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In related news, uBlock Origin has finally (today) been converted to a WebExtension and is now fully compatible with Firefox 57 and beyond. https://addons.mozi

by aorth 9y ago

In related news, uBlock Origin has finally (today) been converted to a WebExtension and is now fully compatible with Firefox 57 and beyond. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin

tga_d 9y ago
it's been a webextension for a while now, the only reason it has been listed as otherwise by Mozilla is because of the update wrapper https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/2576#issue-225417939 https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/2576#issue-22541793... https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/2862#issuecomment-321938285 https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/2862#issuecomment-3...
- baobrien 9y ago
  Yep. I've been running it on nightly for a while now just by going to the development channel version.
SimeVidas 9y ago
I’ve switched to Ghostery, and it seems to work fine. Should I go back to uBlock Origin?
- KingMachiavelli 9y ago
  Ghostery has or has had some controversial analytics called GhostRank that it collects(it may be opt-in I'm not sure). But uBlock Origin is definiently the best content filtering extension I've ever used.
  - Vinnl 9y ago
    It's opt-in, and has also been acquired by a company building a privacy-focused browser (I think?).
    - SimeVidas 9y ago
      From what I see, it’s a small German startup that puts emphasis on user privacy. Sounds fine to me.
  - SimeVidas 9y ago
    I think it’s opt-in. All the “share data” checkboxes in the “Support Ghostery” panel are unchecked for me.
- gog 9y ago
  I use both. uBlock Origin catches pre-roll ads on YouTube as well as some other things that Ghostery lets through.
- efreak 9y ago
  I personally prefer privacy badger over both. You can't add trackers to Ghostery, and I don't much care about ads that don't track me (I don't watch internet videos, I might not have this opinion if I did), and any particularly annoying ads just get blocked manually in privacy badger. On mobile, there unfortunately is no such thing (no user scripts on chrome or Firefox, no privacy badger either), so I usually just disable JavaScript or use whatever privacy browser I have installed (currently Firefox Focus).
  - beagle3 9y ago
    Firefox Focus also applies its privacy features to Safari browsing; are there any benefits to actually using Focus as a browser?
  - Flott 9y ago
    Privacy Badger is available on Firefox for Android. You might want to take a look at it if you use Android. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/privacy-badger17/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/privacy-badge...
- Endy 9y ago
  I use Disconnect rather than Ghostery in addition to uBlock.
romanovcode 9y ago
It means it will work in Edge out of the box as well?
- dEnigma 9y ago
  There has been a uBlock version for Edge for quite a while now; or am I missing something? https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/ublock-origin/9nblggh444l4 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/ublock-origin/9nblgg...
  - romanovcode 9y ago
    Yeah but it's a fork to work with Edge. But AFAIK Edge can work with all webextensions because it is using exactly the same APIs as Firefox.
    - dEnigma 9y ago
      Ah, interesting, I hadn't heard about that. Seems like it should work in Edge then, at least with minimal changes: WebExtensions APIs are inspired by the existing Google Chrome extension APIs, and are supported by Opera, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge. [1] On the other hand the Edge version seems to no longer be very actively maintained, but the original repository[2] still links to the Edge repository[3] for installation. [1]https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/What_are_WebExtensions https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Wh... [2]https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ [3]https://github.com/nikrolls/uBlock-Edge/ https://github.com/nikrolls/uBlock-Edge/
gnastygnorc 9y ago
Note that updating to the web extension version will wipe all your ublock settings, custom filters, rules etc. Back up your settings first

by aorth 9y ago

tga_d 9y ago

it's been a webextension for a while now, the only reason it has been listed as otherwise by Mozilla is because of the update wrapper https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/2576#issue-225417939 https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/2576#issue-22541793... https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/2862#issuecomment-321938285 https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/2862#issuecomment-3...

baobrien 9y ago
Yep. I've been running it on nightly for a while now just by going to the development channel version.

SimeVidas 9y ago

I’ve switched to Ghostery, and it seems to work fine. Should I go back to uBlock Origin?

KingMachiavelli 9y ago
Ghostery has or has had some controversial analytics called GhostRank that it collects(it may be opt-in I'm not sure). But uBlock Origin is definiently the best content filtering extension I've ever used.
- Vinnl 9y ago
  It's opt-in, and has also been acquired by a company building a privacy-focused browser (I think?).
  - SimeVidas 9y ago
    From what I see, it’s a small German startup that puts emphasis on user privacy. Sounds fine to me.
- SimeVidas 9y ago
  I think it’s opt-in. All the “share data” checkboxes in the “Support Ghostery” panel are unchecked for me.
gog 9y ago
I use both. uBlock Origin catches pre-roll ads on YouTube as well as some other things that Ghostery lets through.
efreak 9y ago
I personally prefer privacy badger over both. You can't add trackers to Ghostery, and I don't much care about ads that don't track me (I don't watch internet videos, I might not have this opinion if I did), and any particularly annoying ads just get blocked manually in privacy badger. On mobile, there unfortunately is no such thing (no user scripts on chrome or Firefox, no privacy badger either), so I usually just disable JavaScript or use whatever privacy browser I have installed (currently Firefox Focus).
- beagle3 9y ago
  Firefox Focus also applies its privacy features to Safari browsing; are there any benefits to actually using Focus as a browser?
- Flott 9y ago
  Privacy Badger is available on Firefox for Android. You might want to take a look at it if you use Android. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/privacy-badger17/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/privacy-badge...
Endy 9y ago
I use Disconnect rather than Ghostery in addition to uBlock.

romanovcode 9y ago

It means it will work in Edge out of the box as well?

dEnigma 9y ago
There has been a uBlock version for Edge for quite a while now; or am I missing something? https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/ublock-origin/9nblggh444l4 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/ublock-origin/9nblgg...
- romanovcode 9y ago
  Yeah but it's a fork to work with Edge. But AFAIK Edge can work with all webextensions because it is using exactly the same APIs as Firefox.
  - dEnigma 9y ago
    Ah, interesting, I hadn't heard about that. Seems like it should work in Edge then, at least with minimal changes: WebExtensions APIs are inspired by the existing Google Chrome extension APIs, and are supported by Opera, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge. [1] On the other hand the Edge version seems to no longer be very actively maintained, but the original repository[2] still links to the Edge repository[3] for installation. [1]https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/What_are_WebExtensions https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Wh... [2]https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ [3]https://github.com/nikrolls/uBlock-Edge/ https://github.com/nikrolls/uBlock-Edge/

gnastygnorc 9y ago

Note that updating to the web extension version will wipe all your ublock settings, custom filters, rules etc. Back up your settings first