<story><title>Please Stop Using Adblock (But Not Why You Think)</title><url>https://medium.com/@trybravery/please-stop-using-adblock-but-not-why-you-think-13280e76c8e7</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gorhill</author><text>&amp;gt; hardworking volunteers continually update and maintain the filter lists&lt;p&gt;This can&amp;#x27;t be said enough.&lt;p&gt;Large numbers of users still have no idea that their blocker works at all because of these lists.&lt;p&gt;The collective amount of work which goes into these free-to-use lists on a daily basis is impressive, especially considering it&amp;#x27;s done entirely on a voluntary basis.&lt;p&gt;To get an idea just glance at the commit rate:&lt;p&gt;EasyList&amp;#x2F;EasyPrivacy: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;easylist&amp;#x2F;easylist&amp;#x2F;commits&amp;#x2F;master&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;easylist&amp;#x2F;easylist&amp;#x2F;commits&amp;#x2F;master&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;uBlock Origin: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;uBlockOrigin&amp;#x2F;uAssets&amp;#x2F;commits&amp;#x2F;master&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;uBlockOrigin&amp;#x2F;uAssets&amp;#x2F;commits&amp;#x2F;master&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Add to this all the regional lists, specific-purpose lists, the hosts files (Peter Lowe&amp;#x27;s, Dan Pollock, malware lists), etc.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>matthberg</author><text>Thank you gorhill. Seriously, all the work you have done with uBlock Origin has made the world (wide web) a better place. And first recognizing the oft thankless blocklist maintainers here without a hint of name dropping yourself is truly honorable.</text></comment>
<story><title>Please Stop Using Adblock (But Not Why You Think)</title><url>https://medium.com/@trybravery/please-stop-using-adblock-but-not-why-you-think-13280e76c8e7</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gorhill</author><text>&amp;gt; hardworking volunteers continually update and maintain the filter lists&lt;p&gt;This can&amp;#x27;t be said enough.&lt;p&gt;Large numbers of users still have no idea that their blocker works at all because of these lists.&lt;p&gt;The collective amount of work which goes into these free-to-use lists on a daily basis is impressive, especially considering it&amp;#x27;s done entirely on a voluntary basis.&lt;p&gt;To get an idea just glance at the commit rate:&lt;p&gt;EasyList&amp;#x2F;EasyPrivacy: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;easylist&amp;#x2F;easylist&amp;#x2F;commits&amp;#x2F;master&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;easylist&amp;#x2F;easylist&amp;#x2F;commits&amp;#x2F;master&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;uBlock Origin: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;uBlockOrigin&amp;#x2F;uAssets&amp;#x2F;commits&amp;#x2F;master&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;uBlockOrigin&amp;#x2F;uAssets&amp;#x2F;commits&amp;#x2F;master&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Add to this all the regional lists, specific-purpose lists, the hosts files (Peter Lowe&amp;#x27;s, Dan Pollock, malware lists), etc.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>hiq</author><text>Big shout-out to all these volunteers indeed, I wouldn&amp;#x27;t use the web so much if it weren&amp;#x27;t for them making it half-decent.&lt;p&gt;The amount of effort being put into these lists as well as the success of your extension also speaks volume about how unbearable ads are nowadays. I hope we will never lose this battle, at least not on the Internet.</text></comment>