5 comments

  • embedding-shape1 hour ago
    &gt; Disable Firefox&#x27;s built-in Enhanced Tracking Protection so adblock-rust handles blocking instead.<p>What concrete and practical differences are there between the two? I&#x27;m guessing because this exists, adblock-rust somehow is better than the built-in ETP? In what way?<p>I&#x27;m using ETP + uBlock Origin right now, and can&#x27;t remember the last time I saw an ad, if I used this instead, what practical differences would I notice?
    • ernesth1 hour ago
      I&#x27;ve been using ETP plus adblock-rs in Waterfox for 2 weeks. I don&#x27;t see much a difference compared to ETP + ublock origin apart from some cosmetic filtering. The fact that it&#x27;s not an extension supposedly allows to block at more layers so it&#x27;s theoretically better than an extension (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;BrowserWorks&#x2F;waterfox&#x2F;issues&#x2F;4182" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;BrowserWorks&#x2F;waterfox&#x2F;issues&#x2F;4182</a>)<p>Note that there are (were?) also some small bugs in the waterfox integration (such as the configuration options sometimes disappearing).
  • RandomGerm4n56 minutes ago
    Can this extension effectively block ads on YouTube? When I manually enabled the Rust ad blocker in about:config and added filter lists there, ads still appeared on YouTube and some porn sites. While uBlock Origin blocks everything.
  • HelloUsername1 hour ago
    Relevant recent discussion: &quot;Firefox Has Integrated Brave&#x27;s Adblock Engine&quot; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=47897891">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=47897891</a> 25-apr-2026 248 comments
  • 2ndorderthought1 hour ago
    Cool project but I have to ask. Why not use brave?
    • kuekacang14 minutes ago
      Genuine question, does brave have ff&#x27;s container extension? currently that&#x27;s one of the thing that keeps holding me on ff. another big one is i test website on firefox so to not get carried away with features only available in chromium
    • monegator23 minutes ago
      why use brave, really, when you have firefox? I get it if you&#x27;re on iOS
      • Barbing8 minutes ago
        Best iOS strategy that comes to mind is Safari:<p><pre><code> -iCloud Private Relay (native VPN-like thing) -uBlock Origin Lite -AdGuard DNS </code></pre> (Using fresh private tabs for small privacy gain?) Better than third-party skinned browsers right? Always happy to be informed otherwise.<p>(AdGuard does have an option to supplant uBlock in this stack btw, does “advanced” blocking <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;adguard.com&#x2F;kb&#x2F;adguard-for-ios&#x2F;web-extension&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;adguard.com&#x2F;kb&#x2F;adguard-for-ios&#x2F;web-extension&#x2F;</a> which is nice but trust $mm-refusing uBlock dev gorhill forever)
      • RandomGerm4n13 minutes ago
        I’m a Firefox user myself but there are some very valid arguments against it on Android as well. Firefox on Android is significantly more vulnerable to exploits, lacks internal sandboxing and doesn’t properly isolate tabs from each other.
    • nemomarx1 hour ago
      You might want to not use chromium?
  • kgwxd1 hour ago
    Don&#x27;t want it. Tracker&#x2F;Ad blocking should forever be an extension, maintained by someone with zero obligation to, or association with, the ad&#x2F;tracking industry. A USER agent.
    • RandomGerm4n26 minutes ago
      One thing doesn&#x27;t rule out the other. Just because a browser has a built-in adblocker doesn&#x27;t mean you can&#x27;t replace it with another one if it&#x27;s not working well. Every browser should have at least a basic adblocker enabled by default. Anything else is a major security risk. In the context of web browsers ads are the main entry point for malware. Either through exploits delivered via ad banners or by tricking users into downloading something. Many search engines such as Google display fake search results that lead to infected versions of otherwise secure software. Additionally some sites offering downloads have ads disguised as download buttons that lead to something else. A browser manufacturer should try to protect its users from such things.
    • mp3geek1 hour ago
      The lists are maintained same as extensions.