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by antonok 2y ago
I did actually make a rough proof-of-concept of this! One of my long-term visions is to have it running natively in-browser, and able to automatically fix site issues caused by adblocking whenever they happen. The PoC is a bit outdated but
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by antonok 2y ago
I've been using Llama models to identify cookie notices on websites, for the purpose of adding filter rules to block them in EasyList Cookie. Otherwise, this is normally done by, essentially, manual volunteer reporting. Most cookie not
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by antonok 3y ago
It wouldn't get passed on. Without land value tax, holding real estate is a good enough investment on its own that rent prices can be left artificially inflated. LVT puts pressure on landlords to actually earn back the value of the pro
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by antonok 3y ago
Can you be more specific? There are admittedly lots of settings menus, but to my knowledge there are no ads inside the settings menus.
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by antonok 3y ago
Brave's built-in adblocker will not be affected, since it doesn't rely on any extension APIs. We'll also be continuing support for Mv2, in case you prefer to use uBO or other pre-Mv3 adblock extensions.
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by antonok 3y ago
Why not, I'll make a pitch for Brave here too. We have the only EasyList-compatible adblocker that isn't based on an extension platform. Yes, there is in-browser private advertising with user revenue share, but all of it can be di
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by antonok 3y ago
Nothing coordinated so far, but keep in mind Mv2 code will still exist behind a policy flag in Chromium until at least June 2025; there's still quite some time.
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by antonok 3y ago
I work on adblocking at Brave. 1. Brave, Vivaldi, and Opera have all announced they'd maintain support for Mv2 past Google's deprecation date [1]. 2. Your guess is correct - one of Google's stated motivations is to make the e
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by antonok 3y ago
Brave's adblocker is written in Rust [0] and compiled to native code; it's not affected by the Mv3 transition because it doesn't use extension APIs. Brave also publicly committed [1] to continuing support for Mv2 through patc
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by antonok 3y ago
Beeper [1] is built on Matrix, and their bridges to all the other messaging platforms are open source too if you wanted to self-host. [1] https://www.beeper.com/
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by antonok 3y ago
FWIW, in Brave you can create cosmetic filters using the right-click context menu. `Brave > Block element`. There's a shortcut to the page where you can manage your custom filters in that menu, too.
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by antonok 3y ago
What exactly do you mean by "modify Mv3"? Brave committed to continuing support for Mv2 [1]. Adding native adblocking capabilities is also definitely a more complex change than just bundling an adblocking extension. Brave maintain
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by antonok 4y ago
congrats! Helicone provides one of the biggest missing pieces from the the AI tool dev experience today, thanks for building this and sharing it with the rest of us!
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by antonok 4y ago
Brave Search has its own independent index too - https://brave.com/brave-search-beta/
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by antonok 4y ago
Brave's been blocking third-party cookies from the beginning; Firefox and Safari followed in 2019 and 2020 respectively. Third party cookies might not have been on the way out if Brave hadn't taken that first step already.
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by antonok 4y ago
Brave Browser has some Rust components too (e.g. the adblocking engine). Rust in C++ works very well for components with a small, well-defined API surface that involve a lot of logic. You only need to build a small FFI layer for the direct
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by antonok 4y ago
We generally try to expose these kinds of things for the more technical users who are interested in finding them - again, the cookie list has been available in brave://adblock for years now, we have "aggressive" blocking
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by antonok 4y ago
I can give some context here (I work on Brave's adblock engine). > Brave has been in the business of blocking ads for a long time. Surprisingly it took them years to come up with cookie banner blocking, even though all they do is in
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by antonok 4y ago
Brendan Eich has committed to supporting the Manifest V2 version of uBlock Origin in Brave [1]. Brave's built-in native adblocker also definitely won't be affected, as it doesn't use any webextension APIs at all. [1]: https:
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by antonok 4y ago
Great suggestions. The "third party buys popular extension and quietly adds malware" approach is also a huge attack vector. There really ought to be some way to prevent an extension from updating until you've had a chance to
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by antonok 4y ago
Google actually is allowing MV2 extensions to work under enterprise policy for much longer than anyone else: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv3/mv2-sunset/
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by antonok 4y ago
> V3 has gotten better at blocking ads over time, not worse. That may be true, but it's still significantly limited compared to MV2. And at the current rate, that is unlikely to change by the time Manifest V2 support is removed. Wha
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“UBO Minus (MV3)” – An Experimental uBlock Origin Build for Manifest V3(github.com)
339 points by antonok 4y ago|255 comments
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by antonok 4y ago
That's exactly what Brave is doing. Chromium fork with a built-in native adblocker that doesn't depend on MV2 at all, and plans to continue supporting MV2 even when it is removed from Chromium entirely.
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by antonok 4y ago
If you own hundreds of domains, you're welcome to try, but there's no good reason to. Fingerprinting scripts rely on a canvas being identical between sessions to identify that the same user is even there in the first place. If you
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by antonok 4y ago
This totally works as an approach! Brave does it for canvas data and a bunch of other web APIs as well. The "farbling" noise is deterministic per profile/origin combo to prevent being able to average it out across multiple pa
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by antonok 5y ago
Here's a few: - performance gains from optimized machine code - CNAME adblocking, which is otherwise not possible on Chromium-based browsers - robustness against potential changes from upstream (i.e. Manifest v3) And, not exactly adblo
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by antonok 5y ago
You're right, I just realized my VPS doesn't provide a public IPv6 address :( I've removed that record at least; thanks for the heads up!
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Show HN: Fontite, an icon font optimization tool for smaller and faster websites(fontite.antonok.com)
6 points by antonok 5y ago|2 comments
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by antonok 5y ago
I recommend checking out this issue [1] if you want to get your feet wet. Attempting to build a new Rust program and documenting what prevented it from working is a great way to understand how everything is implemented. Pretty satisfying if

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