelist it and creaty my own style
eg
https://www.waz.de/politik/der-neue-che ... 35755.html
with easylist missing (under the header):
those entries are present in easylist/easyprivacy and thats a bit too much..author-social {visibility: visible !important;}
.author-social .socialbar,
.cookie-note:not(body):not(html),
.footer__social,
.google-plus,
.icon--facebook,
.icon--twitter,
.share-button,
.sharrre,
.socialbar,
.OUTBRAIN,
[href^="whatsapp://send?text="],
.content-options,
.block-header.block-header--banner .teaser__img,
.sidebar
eg
https://www.waz.de/politik/der-neue-che ... 35755.html
with easylist missing (under the header):
( i am not member of that forum to make input)Michael Kohlstadt
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Re: Any plans for built-in ad blocking?
On the face of it that sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? Trust me on this, it's not.tanstaafl wrote:The reason why I was asking is a number of friends & relatives that I help with their computer problems will never learn how to install a add-on....
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke (attrib.)
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Re: Any plans for built-in ad blocking?
Why? I use Opera as well as Firefox and have no issues with it.Brummelchen wrote: (opera has also an integrated adblocker but thats a big joke)