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Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Build Spyblock from uBlock Origin


From: Narcis Garcia
Subject: Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Build Spyblock from uBlock Origin
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 08:46:42 +0200

+1


El 23/09/16 a les 19:51, Ivan Zaigralin ha escrit:
> Please do not take this as anything but constructive criticism. I fully
> understand how limited the resources are, and I firmly believe that even
> in the present state icecat & most of the bundled features are
> incredibly useful and effective. I am merely trying to point out some
> directions for future development, once the resources are plentiful :)
> 
>  
> 
> I believe icecat should do something more drastic than simply switch the
> adblocker. Something needs to change in the way features are added. It
> was a technical mistake to put core functionality into an existing
> adblocker, just as it is far from ideal to bundle https everywhere. This
> practice robs users of their freedom to choose addons, and it breaks
> icecat when it is repackaged for inclusion into a distribution
> (maintainers have to choose between locking users into a specific addon
> combination, or stripping addons, with both options clearly bad).
> 
>  
> 
> One cromulent way to include functionality is by producing own in-house
> addons, like LibreJS, which minimize the interference with other addons
> by narrowing their function and keeping a separate namespace.
> 
>  
> 
> Instead of writing features into an adblocker or httpser, these features
> need to be decoupled, so that users are free choose among dozens of
> functional equivalents, without sacrificing the extra privacy provided
> by gnuzilla code.
> 
>  
> 
> On Friday, September 23, 2016 09:48:36 Sedov Andrey wrote:
> 
>> Adblock Plus began to distribute advertising (Acceptable Ads Platform
> 
>> <https://AcceptableAds.com/Platform>) = Adblock Plus died. uBlock Origin
> 
>> is the only solution.
> 
>>
> 
>> 23.09.2016 08:56, David Hedlund пишет:
> 
>> > I think it is time to build Spyblock from Adblock Plus (ABP) to uBlock
> 
>> > Origin (uBO).
> 
>> >
> 
>> > Adblock Plus is as usually the most popular add-on on
> 
>> > addons.mozilla.org but have grow less popular over time, while uBlock
> 
>> > Origin is currently the 6th most popular add-on on addons.mozilla.org
> 
>> > and have grow more popular over time. uBlock Origin one of the fastest
> 
>> > trending add-on I've seen.
> 
>> >
> 
>> > uBO has dozens of features that's missing in ABP. For example uBO can
> 
>> > block popunders that ABP cannot.
> 
>> >
> 
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> 
>> > http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
> 
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