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Oh, shit, I am the only person browsing news.yc who doesn't know about uBlock Origin, and I am so fscking excited!! I've installed this and have no idea how to

Oh, shit, I am the only person browsing news.yc who doesn't know about uBlock Origin, and I am so fscking excited!! I've installed this and have no idea how to use it so I'm about to dip into uBlock Matrix instead wish me luck~

kohtatsu 7y ago
uMatrix is a lot of fun imo. Huge pain, but it's fun.
- yborg 7y ago
  I use uMatrix to demonstrate what is happening on the Web to non-technical people. The redlining is an excellent visual cue. People are shocked at the dozens and dozens of tracking and analytics beacons that are loaded on any major site.
Nition 7y ago
You can install uBlock Origin and not do any configuration and it works well out of the box really.
smichel17 7y ago
I like using both uBlock Origin and uMatrix. uBlock I run with near-zero configuration tweaks, only enabling a few additional lists. uMatrix I run in a much more restrictive mode (block all 3rd party, along with first party scripts and XHRs). Then I selectively unblock to unbreak sites. In this way, uMatrix is my primary line of defense, and uBlock is a backup, in case I accidentally unblock an ad/malware domain when trying to unbreak a site. It also allows me to temporarily allow all with uMatrix if I just want a site to work, without enabling ads, etc.
- OJFord 7y ago
  > uMatrix I run in a much more restrictive mode (block all 3rd party, along with first party scripts and XHRs). Then I selectively unblock to unbreak sites. That's exactly what I do too. You get better at knowing the likely candidates for what you need to unblock, but payment on a new site (or a modified since you last used it site) can be annoying. Incidentally it has also led to me being both undercharged (client-side upping of the price wrt quantity) and double charged ('failed' transaction, unblock something, try again, turned out they actually both went through).

kohtatsu 7y ago

uMatrix is a lot of fun imo. Huge pain, but it's fun.

yborg 7y ago
I use uMatrix to demonstrate what is happening on the Web to non-technical people. The redlining is an excellent visual cue. People are shocked at the dozens and dozens of tracking and analytics beacons that are loaded on any major site.

Nition 7y ago

You can install uBlock Origin and not do any configuration and it works well out of the box really.

smichel17 7y ago

I like using both uBlock Origin and uMatrix. uBlock I run with near-zero configuration tweaks, only enabling a few additional lists. uMatrix I run in a much more restrictive mode (block all 3rd party, along with first party scripts and XHRs). Then I selectively unblock to unbreak sites. In this way, uMatrix is my primary line of defense, and uBlock is a backup, in case I accidentally unblock an ad/malware domain when trying to unbreak a site. It also allows me to temporarily allow all with uMatrix if I just want a site to work, without enabling ads, etc.

OJFord 7y ago
> uMatrix I run in a much more restrictive mode (block all 3rd party, along with first party scripts and XHRs). Then I selectively unblock to unbreak sites. That's exactly what I do too. You get better at knowing the likely candidates for what you need to unblock, but payment on a new site (or a modified since you last used it site) can be annoying. Incidentally it has also led to me being both undercharged (client-side upping of the price wrt quantity) and double charged ('failed' transaction, unblock something, try again, turned out they actually both went through).