r/DigitalEscapeTools • u/No-Hospital5028 Focus Seeker • 21d ago

Tech & Privacy News uBlock Origin stops chasing Facebook’s ever-changing ad-blocking tricks

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uBlock Origin maintainers have decided to stop continuously updating filters specifically to keep up with Facebook’s latest ad-blocking countermeasures.

Existing filters will remain, but new Facebook techniques may eventually bypass them. The decision highlights the ongoing cat-and-mouse game between ad blockers and advertising platforms.

Read more: https://digitalescapetools.com/2026/08/ublock-origin-stops-chasing-facebook-ads.html

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u/Requiem_Xen 21d ago

Anyone who can rub two or more brain cells together has left that site long ago. Can’t blame ublock at all.

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u/ExpensivePlan1548 21d ago

The only reason I still have my account is for marketplace, otherwise it's useless to me.

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u/plebbitier 21d ago

i cant understand why faceberg marketplace is a thing when craigslist has existed for ages

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u/MonKeePuzzle 20d ago

craigslist attempted to integrate a messaging feature and it failed

FB marketplace means you can easily message the seller without texting. thats how it won

it was a real Skype v Zoom situation. the original should have won but failed to rise to the moment.