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On ublock origin (full version, not lite), click on the settings icon:
Then go to "Filter Lists" and enable both of the "Cookie Notices" options:
get the consent-o-matic plugin as well. it automaticly denies concent on most mainstream sites. you can even set the level.
Ublock is truly one of the 8 technological Wonders of the world.
What are the other 7?
Firefox, since it's the last truly good non-google-controlled browser, I think. And it didn't just actively try to destroy ublock origin and other ad blocking plugins.
Safari is apple controlled.
Ya true, but for those of us on Linux or windows, Firefox is the way.
Linux Kernel. Blender. And the other 5 are still undiscovered.
Wine/Proton and Steam Deck
vlc
Absolutely this.
2010s was a wild west of downloading multi pack codecs BS. Just let me play the video!
Wikipedia/mediawiki
Every time I accidentally open another browser, I puke a little bit. I wonder how is it possible to live without uBlock Origin.
I occasionally do searches to see if there's a blocker for those obnoxious, "Do you want to use the app?" lightboxes. To no avail. 😿
Ublock Origin also has a section called annoyances, some of those lists probably block them.
I've already gone through and toggled on virtually all of the filter lists.
You can make your own filters. Press the zap button to temporarily block something (to test) and the eyedropper to permenantly make a filter.
I try that in uBlock from time to time, but I still can't seem to get it quite right. Testing in Duolingo right now, I set it to get rid of the app popup, as well as the semitransparent overlay that darkens the whole page. But there's still some element on the page that restricts me from scrolling until I tap on the page. It's an improvement, but still not quite there yet.
Bonus tip, you can install extensions on Firefox mobile and block those pesky ads too
I switched to AdNauseam and can't tell any difference. And apparently AdNauseam actively is a hindrance to the ads instead of merely blocking them. Can anyone elaborate?
Kinda depends on your perspective. It costs advertisers money and pays the website you're visiting. If it's a shitty site with a lot of ads, you're effectively encouraging them putting in more ads. Since you're "clicking" on every ad, and it's not affecting your experience, it sends a message that stuffing the page with all those ads is good for revenue. It also just charges advertisers. I don't personally think running ads inherently makes a company bad, so in my opinion clicking on ads out of spite so they get charged for a useless click is kind of not a great solution imho. It seems like it kinda benefits the wrong people, unless you're exclusively going to great websites running ads for terrible companies.
It only clicks tracking ads to feed them garbage data and leaves ethical ads alone.
That's basically it, it just creates a ton of traffic from your system by clicking on every ad as it blocks them.
The idea being you 'hide in the noise' essentially. I'm not sure how well that works though.
Well so far it blocks everything just as good as ublock as far as I can tell. So if there is even a chance I'm fucking with the advertisers, I'm sticking with it.
I'm pretty it is just a modified uBlock Origin.
DandelionSprout also has a fantastic collection of lists that i use regularly. https://github.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt
Man, this extension is vital for the internet. Do they take donations at all?
Fucking legend
Kinda like VLC, too. So many advertisers have offered its dev millions of dollars over the years, with 100% of them rejected. Incredible integrity.
Unshakable
Is there anything for all the "subscribe to newsletter" popups on news sites and online stores?
Yes, those should be included under "Annoyances"
I turned basically all of the optional filters on a few days ago at the advice of another lemming and I did not even realise until now that the internet had gotten noticeably less annoying.