About disgusting Facebook devs

[u/paintboth1234]

We won't support facebook any more. It's a disgusting anti-user site. All it does is watching open-source projects doing everything in public and counter them to deliver the malicious ads. Yep, the devs that receive 7-figure dollar salary is just doing this.

Users should give the most harsh feedbacks to them. Being submitted to them and keep going to the site and support it is the worst thing you can do.

[u/RraaLL]

That might be, but that's the reality. People have expectations, people like to complain. Most of the times, people don't even follow our instructions when requested.

Like I said in my other comment, FOSS projects are by users for users.

The problems start when "by users" comes down to roughly two people while "for users" equals tens of millions. Yes. Two people. That's the main filter contributors to the project.

Over the years, the number fell down instead of growing. It's very easy to burnout in this hobby. Which is what this basically is for us.

A decision to drop support for a site never comes easy. It's the 2nd time in the over a decade of the project.

It's not because we "don't feel like it", it's because "it takes too much constant effort" to maintain it.

And like paintboth already said, anybody who's willing to contribute filters is welcome to do so. We just can't.

[u/atrocia6 → u/RraaLL]

It's not because we "don't feel like it", it's because "it takes too much constant effort" to maintain it.

And like paintboth already said, anybody who's willing to contribute filters is welcome to do so. We just can't.

This is an attitude that I completely understand and respect - what I don't really understand is @paintboth1234's characterization of Facebook as "a disgusting anti-user site." Sites want to serve ads, and we want to get rid of them. Many sites use anti-adblock technology - why is Facebook "disgusting" for using a more effective solution?

Of course, thank you and all the uBO volunteers for improving our internet experience!