Hi, for YouTube I am using an alternative app w build in add blocker. Does anyone know a similar app for Pinterest? For IOS. Thanks
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Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Adblock per giochi
cerco un modo per bloccare le pubblicità che ho sui giochi. Una volta usavo Luna ma non c’è la possibilità di abilitarlo e disabilitarlo a piacimento ogni volta devo installarlo di nuovo. esiste qualche alternativa?
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Tuesday, April 28, 2026
The new subreddit rules are in affect! Let's talk about it.
Hey y'all, your new moderator here! I wanted to make a public announcement and to respond to common questions and concerns specifically regarding Rule 5 which prevents users from recommending the use of proprietary and paid content blockers.
Before I get into that, I wanted to properly introduce myself. My name is Reid, and I own a phone/computer repair shop in St Louis, Missouri called Honest Repair. I've had great interest in digital rights over the last 8 years, specifically internet privacy/safety, and have been a long-term member of r/Adblock and other communities like r/privacy and r/degoogle across different accounts. I've done professional OPSEC consulting through my business as well. This is my public-facing Reddit account tied to my business, and thus my reputation is on the line whenever I do anything on the platform, this is intentional to keep myself accountable!
I am doing this out of pure passion, I genuinely want to help the everyday average people learn about adblocking, why ad culture is so harmful and dangerous, and how to stay safe online. I want to make this subreddit into a resource, and I want to stop the literal advertisements being posted here, ya know, like the ads we are trying to block with adblockers lol.
Side note: I plan on building a subreddit wiki with the help of the other mods that will lay out all of your options for anything from individual devices, operating systems, browsers, extensions, network filtering (DNS), and anything in between. In the meantime while that's being built, utilize the pinned posts.
Now let's get into it.
What's with these new rules?
This subreddit has been plagued by fake, sketchy, and potentially malicious adblocking solutions for far too long. I was appointed by the creator of the subreddit to fix that problem.
From now on, all paid or proprietary adblocking applications or browser extensions will not be allowed to be recommended to other users. If you don't understand what open-source is and are wondering why that's so important, refer to the "Open-Source (FOSS) and why it makes a difference" section below.
But here is the general message; installing random untrusted anything from the internet is one of the worst things you can do on a computer. This is proven to be true time and time again, you can't even trust companies like Microsoft, Apple, Google, or Mozilla to keep you safe, as malicious apps and extensions are uploaded to these online app stores every day that slip through the gaping hole that is their malware detection. However, there is a fairly simple way to prevent this from happening, which is by using trusted, vetted, open-source software. uBlock Origin is a perfect example, it is known worldwide as the most powerful and performant adblocker, and it will work for 99% of people.
"THIS IS CENSORSHIP!!"
No, it's not. We have no desire to hold our super special Reddit moderator powers over people for no reason. I have personally encountered an absurd amount of shady adblockers in this community and so have the other moderators. Rule 5 is about protecting the general public from shady unknown software. In this day of age there is no reason to use a paid or proprietary adblocker given the amount of tried and true, open-source options.
To be clear, we are not removing ALL comments that simply mention paid or proprietary adblockers, however actively recommending or promoting the use of this type of software will be removed whenever it's manually detected by myself or one of the other moderators. I happen to browse this subreddit a lot to help the community so you'll be seeing me around, and we respond to modmail/DMs if you have any questions or concerns. We are not power hungry stinky fedora-wearing Reddit mods, we genuinely want to help!
Open-Source (FOSS) and why it makes a difference
In simple terms, open-source refers to when developers make the source code for their app available to the public. FOSS stands for "Free and Open-Source Software". Since the code is able to be viewed by anybody, other developers and hobbyists alike can contribute by fixing bugs, finding vulnerabilities, or simply making sure that the app is not malware.
Transparency is extremely important here, as you no longer have to trust some guy on the Internet. Instead, you are trusting a community of passionate developers that just want to make the world a better place, often times not even getting paid for it! And if you don't trust them, you can take a look under the hood yourself if you have the knowledge. With this transparency and community comes trust, however just because something is FOSS does NOT make it automatically safe! This is especially true with the rise in AI-assisted or "vibe" coding.
Many programs you may have heard of are also FOSS, like VLC, Chromium, and many others. Which leads me to this; please donate to your favorite open-source projects if you get value out of it. FOSS is the backbone of the entire digital world, and it mostly relies on often unpaid volunteers who would really love to get paid for their work!
Devs README
I know some of you are not pleased with this change, and some of you think this is a great change! I hope we've made our intentions clear, we will not be reverting this change.
We will be allowing source-available projects as long as the source is able to be audited by the public. This means you do not have to accept contributions, and you can use a more restrictive license to ensure your work isn't redistributed or sold behind your back. I hope this is a reasonable middle-ground, again, the goal is never to censor, it is to protect the average person looking for an adblocker.
