• ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 days ago

    Missing critical features:

    Filter lists only update with the extension, you cannot update them dynamically

    No making your own filters and thus no element picker for blocking annoyances on a webpage (a feature so good apple literally baked it into safari)

    No support for external lists (which means if you back up your own filters into a list you cannot easily reimport)

    No changing behavior on a per site basis

    A number of other features as well that are more strictly power user features but still really handy like dynamic filtering and strict blocking domains.

    If you have the option stop using chrome and edge, they are some of the worst options you could choose. Even outside of adblock and manifest v3 chrome is horrendous for data harvesting bullshit and edge isn’t great. If you don’t have the option because of an overzealous it dept or whatever and are forced to use it ubo lite is your best option probably and my heart goes out to you

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      8 days ago

      I’m a bit confused as an Adblock Plus user, why did the ublock dev drop those features? ABP uses manifest v3 too and it still has all of those. So it’s clearly not about them being impossible.

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          8 days ago

          Probably because of the Adblock Plus mention. It’s mired in controversy because of its acceptable ads toggle and requiring ad giants to pay for it. So I can imagine people downvoting comments that put it in a positive light compared to other adblockers.

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            7 days ago

            You may be right, but whether you hate ABP specifically or not should be irrelevant to the question. The question was why other extensions - like Adblock - can have those feature but uBlock Lite can’t. What’s different?

            I’d also like to know, personally. I’d wondered the same thing.