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It should probably be noted that this Firefox Preview they are announcing doesn't yet have Add-On support. But I agree, uBlock Origin makes the mobile web far

by eco 7y ago

It should probably be noted that this Firefox Preview they are announcing doesn't yet have Add-On support. But I agree, uBlock Origin makes the mobile web far less painful. Also, I'll point out that you want to be using uBlock Origin, not uBlock. As I recall, Raymond Hill (the creator of uBlock) decided to hand over uBlock Firefox to one of the contributors to offload some of the maintenance burden but then the new owner immediately started trying to monetize it which prompted him to create uBlock Origin.

rando9297 7y ago
Last time I checked, Raymond Hill's website didn't even have a donation button. This is an incredibly generous stance for him to take but if he doesn't want money himself maybe he could collect funds for a charity. I really feel I owe someone for this software.
- the_pwner224 7y ago
  It's free (libre) software; you don't owe anyone. Eventually you will encounter a bug or translation/documentation error in some free software; taking some time to fix that would help everyone. And so would making software to fix a problem and then releasing it under a free license. It might not happen in the near future, but chances are eventually you'll get to contribute something. And even if you don't, just accept uBO as a gift from a nice person.
- Qub3d 7y ago
  Raymond outlines his reasons for refusing donations on the ublock wiki, if anyone is curious: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Why-don't-you-accept-donations%3F https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Why-don't-you-accept-... One thing he (rightfully) points out is that the real power of ad-blocking solutions comes from the community-maintained blocking lists. In theory one could manually block every url they run across, but in practice we can use these tools (or a tool like pi-hole) almost effortlessly.
  - matz1 7y ago
    Can't he just accept donations while also maintaining the same 'no expectation' attitude ? Isn't it what donation is ?
    - gruez 7y ago
      on the other hand, political "donations"
      - matz1 7y ago
        Or just simply called donation
  - Simon_says 7y ago
    In theory I could do every computation my CPU does, but I don't want to.
- davidgerard 7y ago
  He wants people to donate to the people compiling the block lists.
dochtman 7y ago
In my experience the built-in tracking protection (now enabled by default) does a pretty good job.
vorticalbox 7y ago
I just have blockade installed and have ad blockimg acroos all my apps. FF with add-ons run noticeable slower than brave. https://blokada.org/index.html https://blokada.org/index.html

by eco 7y ago

rando9297 7y ago

Last time I checked, Raymond Hill's website didn't even have a donation button. This is an incredibly generous stance for him to take but if he doesn't want money himself maybe he could collect funds for a charity. I really feel I owe someone for this software.

the_pwner224 7y ago
It's free (libre) software; you don't owe anyone. Eventually you will encounter a bug or translation/documentation error in some free software; taking some time to fix that would help everyone. And so would making software to fix a problem and then releasing it under a free license. It might not happen in the near future, but chances are eventually you'll get to contribute something. And even if you don't, just accept uBO as a gift from a nice person.
Qub3d 7y ago
Raymond outlines his reasons for refusing donations on the ublock wiki, if anyone is curious: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Why-don't-you-accept-donations%3F https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Why-don't-you-accept-... One thing he (rightfully) points out is that the real power of ad-blocking solutions comes from the community-maintained blocking lists. In theory one could manually block every url they run across, but in practice we can use these tools (or a tool like pi-hole) almost effortlessly.
- matz1 7y ago
  Can't he just accept donations while also maintaining the same 'no expectation' attitude ? Isn't it what donation is ?
  - gruez 7y ago
    on the other hand, political "donations"
    - matz1 7y ago
      Or just simply called donation
- Simon_says 7y ago
  In theory I could do every computation my CPU does, but I don't want to.
davidgerard 7y ago
He wants people to donate to the people compiling the block lists.

dochtman 7y ago

In my experience the built-in tracking protection (now enabled by default) does a pretty good job.

vorticalbox 7y ago

I just have blockade installed and have ad blockimg acroos all my apps. FF with add-ons run noticeable slower than brave. https://blokada.org/index.html https://blokada.org/index.html