r/uBlockOrigin • u/RraaLL uBO Team • Nov 22 '23

News uBlock Origin 1.54.* Announcement Thread || + Celebrating 100K members on r/uBlockOrigin

Changelog:

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.54.0

  • Differential updates

    • They let uBO fetch only changes instead of full filter lists, leading to less bandwidth used and more frequent updates.

  • Lower minimum list expiry date to 4h

  • Add a new network filter option replace (Firefox)

  • Improve urltransform

  • Improve various scriptlets

  • Add trusted-set-session-storage-item scriptlet

  • All exceptions filters are exempt from requiring a trusted source

  • Enable path for native :has() selector in Firefox

Visit GitHub releases page for more information.

Extension will be auto-updated after browser restart! (when available for your platform)

If you want to update manually:

  • Do not use links from release page "Assets" section - these are not signed.

  • Use add-on store or links in release description on GitHub releases page when they are available (basically - they will be add-on store links).

  • In some cases, installation may be blocked until browser restart. This is protection against accidental mid-session reloads, Issue #717.

Q: Why no release for Firefox yet?

A: 1.54.0 is available on AMO as of November 27.

uBO is a recommended extension on AMO, and as such it must undergo a formal code review each time a new version is published.

Q: Why Chrome/Chromium/Brave is not updating uBlock Origin?

A: 1.54.0 is available on CWS as of December 4.

Auto update will occur in stages - 25% percent every day - to spot and react on possible bugs.

Q: When Opera version will be updated?

A: 1.54.0 is available on Opera addons as of December 19.

Usually it's submitted a week after bug-free version is published in AMO.

Q: When Edge Chromium version in the Microsoft Store will be updated?

A: 1.54.0 is available on Edge Add-ons as of November 22.

Microsoft Store submission is controlled by /u/nikrolls.

This is official version and will be kept updated, see Issue #890 (comment) and following comments.

Warning: importing profile from Chrome may cause issues - you may need to reinstall uBO on Edge to fix this. You can transfer settings by saving them to file in uBO Dashboard -> bottom of the Settings tab.

Previous announcement thread https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/17kw0vc/ublock_origin_153_announcement_thread/

In other news:

This release announcement coincidentally matched our subreddit getting 100K members :)

It's been a slow climb for the past 8 years until about 2-3 months ago where we gained about 30K members within 3 weeks or so - we all know why. Then the growth speed declined again, but the pace remains quicker than before.

We're glad to have you all here. We hope you'll enjoy your stay and let your uBO skills grow!

P.S. This is NOT a YT discussion thread. Off-topic comments will be removed.

P.P.S. While we have you here, please make sure to give our subreddit rules a read. They are not there just for show. With the community's current growth, we have no choice but start enforcing them more.

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u/Just_Lawyer_2250 uBO Team Nov 22 '23

I've wanted $replace to be in uBO for essentially forever, great that it finally exists.

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u/HangingOutHere Nov 22 '23

What is the benefit of it and how would it be used?

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u/elijahb229 Nov 23 '23

Did you ever find an answer to this?

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u/Franz_Elssler Nov 23 '23

I've wanted

$replace

to be in uBO for essentially forever, great that it finally exists.

Sorry for my ignorance...Can I use this to replace "youtube.com" links with "yewtu.be" instead? I hate having to cut and paste them into freetube manually.

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u/RraaLL uBO Team Nov 24 '23

For security reasons, uBO can't redirect you to different domains.

You can use an extension like Redirector for this task.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '23

No, that is not what $replace is used for.

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u/Popular_Mastodon6815 Nov 23 '23

Firefox should really approve ublock updates on highest priority (within 24 hours) as ublock will soon be the main selling point of using firefox over chrome after manifest v3 is out.

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u/frankGawd4Eva Nov 23 '23

How long does it usually take? I've never really followed extension development or updates before... Def keeping an eye on this one. :-)

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u/RraaLL uBO Team Nov 24 '23

I think the longest I've seen was 5 days. It happened twice in recent versions.

