[How To] Block Every Single Tiny Ads, and YouTube Ads!
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@Zalex108 I don't know, i don't care. This is entirely missing the point. I'll bow out now.
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@TheQuantumAlpha said in [How To] Block Every Single Tiny Ads, and YouTube Ads!:
@Zalex108
Fortunately I used easylist as main training groundโฆIn case you don't know:
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@Zalex108
My apologize, I am not certain of what you are trying to tell me... -
@TheQuantumAlpha said in [How To] Block Every Single Tiny Ads, and YouTube Ads!:
@Zalex108
My apologize, I am not certain of what you are trying to tell me...@Zalex108 said in [How To] Block Every Single Tiny Ads, and YouTube Ads!:
@TheQuantumAlpha said in [How To] Block Every Single Tiny Ads, and YouTube Ads!:
@Zalex108
Fortunately I used easylist as main training groundโฆIn case you don't know:
http://stevenblack.comUps,
Too fast to fix the first one! :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes: -
@Zalex108
The cipher decryption of your idea is strong, shall I say...
I understand that it is another hosts config file, but to which purpose you sent that, may I ask? -
You said you've used EasyList, Steven Black is a Mix of many lists, included Easy List if I remember, so just in case it would help you with your lists creation.
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@Zalex108 Even with 1.5m entries?
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I don't know,
I'm not coded an IA to create an AdBlocker list! -
@Zalex108 Update!!
Modified link, regex sorted, multiple array, decreased file size!
For hosts file:
For Ad-blockers:
- https://gitlab.com/The_Quantum_Alpha/the-quantum-ad-list/-/blob/master/For Ad-blocker/The_Quantum_Ad-List_PART-1.txt
- https://gitlab.com/The_Quantum_Alpha/the-quantum-ad-list/-/blob/master/For Ad-blocker/The_Quantum_Ad-List_PART-2.txt
- https://gitlab.com/The_Quantum_Alpha/the-quantum-ad-list/-/blob/master/For Ad-blocker/The_Quantum_Ad-List_PART-3.txt
- https://gitlab.com/The_Quantum_Alpha/the-quantum-ad-list/-/blob/master/For Ad-blocker/The_Quantum_Ad-List_PART-4.txt
- https://gitlab.com/The_Quantum_Alpha/the-quantum-ad-list/-/blob/master/For Ad-blocker/The_Quantum_Ad-List_PART-5.txt
- https://gitlab.com/The_Quantum_Alpha/the-quantum-ad-list/-/blob/master/For Ad-blocker/The_Quantum_Ad-List_PART-6.txt
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@Steffie said in [How To] Block Every Single Tiny Ads, and YouTube Ads!:
@Zalex108 I don't know, i don't care. This is entirely missing the point. I'll bow out now.
Was just curiosity.
I may have a look again at some point.
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You can cover the topic with 1 link
https://www.mrfdev.com/enhancer-for-youtube -
@Steffie said in [How To] Block Every Single Tiny Ads, and YouTube Ads!:
@Zalex108 I don't know, i don't care. This is entirely missing the point. I'll bow out now.
umatrix rly takes the cake. Not sure what they're not getting.
I use dns blackhole as well but on a network level as to not process those domains locally in the first place, anything that slips between (since it is still finite) - umatrix catches since it's a catchall. Your host file could have 10m domains and still remains finite and imperfect. Umatrix doesn't have that particular problem. -
The ultimate protection is with tools such as uMatrix and NoScript; however I personally like multilayer protection when it comes to surveillance and malware, so I also use blocklist-based solutions.
Additionally, a non-technical or impatient user will never be able to satisfactorily configure uMatrix or NoScript, whereas blocklists provide a bit of a safety-net to stop the worst and most blatent malware and surveillance.
I also like to have a hosts-based solution to provide a modicum of protection to those devices that can't run their own malware/surveillance-blocker, for instance so-called "smart" TVs. Of course the best solution for those devices is to vote with your wallet and not buy one in the first place, but if you already have one, are given one, etc., then it helps.
For ages I used curl to scrape loads of hosts files from reputable sources, for instance the now-defunct hphosts, seven black, energized, winhelp2002, someonewhocares, various malware domain lists etc. I concatenated the lot, then piped through sort and uniq, and the resultant hosts file was still in the 100s of MB. Everything I used that hosts-file on worked perfectly, from Linux boxes to Android phones to (eventually) my internet gateway... and with a big performance-improvement. That's everything... apart from my one Windows machine, which for some reason couldn't cope with it. How ironic that the one machine that really needed it, couldn't use it! I don't use Windows enough for it to be worth diagnosing so I couldn't be bothered to work it out and now just don't bother connecting that machine to the internet unless the one tool I use on it desperately needs an update.
Note I don't mention the word "ads" or "trackers" anywhere here. We should call this scum what it really is. Each is simultaneously "malware" and "surveillance", and should be treated as such until the ad-networks clean up their acts and scrutinise the code they deliver to peoples' machines - and the webmasters who place this cruft on their pages stop passing the buck, and take responsibility for what they choose to embed on their pages.
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To be honest, this will never be as effective as uBlock Origin, but this is a fun experiment we conducted with custom AI, and it does a pretty good job at blocking them...
This is more axed toward those who prefer using the native Vivaldi ad-blocker, but this is designed and recommended to use with your hosts file, for system wide ad blocking...
I am mostly asking for testers and such, to verify the effectiveness of our AI, in which our goal is to achieve 99% of precision.
Said so, have a wonderful day!
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Kudos for the effort - although I doubt I'll ever use this, as I'm quite satisfied with what I get with uBlock Origin.
I didn't even know the built-in blocker supported hosts-file style lists so that's news to me as well.
A small suggestion: You should add a title to the files to make them easier to find in the sources list. Like this:
! Title: The_Quantum_Ad-List_PART-1
Apparently both#
and!
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@TheQuantumAlpha
It costs a lot of money for most of us to present educational and informative videos on YouTube, especially for small channels who work hard enough to reach YouTubes required 1000 subscriber threshold, or to meet their content requirements of 1 video per week to maintain viewership. It's really a disincentive to create content for most of us, when people block ads, YouTube ad's generate pennys for most creators. The average video takes several hours minimum to develop the content, film it, edit it, up load it. Not to mention if there are other people involved, which in many cases is true. We have to pay them if they are involved in the process, not to mention purchase and maintain video and audio equipment.
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@rdreammaker
Hello!
I understand your concerns on this subject, being completely valid.I want to assure you that there are much more effective methods of monetizing than endless YouTube ads!
Take Odysse.com for example. There are no ads, but some content creators have claimed that they get more revenue from them than from YouTube. Moreover, it's healthier to support alternative platforms!
There are always platforms like Patreon and SubscribeStar!
My position is firm, I'm against ads circulating online. I believe that if I want to support a platform, or a content creator, I would do it directly. There is a merit to that! It pushes to provide quality content!
I hope this clarified things for you, have a wonderful day!
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@TheQuantumAlpha said in [How To] Block Every Single Tiny Ads, and YouTube Ads!:
opens as http:// and not secure, no https:// available, hardly an alternative nowadays until they fix their site.