New Update uBlock0rigin in Medium mode for Lighter and Stronger Protection, with Less websites breakage and hassle

[CyberTech]

Well i would like to read some full article on The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is there a way to block subscription ? they cant let me read full ;/

 

[oldschool]

Well i would like to read some full article on The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is there a way to block subscription ? they cant let me read full ;/

I don't think so. Some paywalls can be overcome by clearing cache. The WSJ isn't one of them. And µBO isn't made for circumventing them either.

 

[CyberTech]

Oh i see, I think there is because i saw someone sent WSJ article in the general on discord a few months ago so guy asked him how to remove subscription because he want to read full so he sent the github which block or bypass something like this i might ask him later

 

[SeriousHoax]

Well i would like to read some full article on The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is there a way to block subscription ? they cant let me read full ;/

There is a way. This is what I use and it works like a charm

This one is for Firefox. Normal installation.

GitHub - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox: Bypass Paywalls for Firefox

Bypass Paywalls for Firefox. Contribute to iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

This is for Chromium. It's slightly complicated to install in Chromium. I never tried it. Follow the steps and it should work.

GitHub - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome: Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox.

Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox. - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome

github.com

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

Well i would like to read some full article on The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is there a way to block subscription ? they cant let me read full ;/

Blocking JavaScript is mostly enough to get around

 

[SeriousHoax]

Blocking JavaScript is mostly enough to get around

No. If you visit the site then you can see for yourself that blocking javascript doesn't work there.

 

[CyberTech]

There is a way. This is what I use and it works like a charm

This one is for Firefox. Normal installation.

GitHub - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox: Bypass Paywalls for Firefox

Bypass Paywalls for Firefox. Contribute to iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

This is for Chromium. It's slightly complicated to install in Chromium. I never tried it. Follow the steps and it should work.

GitHub - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome: Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox.

Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox. - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome

github.com

Yea that one lol thank you!

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

Yea that one lol thank you!

for paywalls it wont bypass change user agent to google bot

There is a way. This is what I use and it works like a charm

This one is for Firefox. Normal installation.

GitHub - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox: Bypass Paywalls for Firefox

Bypass Paywalls for Firefox. Contribute to iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

This is for Chromium. It's slightly complicated to install in Chromium. I never tried it. Follow the steps and it should work.

GitHub - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome: Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox.

Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox. - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome

github.com

nice piracy XD

 

[plat]

The bypass-paywalls extension works for now for chromium Edge for the Wall Street Journal link above.

It's not difficult at all to install. The only consideration I found so far is that this must be run in Developer mode (toggled to on) which is stated on the GitHub page. Edge then issues a popup complaining that Dev mode could be harmful to your machine. No problems running alongside uBlock Origin--seriously, all webpages should run so well. But who know how long this ext. will be permitted to run.

Edge is shaping up beautifully performance-wise, as a general comment.

 

[oldschool]

There is a way. This is what I use and it works like a charm

You have turned me into an outlaw and a criminal. I can't believe it.

This is for Chromium. It's slightly complicated to install in Chromium. I never tried it. Follow the steps and it should work.

It's actually very easy. I installed it in no time in Brave without µBO. Unzip --> Drag&Drop extracted folder into Settings-->Extensions (Drag/drop anywhere on the page).

I noticed it slows page loading a bit, the only downside so far.

 

[SeriousHoax]

You have turned me into an outlaw and a criminal. I can't believe it.

Now I see you with a cowboy hat on your head running through the wild west on a horse like a wanted criminal

I noticed it slows page loading a bit, the only downside so far.

Didn't know this. I keep it disabled and only enable when I hit those paywalls.

 

[ANNOx]

i found EasyList too bulky and causing a lag . I have added AdGuard Base instead and "Extremely Condensed Adblocking List" ("aims for at least 90% of EasyList's coverage with less than 0.2% as many entries.")
I have found that less bulk causes a snappy browsing experience on medium mode . added https://hostfiles.frogeye.fr/firstparty-only-trackers-hosts.txt to the list and uBlock filters – Annoyances as well . Looking for a light "annoyance" filter list to add so i can move to hard mode with minimum bulk .Less is better. After using Ublock origin for years and using too many filter lists i have learned my lesson .

 

[Jan Willy]

Looking for a light "annoyance" filter list to add

I'm very satisfied with Adguard Annoyances. It has much less rules as f.i. Fanboy’s Annoyances.

 

[ANNOx]

Thanks, will try it

 

[Lenny_Fox]

uBo has an option to block creating popups and new windows (popunders) which works in Chromium based browsers, but does not seem to work in Firefox.

Add this in my filters
___________________
! block escapes from annoying websites to other websites (nessecary to deal with cname spoofed thrid-party as first-party)
||*$popup,popunder,domain=annoyingwebsite.com|anotherannoyingwebsite.com|addmoreannoying.com

! block popups and popunders on annoying websites
||annoyingwebsite.com$popup,popunder
||anotherannoyingwebsite.com$popup,popunder
|addmoreannoying.com$popup,popunder

 

[Lenny_Fox]

@Gandalf_The_Grey pointed me to the 'optimized' filters on Filterlists.com (again thank you for that).

The optimized filters offer an opportunity to configure uBlockOrigin within the limitations of Manifest V3 using well curated AdGuard blocklists

Spoiler: Less than 25K rules with Adguard optimized

Spoiler: Disable cosmetic filtering module in My (easy medium mode) Rules

Spoiler: Extra user rules in My Filters for enhanced privacy and security

EDIT: attached updated My Files as text file for easy import

 

[plat]

Does anyone use the Element Picker to create My Filter rules?

I find this is useful for when you consistently visit a single or a few web-page/s.

 

[JasonUK]

If you've got 100k filters to potentially use why bother disabling cosmetic filtering at all when optimised lists come in far lower?

I'd like to identify which lists are stripped to the most effective/optimised bare bones with no dead sites for each area ~ Ads / Privacy / Security / Annoyances ~ and these should come in well below the 100k allowed.

 

[Lenny_Fox]

@JasonUK - I don't bother with cosmetic filters, because they are only cosmetic, I am using inspect of browser or console to add a static rule.

Using security URL filters in yoour content blocker is useless, it is a numbers game, better use DNS of Browser URL filters.

 

[SeriousHoax]

@Gandalf_The_Grey pointed me to the 'optimized' filters on Filterlists.com (again thank you for that).

The optimized filters offer an opportunity to configure uBlockOrigin within the limitations of Manifest V3 using well curated AdGuard blocklists

Spoiler: Less than 25K rules with Adguard optimized

View attachment 249498

Spoiler: Disable cosmetic filtering module in My (easy medium mode) Rules

View attachment 249499

Spoiler: Extra user rules in My Filters for enhanced privacy and security

View attachment 249500

Actually the rule about CNAME trackers you put in My filters is already covered by EasyPrivacy. Even by EasPrivacy Optimized. I think you took that from Yuki's comment, right? I think what Yuki actually meant is that, those 2 rules block most of the CNAME trackers and those are already covered by EasyPrivacy. He added few other things in his own very small tracking plus filters but I'm not sure if any of those are related to CNAME trackers.