I don't mean this against ublock specifically, but if people use Linux (or even Winshit) why bother with a fucking adblocker in the browser instead of just using a hosts file that filters the shit out?
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
http://www.putorius.net/2012/01/block-unwanted-advertisements-on.html
>>54773028
It just werks
Because of cosmetic filters. Nobody likes an empty box filling space on your screen.
I use both.
>>54773028
ublock is more than a adblocker, it blocks unwanted elements as well
it also remove anti-adblock blockers.
Can be easily turned off if it breaks a website, and you can also block other unwanted elements. It's not like you can actually notice any performance difference anyway.
>>54773028
All ad blocks suck,I even use the monkey script and it does not help me here
>>54773028
>instead of just using a hosts file that filters the shit out
Because I don't like 404 windows in the middle of my pages.
>>54773028
I use both MVPS hosts and uBlockOrigin
>>54773028
An adblocker can use wildcards and regular expressions:
||facebook.*
instead of having to grab the address manually.
>>54773356
>browsing 4chan in private mode
Hello newfag
>>54773443
Fuck off
Sure OP is a fat US poster.
win 2002 help and hosts are old shit.
Sure you can block something but TODAY GOOGLE KIKEBOOK JEWCROSOFT have so many servers that yout host will choke.
>>54773465
>Femanon
Go attention whoring somewhere else
>>>/tumblr/
Hosts can make the whole system unresponsive if the filesize gets too big
>>54773443
>not browsing in private mode everything
>>54773484
>win 2002 help and hosts are old shit.
They ease the job of the ad blocker extension I think. Overall less resource usage coming from your browser. Using both seems like the way to go imo.
>>54773498
Retard
>>54773505
Never had this issue
Hardware is fast enough to do it in-browser.
Host files are so huge they can freeze machines for up to an hour.
Host file isn't easy to use or convenient, being able to tweak it and does not offer custom element hiding.
>>54773519
I like having history
>>54773505
>windows problems
>>54773028
cosmetic filtering essentially.
pihole >
>>54773524
>Fuck off
>Retard
So you're not even denying it
There's a script like adaway that merge host lists for more website than only mpvs?
However if you are using a proxy host list is useless
>>54773569
You mean there's a mistake in this >>54773443 post besides pure stupidity and 'hurr i just should attack on people for no reason'? Kill yourself then
>>54773540
That's why bookmarks were invented.
>>54773597
Whatever you say, "Femanon".
Have you heard of this site called "tumblr"? I think it would suit you better.
>>54773569
Fuck off you fucking autist
because it's easier you mong. how can you not understand this? installing a browser extension literally takes a few seconds
>>54773625
so you bookmark every single page you ever opened?
>>54773689
Ah, now I see. My bad, please continue
>>54773675
Running this script probably takes less effort#!/bin/bash
cd /tmp
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts
rm /etc/hosts
mv hosts /etc/hosts
cat ~/.etchosts >> /etc/hosts
>>54773654
I think I fit very well here, thank you, may be you should go there and complain about people notusing a browser the way you think it should be used.
>>54773028
>Blocking ads to starve content creators of their deserved revenue
You fucking freetard faggots have no shame, I swear.
Commie scum.
>>54773734
I would actually give you a proper response if your name wasn't Femanon
Pathetic
>>54773734
>I think I fit very well here
You and that autist you're arguing with should probably commit sudoku and fuck off, faggots
>>54773675
Not that guy(s) but I use a 16000 line host file and uBO on a ten year old machine with no problems whatsoever. Adblocker alone doesn't protect outside of your browser, for, let's say a messenger client, or any other application, for that matter. Host file locks your shit down system wide. Can uBlock prevent Windows from phoning home?
>then again, neither will a host file, unfort.
>>54773704
No, just the ones I want to open again.
>>54773729
>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts
>assingning to 0.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.1
Is this safe?
>>54773759
Didn't expect a propper answer anyway, you're too much of an idiot to come up with one. Take this >>54773766 by their hands and write a blogpost about how people constantly anger you for not using a browser the way you think it should be used.
>>54773028
Can't sync a hosts file between systems. Also, it just werks.
>>54773831
>implying I'm angry
>>54773028
>best adblocker made by B A S E D gorhill
>crap
b2reddit
>>54773858
My screenshoit must have upset you since you came up with this pathetic remark, moron >>54773443
>>54773625
>comparing bookmarks with history
>>54773935
>using history as bookmarks
>>54773028
>http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
>2016
>http
>>54773028
Why do people like you think they are allowed to open threads?
Blocking with a host file is extremely inefficient. The host file works best if kept short. Resorting to a host file has to be an extrema ratio (e.g. malicious sites). It can't be reasonably used to block ads.
>https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Counterarguments#just-use-a-hosts-file
A gargantuan host file could also slow down the DNS lookup.
The only alternative to an addon would be a proxy-based ad-blocking (e.g. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/privoxy#Ad_Blocking_with_Privoxy )
It could be efficient for handling multiple clients and multiple browsers in a LAN, still it won't and can't handle cosmetic filters gracefully as uBlock Origin does.
>>54773484
>so many servers that yout host will choke
>>54773505
>Hosts can make the whole system unresponsive if the filesize gets too big
>>54773527
>Host files are so huge they can freeze machines for up to an hour
>>54774194
>The host file works best if kept short
>A gargantuan host file could also slow down the DNS lookup.
>falling for this meme
This hasn't been a problem since 2002 on real shitty hardware/connection.
