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I never have to turn off uBO to get pages to work. Am I just visiting really boring sites, or is there a default setting I should change to be more strict amd b

I never have to turn off uBO to get pages to work. Am I just visiting really boring sites, or is there a default setting I should change to be more strict amd break more pages?

andrewflnr 4y ago
I don't know, I guess it could be that turning on the "I know what I'm doing" matrix features made it more strict? It seems like every e-commerce site and most blog/news sites want to host all their images offsite (mostly CDNs I assume) in some weird JS-mediated way. Anything with a captcha breaks. Any purchase checkout process that involves other domains, which is almost all of them, can be counted on to break. If someone can tell me I'm just misunderstanding what's going on, I'd love to spend less time messing with websites' guts and still be reasonably protected.
- notRobot 4y ago
  uBO can break sites, but in my experience doesn't to the degree that you're describing. Perhaps you should clear all settings and re-install the extension once and see if that helps? Do you maybe have other content blocking extensions running at the same time as uBO that are causing 'clashes'?
  - zarzavat 4y ago
    For me uBO breaks 3D-secure, so it does in fact break every e-commerce checkout that uses it. I just disable the entire extension before I buy something, but it’s rather awkward.
    - numpad0 4y ago
      That “enter just your web password here” thing? Don’t seem to for me. Amazon checkout seems to be breaking from something recently but likely not uBO filters.
  - andrewflnr 4y ago
    I'll probably give this a shot. The only settings changes I can remember are allowing things, but I could be wrong. No other content-blocker extensions, I believe.
    - notRobot 4y ago
      Sometimes 'Enhanced Tracking Protection' built into Firefox can break sites too. Click on the shield in the URL bar to toggle.
- JeremyNT 4y ago
  In that mode you can make it much more strict, such that it loads no js at all by default, and/or loads only first party scripts by default. I think out of the box with the default blacklist mode very few things are broken, but the trade-off there is that you're running way more code. I do imagine the default list would block this specific nonsense from tiktok, although I haven't verified that assumption. I block all scripts initially with ubo and slowly allow what I need to make a site function (or just close tab on sites I deem unworthy of the effort). This is certainly more than you could expect from a normal user.
sva_ 4y ago
I just had this problem today when trying to book a flight at American Airlines. The purchase button would simply not work when uBO was on.

I never have to turn off uBO to get pages to work. Am I just visiting really boring sites, or is there a default setting I should change to be more strict amd break more pages?

andrewflnr 4y ago

I don't know, I guess it could be that turning on the "I know what I'm doing" matrix features made it more strict? It seems like every e-commerce site and most blog/news sites want to host all their images offsite (mostly CDNs I assume) in some weird JS-mediated way. Anything with a captcha breaks. Any purchase checkout process that involves other domains, which is almost all of them, can be counted on to break. If someone can tell me I'm just misunderstanding what's going on, I'd love to spend less time messing with websites' guts and still be reasonably protected.

notRobot 4y ago
uBO can break sites, but in my experience doesn't to the degree that you're describing. Perhaps you should clear all settings and re-install the extension once and see if that helps? Do you maybe have other content blocking extensions running at the same time as uBO that are causing 'clashes'?
- zarzavat 4y ago
  For me uBO breaks 3D-secure, so it does in fact break every e-commerce checkout that uses it. I just disable the entire extension before I buy something, but it’s rather awkward.
  - numpad0 4y ago
    That “enter just your web password here” thing? Don’t seem to for me. Amazon checkout seems to be breaking from something recently but likely not uBO filters.
- andrewflnr 4y ago
  I'll probably give this a shot. The only settings changes I can remember are allowing things, but I could be wrong. No other content-blocker extensions, I believe.
  - notRobot 4y ago
    Sometimes 'Enhanced Tracking Protection' built into Firefox can break sites too. Click on the shield in the URL bar to toggle.
JeremyNT 4y ago
In that mode you can make it much more strict, such that it loads no js at all by default, and/or loads only first party scripts by default. I think out of the box with the default blacklist mode very few things are broken, but the trade-off there is that you're running way more code. I do imagine the default list would block this specific nonsense from tiktok, although I haven't verified that assumption. I block all scripts initially with ubo and slowly allow what I need to make a site function (or just close tab on sites I deem unworthy of the effort). This is certainly more than you could expect from a normal user.

sva_ 4y ago

I just had this problem today when trying to book a flight at American Airlines. The purchase button would simply not work when uBO was on.