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RIP web browser ad blockers

https://www.neowin.net/news/facebook-ads-are-so-hard-to-bloc...
bloomington
  08/12/26
you can just use ublock origin "lite" though and i...
reluctant liberal artist with good phenotype
  08/12/26
don't use it either but this is a really bad development for...
Darnell
  08/12/26
I don't think you get it The problem is that Facebook is ...
bloomington
  08/12/26
hehe
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  08/12/26
i doubt it. people will be able to have their AIs update the...
reluctant liberal artist with good phenotype
  08/12/26
I have been using adblockers since 2004. It astonishes me ev...
Fucking Fuckface
  08/12/26
"people will be able to have their AIs update their loc...
bloomington
  08/12/26
It's not as bad as it sounds. Facebook is unusually difficul...
The Penis
  08/12/26


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Date: August 12th, 2026 3:42 PM
Author: bloomington (🦬)

https://www.neowin.net/news/facebook-ads-are-so-hard-to-block-that-ublock-origin-stopped-filtering-them/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5892447&forum_id=2)#50063943)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 3:45 PM
Author: reluctant liberal artist with good phenotype

you can just use ublock origin "lite" though and it still works just fine on all ads

idk about facebook specifically but i'm not over the age of 65 nor do i live in a third world country so i don't use facebook

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5892447&forum_id=2)#50063957)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 3:52 PM
Author: Darnell

don't use it either but this is a really bad development for broader adblocking efforts. the very best volunteers in the world have been overwhelmed by facebook's team

even for those who avoid facebook, it's hard to get away from marketplace as it's the only way to buy and sell used stuff now that craigslist is mostly a ghost town.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5892447&forum_id=2)#50063973)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 3:56 PM
Author: bloomington (🦬)

I don't think you get it

The problem is that Facebook is getting so good at obfuscating their ad delivery that the adblocker developers are giving up on blocking ads on Facebook.

Pretty soon it will be more than Facebook that the devs give up on.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5892447&forum_id=2)#50063980)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 4:04 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


hehe

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5892447&forum_id=2)#50064001)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 4:09 PM
Author: reluctant liberal artist with good phenotype

i doubt it. people will be able to have their AIs update their local ad blockers whenever it's necessary

all ads will eventually be built into AI CLI's anyway. the "world wide web" internet won't even exist in 2-3 years

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5892447&forum_id=2)#50064017)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 4:12 PM
Author: Fucking Fuckface

I have been using adblockers since 2004. It astonishes me every time I use a device without one. Can't understand how or why anyone would choose to interact with the world wide web without one, unless it was for finding medical care or something

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5892447&forum_id=2)#50064022)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 4:15 PM
Author: bloomington (🦬)

"people will be able to have their AIs update their local ad blockers whenever it's necessary"

That's optimistic. Borderline retarded TBH.

"all ads will eventually be built into AI CLI's anyway. the "world wide web" internet won't even exist in 2-3 years"

Maybe so, maybe so.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5892447&forum_id=2)#50064031)



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Date: August 12th, 2026 4:47 PM
Author: The Penis

It's not as bad as it sounds. Facebook is unusually difficult because its ads are inserted directly into the same feed as normal posts. Facebook has some unusual advantages in that it controls the entire website, the content feed, the ad delivery system, and the code serving both ads and normal content. A random ad network appearing on thousands of unrelated websites generally doesn’t have that same degree of control.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5892447&forum_id=2)#50064119)