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Note the difference between μBlock and μBlock Origins.

by libeclipse 10y ago

kobayashi 10y ago
They've both dropped the mu have are now just uBlock/uBlock Origin
- Aardwolf 10y ago
  This is so confusing, why do ad blockers do that? For adblock, there is "adblock" and "adblock plus" For uBlock, there is "uBlock" and "uBlock Origin" Are there similarities between both those cases?
  - michaelbuckbee 10y ago
    It might be helpful to think of them both as open source projects (though it's slightly murkier) where there have been forks and drama in both codebases.
  - AdmiralAsshat 10y ago
    Forks happen. Things don't always go as planned. The original author of uBlock handed over the project to someone else, who promptly contributed nothing to the project other than to slap a "Donate" button on the page. The original author then reasserted control over the project by making uBlock Origin. So to recap, uBlock is a stagnant branch of the project that has not been updated in some time and has seemingly been abandoned by the maintainer to instead work on a paid adblocker for iOS. uBlock Origin is actively being developed, and helmed by the original author. Use uBlock Origin. In a perfect world you wouldn't need to, but, it is what it is.
- wtbob 10y ago
  Which I hate — it was so much cleverer when it was μBlock.
zx2c4 10y ago
Use uBlock Origin, not uBlock.
- oneweekwonder 10y ago
  What the diff?
  - m3Lith 10y ago
    One is in development, the other is not.
  - antome 10y ago
    uBlock was maintained by one person, but they wanted to move on to other projects, so they handed the project to someone else. The other person horribly mismanaged the project, and contributed essentially nothing. The original developer decided to return with uBlock origin.
    - martiuk 10y ago
      The other person also begged for donations while contributing nothing.
- charlesdenault 10y ago
  I'm still using uBlock for Safari until Origin is ported.
  - 4ad 10y ago
    Don't, use an ad blocker that uses the native content block API, rather than JavaScript.
    - kobayashi 10y ago
      Why, though? I haven't found any content blockers to have done even as good a job as the unmaintained uBlock, let alone a better job.
synchronise 10y ago
The dev of uBlock directs users to download and use uBlock Origin instead. I can't understand why they couldn't transfer the name and put it all under uBlock again, that'd make it a whole lot easier.
- RubyPinch 10y ago
  > The dev of uBlock directs users to download and use uBlock Origin instead. They do? still doesn't seem like that, e.g. https://www.ublock.org https://www.ublock.org all links go to ublock, except for one link on the AMO site
  - andreareina 10y ago
    Firefox Add-on page for uBlock says you're probably looking for uBlock Origin.
hackernews2000 10y ago
Cute μs, but it was dropped out of the name a very long time ago. The official name is uBlock Origin with a u now.

Note the difference between μBlock and μBlock Origins.

kobayashi 10y ago

They've both dropped the mu have are now just uBlock/uBlock Origin

Aardwolf 10y ago
This is so confusing, why do ad blockers do that? For adblock, there is "adblock" and "adblock plus" For uBlock, there is "uBlock" and "uBlock Origin" Are there similarities between both those cases?
- michaelbuckbee 10y ago
  It might be helpful to think of them both as open source projects (though it's slightly murkier) where there have been forks and drama in both codebases.
- AdmiralAsshat 10y ago
  Forks happen. Things don't always go as planned. The original author of uBlock handed over the project to someone else, who promptly contributed nothing to the project other than to slap a "Donate" button on the page. The original author then reasserted control over the project by making uBlock Origin. So to recap, uBlock is a stagnant branch of the project that has not been updated in some time and has seemingly been abandoned by the maintainer to instead work on a paid adblocker for iOS. uBlock Origin is actively being developed, and helmed by the original author. Use uBlock Origin. In a perfect world you wouldn't need to, but, it is what it is.
wtbob 10y ago
Which I hate — it was so much cleverer when it was μBlock.

zx2c4 10y ago

Use uBlock Origin, not uBlock.

oneweekwonder 10y ago
What the diff?
- m3Lith 10y ago
  One is in development, the other is not.
- antome 10y ago
  uBlock was maintained by one person, but they wanted to move on to other projects, so they handed the project to someone else. The other person horribly mismanaged the project, and contributed essentially nothing. The original developer decided to return with uBlock origin.
  - martiuk 10y ago
    The other person also begged for donations while contributing nothing.
charlesdenault 10y ago
I'm still using uBlock for Safari until Origin is ported.
- 4ad 10y ago
  Don't, use an ad blocker that uses the native content block API, rather than JavaScript.
  - kobayashi 10y ago
    Why, though? I haven't found any content blockers to have done even as good a job as the unmaintained uBlock, let alone a better job.

synchronise 10y ago

The dev of uBlock directs users to download and use uBlock Origin instead. I can't understand why they couldn't transfer the name and put it all under uBlock again, that'd make it a whole lot easier.

RubyPinch 10y ago
> The dev of uBlock directs users to download and use uBlock Origin instead. They do? still doesn't seem like that, e.g. https://www.ublock.org https://www.ublock.org all links go to ublock, except for one link on the AMO site
- andreareina 10y ago
  Firefox Add-on page for uBlock says you're probably looking for uBlock Origin.

hackernews2000 10y ago

Cute μs, but it was dropped out of the name a very long time ago. The official name is uBlock Origin with a u now.