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Ange des ténèbres 🐈<p>Pour l'instant, je ne vois pas trop les effets sur mon PC perso sous <a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/LinuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMint</span></a> avec <a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/Freetube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Freetube</span></a> ou <a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> + <a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/ublockorigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ublockorigin</span></a>. Par contre, sur le PC de boulot sous <a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> avec <a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> + <a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/ublockorigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ublockorigin</span></a>, j'ai très souvent des soucis de chargement de vidéo.</p><p>La guerre contre les <a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/adblockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblockers</span></a>, ça rapporte : les revenus publicitaires de <a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> explosent</p><p><a href="https://www.clubic.com/actualite-573864-la-guerre-contre-les-adblockers-ca-rapporte-les-revenus-publicitaires-de-youtube-explosent.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">clubic.com/actualite-573864-la</span><span class="invisible">-guerre-contre-les-adblockers-ca-rapporte-les-revenus-publicitaires-de-youtube-explosent.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/GAFAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.tedomum.net/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a></p>
Catharina Bethlehem ☑️ Cath<p>Outcome: almost everyone here on Mastodon uses an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adblocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblocker</span></a> .</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Adblockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adblockers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UBlockOrigin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Adblockplus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adblockplus</span></a></p>
Catharina Bethlehem ☑️ Cath<p>For the people who answered, what are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adblockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblockers</span></a> ?</p><p>An adbloker blocks you from seeing ads on a webpage, or on youtube or whereever. You just don't see them, so highly recommended. </p><p>I use this one: <a href="https://ublockorigin.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ublockorigin.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UBlockOrigin</span></a></p>
Wladimir Mufty<p>So <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> “surprisingly” kills <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/adblockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblockers</span></a> by removing webRequestBlocking in MV3…<br>But forgets to clean up one ancient line of C++ that lets you just spoof a WebView ID… </p><p><a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/priceless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>priceless</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://0x44.xyz/blog/web-request-blocking/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">0x44.xyz/blog/web-request-bloc</span><span class="invisible">king/</span></a></p>
N-gated Hacker News<p>In a shocking twist, it turns out officials are just as clueless about Iran's uranium as they are about how to turn off their ad blockers 😂🔍. The New York Times bravely reports this non-news with the same urgency as a cat chasing a laser pointer 🐱💨. Looks like the only thing enriched here is confusion! 🤷‍♂️🥴<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/us/politics/iran-uranium-stockpile-whereabouts.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/06/22/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/iran-uranium-stockpile-whereabouts.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IranUranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IranUranium</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdBlockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlockers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Confusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Confusion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NYTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYTimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CatChasingLaser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatChasingLaser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NonNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NonNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
Total Sonic Media<p>Oh look, YouTube is doing a new "thing" now (in this case completely blocking video playback when using a browser with built in ad-blockers). The time to move uploads and viewing time to alternatives like PeerTube has never been greater.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>youtube</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adblockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblockers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peertube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peertube</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/videos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>videos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a></p>
nemo™ 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Adblockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adblockers</span></a> Are “Harmful and Dangerous”… by <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sog</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/yt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yt</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fckytb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fckytb</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJETSlnqOqc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=VJETSlnqOq</span><span class="invisible">c</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>9to5 Google: YouTube just started a new round of ad blocker bans, and people keep complaining about it. “For a while, many have been using various loopholes to continue to block ads on YouTube. Over the past 24 hours, YouTube appears to have strengthened its protection against this means of access, with viewers now seeing ‘Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube’ and ‘Ad blockers violate […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/10/9to5-google-youtube-just-started-a-new-round-of-ad-blocker-bans-and-people-keep-complaining-about-it/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/10/9to5-google-youtube-just-started-a-new-round-of-ad-blocker-bans-and-people-keep-complaining-about-it/</a></p>
privacy_guru<p><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/05/22/intel-agencies-buying-data-portal-privacy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/05/22/in</span><span class="invisible">tel-agencies-buying-data-portal-privacy/</span></a> This is a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> nightmare that's turned into a total disaster. If this were my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> doing this I'd seek to give as little information to all companies as possible Avoid all social media, and if you don't use only <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anonymous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anonymous</span></a> accounts with a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/proxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proxy</span></a>. Use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adblockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblockers</span></a> on every device. Network wide ad blocking would be ideal. Ditch <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> products and install <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Grapheneos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grapheneos</span></a> and avoid connecting to cell towers and use only wifi. Proxy all data connections. 1/2</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tweesecake.social/@alexchapman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>alexchapman</span></a></span> +9001%</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Adblockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adblockers</span></a> are necessary for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> in the age of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/malvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malvertising</span></a> aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a> being <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/advertised" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertised</span></a> openly as wannabe-legitimate software!</p>
