uBlock Origin maintainers have decided to stop continuously updating filters specifically to keep up with Facebook’s latest ad-blocking countermeasures.
Existing filters will remain, but new Facebook techniques may eventually bypass them. The decision highlights the ongoing cat-and-mouse game between ad blockers and advertising platforms.
Read more: https://digitalescapetools.com/2026/08/ublock-origin-stops-chasing-facebook-ads.html
What’s stopping YouTube from overwhelming the maintainers in the same way?
Probably that the maintainers actually want to use youtube for themselves and don’t see it as a pure resource drain like facebook.
Google has a million other revenue streams. Facebook has to pay for the Fuckerburg tech failure of the month. Pervert glasses aren’t filling the coffers.