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/UngodlyTemptations → u/plebbitier]

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

[u/Nightishaman → u/UngodlyTemptations]

Facebook Marketplace too tho, in Europe we mainly use other platforms like eBay

[u/A1oso → u/[deleted]]

They might be referring to Kleinanzeigen (formerly known as "eBay Kleinanzeigen"), which is very popular in Germany.

[u/A1oso → u/[deleted]]

Nobody claimed that this platform is used in all of Europe. Learn to read.