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Ublock collaborators gorhill and Deathamns leave the project

63 points by Perceval 12y ago

daviross 12y ago
Wow. This is really a shame. I use uMatrix in particular enough that I would've gladly chipped in on a Patreon for continued development.
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hurin 12y ago
I'm not sure what happened here - but I've used HTTPSwitchboard (also created by gorhill) for awhile - and I hope the guy keeps making awesome software; he really deserves a lot more props than I can give.
aeosynth 12y ago
https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/commit/6850fa0a262b8772a502c92750fe7a5bf74515f0#commitcomment-10530255 https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/commit/6850fa0a262b87... > I suppose you should publish new version with a name indicative of the change. I plan to work on my own version which may or may not diverge from the current official version, so should the two versions diverge enough, keeping my own version on Chrome store is a good thing. it sounds like they've given up on github, but they'll still work on their project.
luciferismyking 12y ago
The official explanation (from http://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/ublock-a-lean-and-fast-blocker.365273/page-33#post-2476324 http://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/ublock-a-lean-and-fas...): > The more you give, the more many act as if you owed them even more. This is what ground me down in the long run. If the project has any intrinsic value, it will survive. The move was a huge relief for me. I have been postponing this for long now, thinking things might improve. They did not, from my point of view.
- james-skemp 12y ago
  What I found interesting/sad was that the user they quote later agreed with his post. 'So true.' It is difficult to see yourself doing it, and I wonder if more and more open source projects will fall to this as the years go by. Personally I've seen a number of projects I've followed fall to this, and have kept some of my stuff closed because I feared possible users/consumers. Shrug.
unexistance 12y ago
from uMatrix page "I expect there will be community driven efforts for users to help each others. If µMatrix had a home, I would probably set up a forum, but I do not plan for such thing, I really just want to code, not manage web sites. If you need help to un-break a site when using µMatrix, you can try Wilders Security, where you are likely to receive help if needed, whether by me or other users." guess he/she is burned-out from 'helping' the new users & distracting from actual coding that he/she loves so much
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tomjen3 12y ago
Not knowing what Ublock is, nor whom gorhill and Deathamns are, this headline sucks. As it is, this does not seem important.
- klibertp 12y ago
  On the other hand, for those knowing what uBlock is and those using it daily (like I do) this headline is very informative and relevant. uBlock is a smaller, possibly better AdBlock by the way.
- tomjen3 12y ago
  You can downvote me as much as you want, the headline is still, objectively, bad.
  - rikkus 12y ago
    If you google 'ublock', at least for me, the first results should tell you what it is. You can also see that it seems to be owned by gorhill on github. I would like titles to be altered to tell people what the subject is actually about, or give some background, but I can't see that happening soon, so I'm sorry but you'll have to google for now.
  - tokanizar 12y ago
    What do you think it should be?
    - asdfasdfasdfasd 12y ago
      You Won't BELIEVE What These Two Ad-block Software Developers Just Said!
storrgie 12y ago
:( I just switched from abp to ublock yesterday.

63 points by Perceval 12y ago

Wow. This is really a shame. I use uMatrix in particular enough that I would've gladly chipped in on a Patreon for continued development.

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hurin 12y ago

I'm not sure what happened here - but I've used HTTPSwitchboard (also created by gorhill) for awhile - and I hope the guy keeps making awesome software; he really deserves a lot more props than I can give.

aeosynth 12y ago

https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/commit/6850fa0a262b8772a502c92750fe7a5bf74515f0#commitcomment-10530255 https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/commit/6850fa0a262b87... > I suppose you should publish new version with a name indicative of the change. I plan to work on my own version which may or may not diverge from the current official version, so should the two versions diverge enough, keeping my own version on Chrome store is a good thing. it sounds like they've given up on github, but they'll still work on their project.

luciferismyking 12y ago

The official explanation (from http://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/ublock-a-lean-and-fast-blocker.365273/page-33#post-2476324 http://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/ublock-a-lean-and-fas...): > The more you give, the more many act as if you owed them even more. This is what ground me down in the long run. If the project has any intrinsic value, it will survive. The move was a huge relief for me. I have been postponing this for long now, thinking things might improve. They did not, from my point of view.

james-skemp 12y ago
What I found interesting/sad was that the user they quote later agreed with his post. 'So true.' It is difficult to see yourself doing it, and I wonder if more and more open source projects will fall to this as the years go by. Personally I've seen a number of projects I've followed fall to this, and have kept some of my stuff closed because I feared possible users/consumers. Shrug.

unexistance 12y ago

from uMatrix page "I expect there will be community driven efforts for users to help each others. If µMatrix had a home, I would probably set up a forum, but I do not plan for such thing, I really just want to code, not manage web sites. If you need help to un-break a site when using µMatrix, you can try Wilders Security, where you are likely to receive help if needed, whether by me or other users." guess he/she is burned-out from 'helping' the new users & distracting from actual coding that he/she loves so much

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tomjen3 12y ago

Not knowing what Ublock is, nor whom gorhill and Deathamns are, this headline sucks. As it is, this does not seem important.

klibertp 12y ago
On the other hand, for those knowing what uBlock is and those using it daily (like I do) this headline is very informative and relevant. uBlock is a smaller, possibly better AdBlock by the way.
tomjen3 12y ago
You can downvote me as much as you want, the headline is still, objectively, bad.
- rikkus 12y ago
  If you google 'ublock', at least for me, the first results should tell you what it is. You can also see that it seems to be owned by gorhill on github. I would like titles to be altered to tell people what the subject is actually about, or give some background, but I can't see that happening soon, so I'm sorry but you'll have to google for now.
- tokanizar 12y ago
  What do you think it should be?
  - asdfasdfasdfasd 12y ago
    You Won't BELIEVE What These Two Ad-block Software Developers Just Said!

storrgie 12y ago

:( I just switched from abp to ublock yesterday.