To test drive this I needed to apply some configuration tweaks, but the built-in ad blocker seems to just work. I tried it out on YouTube and a few other sites, and I haven’t seen so much as a hitch.

Here’s a look at the configuration screen, which currently resides at the top of Settings > Privacy:

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Ads from the default search provider are enabled (per their request), but disabling them is pretty straightforward. Other functionality, like toggling the default filter lists (12 are enabled by default) or adding your own are accessible via buttons.

Lists enabled by default:

  • Default
    • EasyList
    • EasyPrivacy
    • uBO Filters
    • uBO quick-fixes
    • uBO unbreak
  • Privacy
    • AdGuard Tracking Protection
    • Peter Lowe’s Ad and Tracking Server List
    • uBO Badware
    • uBO Privacy
    • uBO Resource Abuse
  • Annoyances
    • EasyCookie
    • uBO annoyances-cookies

Other available lists:

  • Fanboy’s Annoyances
  • Fanboy’s Anti-Chat
  • Fanboy’s Anti-Newsletter
  • Fanboy’s Mobile Notifications
  • Fanboy’s Social
  • 34 more Regional lists
  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    3 days ago

    That’s the fun thing, it registers “a click” but doesn’t actually load the content because that can lead to drive-by and one click malware.