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Monday, August 10, 2026
Is there a way to stop temu from opening tabs? (Android Mobile)
Recently whenever I try to X out of a temu ad it redirects me into opening the Temu website and it's getting really irritating to have to close it every time, is there a way to stop this or am I doomed?
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Sunday, August 9, 2026
new release of zed adblocker
Hello,
I just noticed a new release of Zen Ad-blocker and privacy guard for Windows, macOS and Linux.
https://github.com/irbis-sh/zen-desktop
It is a system-wide blocker, free and open source (so it doesn't depend on MV3 and works on all browsers).
I'm using it and I really like it.
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Is uBlock Origin down on YouTube for anyone else?
I've witnessed repeated ads on YouTube despite having uBlock Origin on. I am concerned about when it will begin functioning again, and whether or not this is an isolated incident. Any information?
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Mental Health + Quality of Life Upgrade = Adguard
I don't think I've ever left a public review of any software I've bought - but AdGuard has genuinely helped shift extremely bad habits I have with social media, and also made me realize how insanely aggressive data gathering is on everyone. I read about adguard on this forum after trying a number of VPNs (I landed on windscribe which I still dig overall, especially w/ split tunnel working), and I installed it on my mac laptop, iPhone and then Windows PC I use for gaming. I was able to ditch the IG app completely and instead saved it as an icon on my phone screen to load the browser version - and I literally get to use IG without seeing ads. Felt like the first time "social media" is social again...(fingers crossed MySpace actually gets brought back)
Also getting to visit sites I know are struggling and regrettably having to lean on ads to support them but....now I get to ignore all of that, and still visit sites I love without having literally any ad interruption.
So unsponsored rambling with a software product that feels like the equivalent to fridges they used to make 20 years ago......built to last, just works. Please never let this thing get sold to a conglomerate.
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The Woes of Youtube Adblocking
 | Recently, I've started getting into a repetitive tussle with YouTube and my ad blocker of choice, Pie Adblocker (PAB). This isn't exactly a new problem, but it's become increasingly annoying. I used to have three ad blockers enabled at once: Pie Adblocker, uBlock Origin, and AdBlock Plus. I've since had to rely primarily on PAB, as YouTube has become increasingly aggressive about detecting and combating ad blockers. Here's what's been happening: Previously, I could watch videos to my heart's content with PAB enabled. Now, when I try to watch a video, I get a gray screen. If I toggle PAB off, the video plays and ads run normally. If I turn PAB back on, the gray screen reappears. I don't want to deal with this. At first, I figured I might need to update Chrome, but that doesn't seem to be the issue. I'm not experiencing anything similar on other sites. The workaround I've come up with for now is to repeatedly toggle PAB off and on and refresh the page until the video eventually plays. Obviously, that's pretty tedious. **Is anyone else using Pie Adblocker experiencing this same behavior with YouTube? If so, what did you do to fix it?** I specifically want to know what might be causing the gray screen and whether there's an actual fix/workaround beyond repeatedly toggling PAB and refreshing the page. [link] [comments] |
Saturday, August 8, 2026
Built a Chrome/Edge extension to skip ads and block trackers automatically — open sourced it
I've been annoyed by ads interrupting videos and tracking scripts everywhere, so I built StreamBoost — a browser extension that auto-skips video ads, blocks trackers, and adds video shortcuts (Picture-in-Picture, playback speed control, etc).
It's written in vanilla JavaScript using the WebExtensions API, MV3 compatible. Blocks 20+ known ad/tracker domains and handles popup/popunder blocking too.
Fully open source under GPL-3.0 — repo has the full source, README with setup instructions, and it's open for contributions if anyone wants to extend the blocklist or add features.
Repo: https://github.com/abushama1-ar/streamboost-extension
Happy to answer questions about the implementation or hear feedback on the approach.
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