>can't into adblock on a mobile device
Starting to feel like summer outside and in.
>>54773811
Yeah, it's fine.
>>54773832
Yes you can you moron
>>54773831
Shut the fuck up now and stop shitting up my thread you fucking bitch, or I swear I'll come to where you are and rape the fucking life out of you
>>54774194
That link just contradicted your point you fuckwit. He uses a hosts file himself.
>>54774194
>>54774558
>don't use host file, just use uBlock
>https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Counterarguments#just-use-a-hosts-file
>uBlock supports the parsing/enforcing of hosts files, and ships with a couple of them. One of them, "Peter Lowe’s Ad server list" is enabled out of the box.
>uBlock uses host files
kek
>Using a hosts file at OS level rather than uBlock level is definitely the better solution for lists of malware domain, since these malware-linked domains would be blocked system-wide at OS level, and all applications would benefit from it.
host file + uBlock masterase
>>54774442
>AdAway on mobile is exactly like adding entries to a host file on a laptop or desktop
Yes, sure is summer in here.
>https://pineight.com/mw/?title=Hosts#Efficient_resolver
>By May 2013, one popular hosts file manager was generating hosts files with over two million entries. This slows the performance of name resolution in popular desktop operating systems whose resolver rescans the hosts file linearly for every DNS resolution. This shouldn't be too hard to fix at the operating system level: scan it once and build a Bloom filter, a data structure that acts as a lossy compression of a set. The so-called "safe browsing" filter in Google Chrome uses the same data structure
>>54774558
>>54774624
If you're unable to read and comprehend both what I wrote and what is written down there, you can't be helped.
>>54773028
as usual you never dissapoint OP. Somehow you always manage to make even more retarded threads with borderline crazy stupid topics.
Thank you for going to such lenghts doing shit only an ignorant nigger faggot could come up with for our general amusing.
>>54773165
My /etc/hosts updater: https://paste.debian.net/709596/
>>54773165
>serial number for macgyver episode
lolwut
>>54773028
bmo@dagny ~> head -50 /etc/hosts
# This hosts file is a merged collection of hosts from reputable sources,
# with a dash of crowd sourcing via Github
#
# Date: May 27 2016
# Number of unique domains: 26,985
#
# Fetch the latest version of this file: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts
# Project home page: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
#
# ===============================================================
>>54773165
Why do you have two adblockers? Get rid off that white power shit, there's no reason to use anything other than uBlock Origin.
>>54773028
>requiring root to block ads
>ISHYGDDT
>>54773569
what argument was being made, you fucking autist
>newfag
>femanon attention whore
these are not arguments, they do not need to be refuted
>>54773165
Works for me. You need to use Greasemonkey with Anti-Adblock Killer | Reek and the matching list in uBlock Origin.
>>54774647
>https://pineight.com/mw/?title=Hosts#Efficient_resolver
>2013
>one popular hosts file manager
>over two million entries
>theoretical drawbacks
It even goes on to say
>devices running a mobile operating system such as iOS or Android typically don't give the device's owner enough administrative privileges to edit the hosts file.
Anyone with a rooted Android device or jailbroken iPhone and an edited host file can surely tell you there is absolutely no noticebale difference in performance. And we're talking much smaller processors and wifi connections. I myself have 8 host file lists enabled on my device. OpenNIC DNS everywhere, btw.
Interesting note though:
>Windows 8 and later remove certain entries from the hosts file
>using a hosts file that redirects and wastes resources rather than a dedicated addon that actively blocks things
Holy shit, please stop abusing computer features for something they were never designed to do.
>>54773077
As of late the ublock anti-adblock blocker isn't working. Is there a setting for it? I never really tinkered around with it but some website anti-adblockers sometimes do show up
>>54773028
Because rule based blocking is superior to domain based blocking.
With uBlock you can block down to scripts containing certain functions as well as elements.
host based blocking is rudimentary in comparison.
>>54773443
>he doesnt launch his browser in private mode by default
Get a load of this newfag.
Because lots of websites refuse access to people who block ads, and it's much simpler and quicker to disable ublock for that website than it is to rmeove your adblocking host so you can view the site, and then replace it once you're done.
>>54775661
>lots of websites
>literally only a handful worth noting
and even those aren't worth subjecting yourself to malware over
>>54775661
>it's much simpler and quicker to disable ublock for that website than it is to rmeove your adblocking host so you can view the site
Why are you giving in?
If you're going to block ads then why disable the blocking because a site asks you to? That only encourages more sites to implement these scripts.
Not to mention that some of the scripts (like antiadblock.com) are literally malware and the obfuscated code can be easily modified to connect to dangerous domains without the user being aware.
Don't disable your adblockers. It just isn't worth it. Often you can still view content on a page by just blocking the first party scripts.
>>54775566
did you install the reek's. anti-anti-adblocker script with the filters?
https://github.com/reek/anti-adblock-killer
>>54773075
>Because of cosmetic filters. Nobody likes an empty box filling space on your screen.
>I use both.
This
>>54775566
>>54776043
reek doesn't always work tho
>>54773064
FPBP
>>54773569
>not posting the superior image
>>54773028
Hosts file is not meant for adblock, i.e. you're doing it wrong.
Literally all they have to do is use IPs instead of hostnames and your host file is completely useless.
REAL ad block can also do content analysis, pattern filters, etc.
Bonus: if you set up your own Privoxy server, not only can you use it as a web proxy, but you also get your ad block profile shared across all devices automatically
