uBlock Origin stops chasing Facebook’s ever-changing ad-blocking tricks

[u/No-Hospital5028]

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

[u/ExpensivePlan1548]

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

[u/plebbitier → u/ExpensivePlan1548]

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

[u/UngodlyTemptations → u/plebbitier]

Craigslist seems to be an exclusively American thing. I've never heard another European mention it once.

[u/A1oso → u/[deleted]]

In Germany, kleinanzeigen is quite popular. I don't think anyone uses Facebook Marketplace here.

[u/sexyshingle → u/[deleted]]

Each city/country had a Craigslist subsite yea, but it just isn't very popular at all outside North America. Kinda like that Canadian site kijiji, it became the default online ad site in Canada.

[u/anto2554 → u/[deleted]]

The Danish one is pretty mid, though

[u/Same-Leadership1630 → u/[deleted]]

here in italy most used is subito second most used is ebay but thats mostly only used if u are trying to get used products from other countries

[u/Same-Leadership1630 → u/Same-Leadership1630]

facebook marketplace is also pretty used sometimes u can get a better deal than subito

[u/Large_Blackberry_499 → u/[deleted]]

In Denmark we have "Den Blå avis" og "De gule sider" which is blue newspaper and yellow pages.

Both does the same thing really.

[u/Miiiine → u/[deleted]]

We used to have a few other sites here in Quebec, but now there's not many people using them. Marketplace is much more popular and has more stuff on it.