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uBlock Origin Is Giving Up the Fight to Keep Ads Off Facebook
digitalescapetools.com/2026/08/ublock-origin-stops-chasing-facebook-ads.html
digitalescapetools.comuBlock Origin Is Giving Up the Fight to Keep Ads Off FacebookuBlock Origin's volunteer team will no longer chase Facebook's shifting ad-detection tricks, calling it a 'disgusting anti-user site.' Here's what that means for your feed.
This is going to attract more interest in using Facebook advertising to deliver malware, knowing that the attack surface will grow substantially soon.
Without ad blocking, Facebook will become a dangerous place to visit if not done so within some sort of sandboxing.
Replying to @Jerry@feddit.online
Isn’t it already a dangerous place to visit?
Replying to @PattyMcB@lemmy.world
Considering that despite my grandfather having an ad blocker, he sees constant scams in their advertising. I would have to say, yeah, it’s already a dangerous place.
Honestly, I don’t understand why more companies don’t get charged criminally for the blatant scams they have in their ads because all of the FANG companies do it.
Replying to @Pika@sh.itjust.works
Those same companies have their stupid, shitty puppet in the White House making the legality of what they do a farce