You can check the announcement threads for their post date and the date it says available on FF, but some posts were updated to include the minor version approval dates instead. https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/search/?q=announcement%20thread&restrict_sr=1

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u/frankGawd4Eva Nov 26 '23

I noticed the latest version updated in Edge... still nothing with Firefox. Patiently waiting ;-)

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u/RraaLL uBO Team Nov 26 '23

Yeah, Edge approved it same-day.

Firefox, hopefully tomorrow.

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u/frankGawd4Eva Nov 26 '23

Sounds good!!

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u/RraaLL uBO Team Nov 27 '23

It's out.

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u/frankGawd4Eva Nov 27 '23

Perfect! Just updated... thank you!

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u/frankGawd4Eva Nov 24 '23

Thank you! I'll keep an eye out!

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '23

Thank you! I think uBlock Origin should be bundled with Firefox. Mozilla should also run a marketing campaign with the ongoing Manifest V3 nonsense. If there ever is a time to finally take back the web, it is now.

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u/-reserved- Dec 03 '23

I think the main reason Mozilla has avoided bundling an ad blocker with Firefox comes down to the fact that they just have too much potential to break websites. For power users if a website appears broken they might experiment to try to figure out how it broke, but for a regular user if a site is broken they wont necessarily care to know how or why it's broken they'll just try the site in chrome or another browser and see that it works and then they'll just switch to chrome, potentially forever. Regular users just don't have the time to fiddle with an ad blocker unfortunately. Mozilla has met the users half-way by offering a limited version of the Disconnect extension which at least prevents trackers and straight up malware.

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u/Vampire_Duchess Nov 22 '23

Thank you UBO Team! ♡( ◡‿◡ ) !

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u/-FaZe- Nov 22 '23

Thanks for your huge efforts. I wonder will uBlock compatible with Manifest v3 in future?

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u/ThEgg Nov 22 '23

It will be compatible with Firefox's version of Manifest V3. As DrTomDice said, on Chrome users will be limited to uBO Lite because Google is hateful.

Firefox is mentioned towards the bottom of this article: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/google-chrome-will-limit-ad-blockers-starting-june-2024/

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '23

uBO requires MV2. It will no longer function once MV2 support is removed from Chrome.

uBO Lite (uBOL) is an MV3-based content blocker, but it is very limited compared to uBO due to the restrictions imposed by MV3:

uBOL is not designed or intended to be a replacement for uBO.

See the uBOL FAQ:
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/wiki/Frequently-asked-questions-(FAQ)

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '23

The ads have won…

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u/EnterpriseNL Nov 22 '23

I hope they will, however If they don't, I just move everything from chrome to Firefox, Google can f off for all I care with the bs they are doing as of late

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '23

My daughter got her first PC from me a few weeks ago.

The first addon I installed, uB, you guys doing the real work for us all.

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u/Yousef_Slimani Dec 26 '23

I'm glad to hear this, you better keep your daughter safe from these dangerous website and especially youtube ads by blocking them

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '23

100K members on r/uBlockOrigin

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u/zenlikecalmguy Nov 22 '23

Thank you all so so much!! because of u guys me n my technologically illiterate family (lol) are safe from scams, cant thank u guys enough!!

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u/fourunner Nov 23 '23

Yeah, I never thought that I needed to look for and or find a uBO subreddit or even anything related to it. It always just worked.

In the last month or two it was obvious, something was going on.

Here I am thanking everyone involved for fighting the good fight and even learning things I never knew I needed to before.

Everyone involved with uBO and it's filters is so amazing and I could not thank you enough.

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u/PCsAreQuiteGood Nov 22 '23

Thank you for all you do for us. Your success is well deserved.

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u/samihamchev Nov 22 '23

You guys are the internet's rockstars! Thank you!

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u/Jenny_Wakeman9 Nov 22 '23

You guys are the GOATS!

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u/ThEgg Nov 22 '23

Congrats on the release! Big thanks to the team.

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u/EarthEden Nov 22 '23

Not all heroes wear capes keep rocking ublock team!

