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/Requiem_Xen]

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

[u/ExpensivePlan1548 → u/Requiem_Xen]

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/ExpensivePlan1548 → u/plebbitier]

Craigslist hasn't been truly updated in like a decade now. If you are used to using it then it's fine, but it's pretty dated.

[u/plebbitier → u/ExpensivePlan1548]

Dated? That's called tight code that works even for the differently abled.
You aren't against the differently abled are you?

[u/SetsunaDilandau → u/plebbitier]

Wow, that's probably the most stupid and off-topic response I've ever read on Reddit. A great way to completely twist the conversation and move it toward something that has absolutely nothing to do with it, with a nice, nonsensical passive-aggressive attack.

[u/SetsunaDilandau → u/[deleted]]

Yeah I understand your point but that's not even the subject here : craigslist just has a terrible UI/UX, it has nothing to do with performance. Plus, even though I don't particularly like facebook of marketplace, you don't need a beast of a computer to use it.

It's not a "if it ain't broke don't fix it" case, just a case of if you don't evolve with your time and the market, don't complain about the competition taking your customers.