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On ublock origin (full version, not lite), click on the settings icon:

Then go to "Filter Lists" and enable both of the "Cookie Notices" options:

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

get the consent-o-matic plugin as well. it automaticly denies concent on most mainstream sites. you can even set the level.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ublock is truly one of the 8 technological Wonders of the world.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 22 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

Firefox, since it's the last truly good non-google-controlled browser, I think. And it didn't just actively try to destroy ublock origin and other ad blocking plugins.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (5 children)

Linux Kernel. Blender. And the other 5 are still undiscovered.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Wine/Proton and Steam Deck

[–] [email protected] 27 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago

Absolutely this.

2010s was a wild west of downloading multi pack codecs BS. Just let me play the video!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 21 hours ago

Wikipedia/mediawiki

[–] [email protected] 19 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Ffmpeg gotta be on that list

[–] captain_aggravated 3 points 19 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago

I hope the Godot Engine can one day be named right next to Blender.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago

Every time I accidentally open another browser, I puke a little bit. I wonder how is it possible to live without uBlock Origin.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I switched to AdNauseam and can't tell any difference. And apparently AdNauseam actively is a hindrance to the ads instead of merely blocking them. Can anyone elaborate?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

Kinda depends on your perspective. It costs advertisers money and pays the website you're visiting. If it's a shitty site with a lot of ads, you're effectively encouraging them putting in more ads. Since you're "clicking" on every ad, and it's not affecting your experience, it sends a message that stuffing the page with all those ads is good for revenue. It also just charges advertisers. I don't personally think running ads inherently makes a company bad, so in my opinion clicking on ads out of spite so they get charged for a useless click is kind of not a great solution imho. It seems like it kinda benefits the wrong people, unless you're exclusively going to great websites running ads for terrible companies.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That's basically it, it just creates a ton of traffic from your system by clicking on every ad as it blocks them.

The idea being you 'hide in the noise' essentially. I'm not sure how well that works though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Well so far it blocks everything just as good as ublock as far as I can tell. So if there is even a chance I'm fucking with the advertisers, I'm sticking with it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

I'm pretty it is just a modified uBlock Origin.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

I occasionally do searches to see if there's a blocker for those obnoxious, "Do you want to use the app?" lightboxes. To no avail. 😿

[–] priapus 1 points 5 hours ago

Ublock Origin also has a section called annoyances, some of those lists probably block them.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 18 hours ago

AdGuard has a filter list for Mobile App Banners.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

You can make your own filters. Press the zap button to temporarily block something (to test) and the eyedropper to permenantly make a filter.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago

I try that in uBlock from time to time, but I still can't seem to get it quite right. Testing in Duolingo right now, I set it to get rid of the app popup, as well as the semitransparent overlay that darkens the whole page. But there's still some element on the page that restricts me from scrolling until I tap on the page. It's an improvement, but still not quite there yet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

I just imported it, and still have to tap before I can swipe. I also checked eBay after importing, and that app banner still pops up.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago

DandelionSprout also has a fantastic collection of lists that i use regularly. https://github.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bonus tip, you can install extensions on Firefox mobile and block those pesky ads too

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Only on Android unfortuantely. On iOS, Firefox is just a skin for Safari with no plugin support (thanks Apple!).

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

On iOS

See, that's where you went wrong.

Edit : Orion has been suggested as an iOS browser in another comment, though I don't know if it's good as I've never tried it.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

Safari has plugins! Get “Wipr 2”, it blocks ads, cookie banners, autoplaying videos, and all that garbage!

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[–] ScreaminOctopus 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is there anything for all the "subscribe to newsletter" popups on news sites and online stores?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, those should be included under "Annoyances"

[–] [email protected] 14 points 23 hours ago

I turned basically all of the optional filters on a few days ago at the advice of another lemming and I did not even realise until now that the internet had gotten noticeably less annoying.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Man, this extension is vital for the internet. Do they take donations at all?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

From the website: "I will not accept donations or sponsorships of any kind."

From Github: "If you ever want to contribute something, think about the people working hard to maintain the filter lists you are using, which are available to use by all for free."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 23 hours ago

Fucking legend

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Does it only block the pop-up or does it deny consent for anything but necessary cookies?

Because that's quite essential I think

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If you don't click on yes. You haven't given your consent

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago

In the US, it's the opposite. The way the law is written, you have to OPT out. So they're collecting the moment you land.

I've set up a bunch of these cookie banners for US businesses. You can choose if you follow the EU version, or the CCPA version.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Ublock has been slightly better in my experience, and this doesn't require another extension.

Thanks for sharing though!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

uBO is way better, especially if you also know how to make filters yourself.

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