nemo™ 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> Is Promoting <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Adblockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adblockers</span></a> Now... by <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sog</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fckytbe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fckytbe</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/yt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yt</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0GR13Imv3M" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=O0GR13Imv3</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a></p>
Asheville Charlie<p>I find it mildly interesting and somewhat telling that since I've been surfing the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> with a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adblockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblockers</span></a>, how many websites track the hell out of you or just flat out block you. </p><p>It's most.</p>
CDCastillo<p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/HoyAprend%C3%AD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HoyAprendí</span></a> que cuando llútú te exige desbloquear los anuncios porque “está prohibido usar <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/AdBlockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlockers</span></a>” puedes usar la herramienta <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/HideDistractingItems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HideDistractingItems</span></a> de Safari para “desaparecer” este candado en forma de <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/PopUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PopUp</span></a> y seguir viendo videos sin anuncios.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Youtube</span></a></p>
FUCK OFF GOOGLE, AMAZON &Co !!<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> is trying to kill <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adblockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblockers</span></a> that actually work. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/guides/google-turned-off-ublock-in-chrome-but-you-can-still-enable-it-here-is-how/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">neowin.net/guides/google-turne</span><span class="invisible">d-off-ublock-in-chrome-but-you-can-still-enable-it-here-is-how/</span></a></p><p>So use <a href="https://librewolf.net/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">librewolf.net/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> on a desktop, <br>And use <a href="https://f-droid.org/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">f-droid.org/packages/org.mozil</span><span class="invisible">la.fennec_fdroid/</span></a> on Android.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fennec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fennec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LibreWolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibreWolf</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> cracks down (again) on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/adblockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblockers</span></a>, frustrating users</p><p><a href="https://www.techspot.com/news/107221-youtube-anti-ad-blocker-measures-causing-problems-browsers.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techspot.com/news/107221-youtu</span><span class="invisible">be-anti-ad-blocker-measures-causing-problems-browsers.html</span></a></p>
Marcus Adams<p>Headline: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> not letting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> videos play with Opera, Firefox <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adblockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblockers</span></a>. Chrome is slow.</p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/google-not-letting-youtube-videos-play-with-opera-firefox-adblockers-chrome-is-slow/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">neowin.net/news/google-not-let</span><span class="invisible">ting-youtube-videos-play-with-opera-firefox-adblockers-chrome-is-slow/</span></a></p>
nemo™ 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Googles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Googles</span></a> Finally Banning <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Adblockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adblockers</span></a>...What Can We Do?... by Basic Dev <a href="https://mas.to/tags/yt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yt</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/rlFl63KoyMk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/rlFl63KoyMk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Just use another <a href="https://mas.to/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a>. I know the majority of browsers are based on <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a>, etc. Still, there are other options: <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LibreWolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibreWolf</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Mullvad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mullvad</span></a> Browser, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> Browser, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ungoogled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ungoogled</span></a> Chromium, and the likes… 🤷</p>
adingbatponder<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@cd0" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cd0</span></a></span> Wow. What a horrible approach of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Digikey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Digikey</span></a>. If I have a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/proxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proxy</span></a>, does that solve the problem ? Can I then leave all their tracker crap on and not care less? Or do I need a "quarantined" web session that I then toast? Or use <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tails</span></a> ? Or have I not understood? Why is this so hard? It is like when u go to a shop for cheese they say "No cheese unless you tell me the contents of your fridge and pantry". <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/adblockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblockers</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/trackers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trackers</span></a></p>
OpenTech<p>Mozilla's blog discusses the transition to Manifest V3 for Firefox ad blockers. This change impacts how extensions function, aiming to enhance performance and security. Users may notice differences in ad-blocking capabilities and overall browser experience. The update is part of ongoing efforts to improve web standards and user privacy. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ManifestV3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ManifestV3</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdBlockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlockers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebPrivacy</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> will continue to support <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/adblockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblockers</span></a> in move to be better than <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a>.</p><p>Finally some good news coming out of Mozilla. :)</p><p><a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-manifest-v3-adblockers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.mozilla.org/en/products/f</span><span class="invisible">irefox/firefox-manifest-v3-adblockers/</span></a></p>
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