3 ms·
If you use a VPN^ to block ads then the VPN needs to be able to see inside your TLS session. Moreover, you still need an adblocker inside the browser process to
by zarzavat 2y ago
If you use a VPN^ to block ads then the VPN needs to be able to see inside your TLS session. Moreover, you still need an adblocker inside the browser process to do DOM manipulation, etc. For example, the element picker.
It’s technically possible to bifurcate an adblocker like that but it’s an ugly setup and you would only do it if a gun was held to your head by an ad monopoly.
That said, it may be a good idea in the current situation.
^ This is really stretching the meaning of ‘VPN’!
- moi2388 2y agoBut you can totally still block ads based on element picker and do DOM manipulation. That’s not an issue. The only two things you cannot do is declare them as static rules (well you can but not unlimited), and look and modify every header before it hits the browser. And yes, you could have an app with a browser extension like Adblock already did for years without issues. You could also have only a browser extension and have all the user functionality you have now, the only difference being it just slightly slower, and you still having the network load the ads (but not the page you’re on). A bit annoying? Sure. But it’s hardly the severe problem it’s being made out to be.