I found a trick to block Facebook ads without an extension…
Assuming that there isn’t a better extension out there for people to switch to, this move might push some people into quitting Facebook completely.
If you’re using uBlock origin, then you won’t see ads anywhere else. Meanwhile on Facebook, every few posts will be an ad.
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Me too, I quit 15 years ago.
I never joined in the first place…
I am sure there are dozens of us!
At least
They just randomize the DOM. Which is a pretty terrible thing to do. So I can completely understand why they stop blocking ads on that terrible site.
I thought of a possible solution. The close to 7 figure engineers are probably vibe-coding and automating their scrambling algos already. uBO, or someone else, just needs to set up a pipeline with agentic AI analyzing the current block-blocking method to unscramble it. Release daily builds. Could be a site specific addon too, doesn’t have to be a general adblock addon.
Fight AI with AI.
Or; dont block anything and wait for people to stop using meta products altogether :)
I’m stuck using fucking facebook, messenger and whatsapp. Facebook and messenger are where all the non-techie people in my kids’ sports communicate, and I’ve got some dear people far away that uses whatsapp.
I had deleted my account back before it was called meta, but had to get a new one. Fuck me if I’m going to install their app though.
If we could wean people off of meta it’d be great.
Facebook and youtube would crumble completely without ads. That’s where the real money is.
uBlock Origin really needs to find a way to define content-based rules for sites which use DOM randomization. After all, the ads still have places where they can go and ad content is structurally always very different from actual content.
If they let Facebook win, YouTube will do it next. And a year later, uBlock Origin will have stopped working on half the web.“They” don’t use Facebook anyway and all the people using their free labor acting as through they are paying customers finally got to them. I’m with the uBlock guys on dropping Facebook when it’s such thankless painful work
Right? Even people commenting here with “all ubo has to do…”
If it’s so easy, go help them out!