On ublock origin (full version, not lite), click on the settings icon:
Then go to “Filter Lists” and enable both of the “Cookie Notices” options:
I occasionally do searches to see if there’s a blocker for those obnoxious, “Do you want to use the app?” lightboxes. To no avail. 😿
Is “lightbox” another word for “modal”?
I had to look up ‘html modal’, yeah it sounds like the same thing. I learned web dev back in the xhtml days. Back then those kinds of boxes were only beginning to see popular usage, and there was no official tag for making them.
AdGuard has a filter list for Mobile App Banners.
You can make your own filters. Press the zap button to temporarily block something (to test) and the eyedropper to permenantly make a filter.
I try that in uBlock from time to time, but I still can’t seem to get it quite right. Testing in Duolingo right now, I set it to get rid of the app popup, as well as the semitransparent overlay that darkens the whole page. But there’s still some element on the page that restricts me from scrolling until I tap on the page. It’s an improvement, but still not quite there yet.
I just imported it, and still have to tap before I can swipe. I also checked eBay after importing, and that app banner still pops up.
DandelionSprout also has a fantastic collection of lists that i use regularly. https://github.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt
Ublock is truly one of the 8 technological Wonders of the world.
What are the other 7?
Linux Kernel. Blender. And the other 5 are still undiscovered.
FreeCAD
I hope the Godot Engine can one day be named right next to Blender.
Wikipedia/mediawiki
vlc
Absolutely this.
2010s was a wild west of downloading multi pack codecs BS. Just let me play the video!
Someone hasn’t discovered MPV.
Same experience without so much CPU drain
Ffmpeg gotta be on that list
grep
Irfanview
Every time I accidentally open another browser, I puke a little bit. I wonder how is it possible to live without uBlock Origin.
Is there anything for all the “subscribe to newsletter” popups on news sites and online stores?
Yes, those should be included under “Annoyances”
I turned basically all of the optional filters on a few days ago at the advice of another lemming and I did not even realise until now that the internet had gotten noticeably less annoying.
Bonus tip, you can install extensions on Firefox mobile and block those pesky ads too
Only on Android unfortuantely. On iOS, Firefox is just a skin for Safari with no plugin support (thanks Apple!).
On iOS
See, that’s where you went wrong.
Edit : Orion has been suggested as an iOS browser in another comment, though I don’t know if it’s good as I’ve never tried it.
for me Orions addos dont really work
I haven’t tried any other add ons other than ublock, but I can confirm that it works on my iPhone 15 with recent iOS.
Just try looking at the same recipe page in safari and then again in Orion. Night and day.
Well I guess my Safari with adguard works just better for me
I’ve been using Brave on iOS - it works fine for me as an alternative to Firefox.
Does it only block the pop-up or does it deny consent for anything but necessary cookies?
Because that’s quite essential I think
If you don’t click on yes. You haven’t given your consent
In the US, it’s the opposite. The way the law is written, you have to OPT out. So they’re collecting the moment you land.
I’ve set up a bunch of these cookie banners for US businesses. You can choose if you follow the EU version, or the CCPA version.
Fortunately my VPN usually exits from Europe. The internet default to being less of a dick this way
If you don’t click any of the options and simply block the pop-up, it commonly breaks the site. Doesn’t matter what’s ethically right, you have to be practical.
Where have you experienced this?
Man, this extension is vital for the internet. Do they take donations at all?
Not all heroes wear capes
Unshakable
Fucking legend
Does it still work? Last few times I’ve tried it it didn’t do much.
Not on Chrome, on Firefox it does wonders
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Ublock has been slightly better in my experience, and this doesn’t require another extension.
Thanks for sharing though!
https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/abp/ you could add this to uBlock filters
uBO is way better, especially if you also know how to make filters yourself.
Agreed. Between those, userscripts, and custom css, the web is very different on my computer, and everyone else’s.
Zapper tool works?
Hiding elements with zapper is only temporary, so you should use the normal element picker instead.
But with uBO you can also do much more than just element hiding:
I’d like to throw consent-o-matic in as someone else suggested under one of my comments a while back :)
On mobile you can use Consent-o-matic
You can use uBO on firefox on android.
You can use uBO on iOS now too. The Kagi search engine people have made a mobile browser (Orion) that supports Firefox and Chrome plugins!
My web browsing experience has drastically improved since I was finally able to get uBO back since my switch away from Android.
What
I use both😈
(And both on pc and android:)