As far as vibe-coding, I understand that AI is a normal part of the developer's toolkit. However we expect to see a commit history, and we want to see READMEs with human language and actual thought behind the project. Low quality repos will be removed from the subreddit.
Modmail and DMs are open, and we try to be responsive and helpful. If you plan to show off a new project, it is recommended to reach out to us before posting on the subreddit, where we can ask you some questions and sort of vet each new project on an individual case basis.
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Increasingly useless
Wow, my adblocker is on the verge of becoming useless, virtually every site I visit wants me to disable it. Just now it got in the way of three successive sites I went to, variety.com, rollingstone.com and usatoday.com They seem to give an option to continue w/o disabling, but every link you click pops it up again.
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Monday, April 27, 2026
Help me with Instagram pls
So I have AdGuard app on my phone, iPhone 13, been traveling through Europe and I don’t get ads on instagram. For the last few years through a vpn I also never saw ads. Now in serbia, I went almost two months without an add in my feed but when scrolling ads just started to pop up again. It’s every two videos, it’s incredibly disgusting. What changed for the ads to show up again and how can I remove them. Any help would be seriously amazing.
Thanks
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simple guide for getting ReVanced working 2024 method
I see a lot of people struggling with the install lately so here is the quick, no-bs way to get it running without the crashes.
get the manager: download the latest ReVanced Manager from their official github. don't get it from random websites, those are usually malware.
get the right youtube apk: go to apkmirror and find the specific youtube version suggested in the manager (usually a "non-bundle" apk). do NOT install it, just download the file.
patching: open the manager > patcher > select an application > click "storage" and pick the apk u just downloaded.
microg/gms: if ur not rooted, make sure u select the "gms-core" patch so it actually opens.
install: hit patch, wait for it to finish, and then install.
if u get the "content not available" error, make sure ur using the latest gms-core. hope this helps someone tired of the 500 ads lol.
Wat is je karma-score nu? Laat het me weten als de eerste mensen vragen gaan stellen in de comments, dan help ik je met de antwoorden!
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This sub is now CENSORED and this is harming the community
Well the title pretty much says it, but in short - for anyone who doesn't know this sub is now officially being censored.
What are the rules?
- Any adblocker which is not in their (extremely small) list is no longer allowed to be recommended here.
- Any adblocker which is not open source, or 100% free is no longer allowed to be recommended here.
To put this in perspective, I am a developer who's been providing a working Youtube adblocker for the last 2 years or more. It was first posted here and recieved a huge amount of attention. The first version grew to over 200k users. Now a new version exists, which is a big improvement. Not only does it block ads but it also allows you to do a lot of other stuff in terms of customising Youtube.
I won't mention the name of it, because - that is no longer allowed.
Over the last 2+ years this alternative adblocker has had almost 100% uptime. Unlike more mainstream solutions such as uBlock Origin, which go down every other week for many users. And yet, these mainstream adblockers are the only ones allowed to be recommended here anymore.
It contains no tracking, no harmful code, nothing malicious in any way. And it's been a huge labor of love - especially with recent updates which took months to finish.
But now it's done, can I recommend it to anyone who is looking for an adblocker? No, I cannot.
Why? Because the admins of this sub believe that if something is not "open source" then it's not trusted. Which is kind of ridiculous, as they have no idea how to read or write code.
I was this close, after months of work, to finally posting the latest version here. I was excited, like "it's done guys, check it out!". Keen to share it. But instead - we've all now been censored. Any sharing of an adblocker you made is forbidden. uBlock and mainstream crap only.
As developers of new and innovative products, this is simply insane.
We're now stuck with the same solutions, all of which are having major issues frequently. Nobody can innovate, nobody can provide alternatives.
Can we PLEASE STOP THE CENSORSHIP in this sub? Nobody asked for this - and nobody benefits from this. All this does is harm the community overall.
The security risk of browser extensions in particular is hugely overstated. I know exactly how strict the requirements are. Every release is reviewed by real people, who can actually read code. Manifest V3 in particular is SO SAFE IT HURTS (it's actually a pain to meet these standards the security is so damn high).
I mean, people talk a lot. People think they know everything lately it seems. Does anyone listen to developers? Like the people who actually understand this stuff and create the stuff that everyone is using? Nope.
I've been developing professionally for over 18 years. But will the all-knowing admins of this sub listen to anything I have to say? No. Will they even RESPOND to messages or comments? No.
Sorry guys, but I'm pissed. This has to stop. Anyone else picking up what I'm laying down? Can we please do something about this?
Hopefully a few people read this before the admins delete / censor this post...
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