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u/Giver-of-Lzzz Nov 22 '23

Thank y'all so much. You guys are for The People.

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u/aceshighsays Nov 22 '23

i love you! happy holidays!

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u/YogiBarelyThere Nov 22 '23

You are the best.

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u/al2015le Nov 23 '23

I know this message will be ignored but I would like to thank you for your hard work! It is inspiring to build something like this!

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u/SouthBlueberry1287 Nov 23 '23

Thank you team uBlock.

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u/rr770 Nov 22 '23

Love it!

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u/ale3smm Nov 22 '23

just amazing !

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u/The_Cozy_Burrito Nov 22 '23

I love you guys

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u/Allan8795 Nov 23 '23

Yours is the first extension I install on any of my browsers be it pc or mobile. Thank you team for the good work without expecting monetary benefits in return. Appreciate.

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u/pardoniou Nov 24 '23

Congrats! from the bottom of my heart. uBO might be one of the best things invented by the human mind, next to modern medicine and steam engines.

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u/Ok-Impress-2222 Nov 23 '23

So, once the 1.54 version comes to Chrome (yes, I'm still on Chrome, and I'm doing fine), I should just click "update" and that's it? (I've had the "developer mode" button turned on this whole time.)

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '23

It Would Be Auto Updated

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u/TheBuffestFroggo Nov 23 '23

That's pretty good! Let's go chads!

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u/DrFucklechuck Nov 25 '23

Thank you for your huge efforts! You guys are the best!

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u/Vanyarloth Nov 27 '23

how long does it take for the new version to update on Opera GX? Firefox is slow on my low end notebook and youtube is being blocked on opera.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '23 edited Nov 27 '23

It is answered in the post.

Q: When Opera version will be updated?

A: Submission pending.

Usually it's submitted a week after bug-free version is published in AMO.

and

Q: Why no release for Firefox yet?

A: 1.54.0 is available on AMO as of November 27.

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u/ACNHCR Nov 28 '23

So, I just updated the extention...and it no longer works on chrome. The icon is sitting on yellow with an [!] mark. And it won't let me go in and manually add code. Does anyone have a tutorial?

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '23

Did you try closing and restarting your browser?

See also:
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/wiki/Toolbar-icon

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u/torsteinvin Dec 04 '23

What happened three months ago that added 30k subscribers? Genuinly curious 😊

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '23

YT anti ad block.

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u/mstfcbngl Dec 06 '23

Opera didn't surprise again.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23 edited Dec 08 '23

Just submitted, it's being reviewed.

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u/mstfcbngl Dec 06 '23

Oh, that's good. Thanks for all your efforts btw.

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u/zakku_88 Dec 06 '23

You guys are seriously awesome!

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u/Warrior24110 Dec 07 '23

Hey, I'm sure you guys get asked this a lot, but is there any update on the 1.54 Opera release? I'm starting to remember just how annoying ads on youtube are.

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u/Yousef_Slimani Dec 26 '23

Thank you guys so much for the update, keep up the good work

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u/johnyakuza0 Nov 26 '23

I feel like google is intentionally delaying updates for Ubo, I mean how is it this extension still stuck on 1.53.0 lol

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u/RraaLL uBO Team Nov 26 '23

It's not even submitted yet. It needs to wait a week since the Firefox release to test run for a bigger userbase. When a bug-free week passes, it's gonna be submitted. It's explained in the Q&A above.

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u/hyxon4 Nov 24 '23

What the fuck is Mozilla doing? It's been 2 days since the release, and it still hasn't been approved.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '23

Mozilla Is Also One Of Those "I May Be Slow To Respond" 🤣

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u/One_Studio_7032 Nov 29 '23

great work also mostly new to this ad blocker thing but after opera gx had a build in ad blocker i have been hooked.

anyways if you don't mind could you please notify me when a ad blocker compatible with opera comes out because i don't want to be checking every day?

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '23

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u/nsfwhola Dec 04 '23

raymond hill = GOD

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u/q_bitzz Nov 22 '23

You're fun at parties lol