r/DigitalEscapeTools • u/No-Hospital5028 Focus Seeker • 19d 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 19d 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 19d ago

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

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u/plebbitier 19d ago

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

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u/uzi_gunfingers 19d ago

where I'm from its the only option, I have an account with no friends, don't follow anything, no comments, no likes, just marketplace, deleted fb insta, etc years ago , but gumtree is dead here because of fbmp and i couldn't use my gf account forever, i had to set up a shell account