What's a good ad blocker for Chrome?

[tarah@infosec.exchange]

What's a good ad blocker for Chrome?

[anyone suggesting I move to Chromium, Safari, or Mozilla will be summarily meme-d to death]

[davemwilburn@infosec.exchange]

@Tarah

uBlock Origin Lite isn't terrible. It's less capable than the Firefox version, but still meets the core need.

[i@declin.eu]

@Tarah https://github.com/gorhill/ublock

[neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org]

@Tarah uBlock Origin Lite - then go in and give it greater perms than default

[vandorb12@infosec.exchange]

@Tarah uBlock Origin Lite, made by the same dev that does the OG uBlock Origin. https://ublockorigin.com/

[neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org]

@Tarah also i would be remiss if I didn't suggest adblocking through custom DNS

[tarah@infosec.exchange]

@neurovagrant go in how, precisely? ublock got neutered, I thought

[neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org]

@Tarah Go into the extension settings, ensure it's on at least Optimal for default.

Some more granularity with other settings, including lists, and dev mode.

[me@mastodon.cysioland.pl]

@Tarah uBlock Origin Lite, paired with a DNS-level blocker

[oxy@social.bsdlab.au]

@Tarah I see they release ublock origin lite but I cant attest to its effectiveness

[jab01701mid@mastodon.social]

@Tarah I use EFF's Privacy Badger. Cookie blocker == AD blocker.

[msfjarvis@androiddev.social]

@Tarah @neurovagrant the author of uBO developed an MV3 compatible version that was able to retain many of the critical features. They have a handy FAQ that explains most of the functional differences:

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

uBO Lite home (MV3). Contribute to uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub (github.com)

[wdormann@infosec.exchange]

@Tarah
My shortcut for launching Chrome has --disable-features=ExtensionManifestV2Unsupported,ExtensionManifestV2Disabled on the cmdline, so all the good blockers still work.
At least for now.

[acalarch@infosec.exchange]

@Tarah

Personally, I eventually got used to FF because it has good extension and adblock support on Android.

Every mobile browser that isnt chrome does major UI overhauls every 12-18 months and that is never fun.