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?

1. Any adblocker which is not in their (extremely small) list is no longer allowed to be recommended here.
2. 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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