topic Re: uBlock Origin alternative in Peer-Peer Topics

uBlock Origin alternative

Dean_Mantz — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:31:01 GMT

I read in the K12sysadmin group on Reddit that uBlock Origin is going away. I implemented it a while back when several of you recommended it for K12 security. Now that it may be going away, what alternatives would this group suggest?

Re: uBlock Origin alternative

kaned — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:46:13 GMT

I've considered doing something like Pihole, but I really am not interested in yet another filtering device...

Re: uBlock Origin alternative

ddelboccio — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:49:14 GMT

Wow, I've been using uBlock origin personally for years. Any hard evidence this is actually going away, and when?

Re: uBlock Origin alternative

alexgrutza — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:50:18 GMT

I think it's because they're changing something on the codebase side (manifest v3?)

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/15/24270981/google-chrome-ublock-origin-phaseout-manifest-v3-ad-blocker

Re: uBlock Origin alternative

kaned — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:52:57 GMT

Yea, Chrome is depreciating some API's and moving to "Manifest V3". This removes some of the ad blockers ability to do things.

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate

Also this: https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/15/24270981/google-chrome-ublock-origin-phaseout-manifest-v3-ad-blocker

Re: uBlock Origin alternative

npl — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:01:25 GMT

I setup https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-1-1-1-1-for-families/ on one school site as a quick fix but am still looking for a full time solution. Was considering a similar dns filer and installing a firewall with web filtering. Would be interested in what others are using.

Re: uBlock Origin alternative

ddunlap — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:06:17 GMT

I've not personally used this one but it's free:

https://controld.com/free-dns

Re: uBlock Origin alternative

Dean_Mantz — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 20:24:28 GMT

Thank you for the updated article!

Re: uBlock Origin alternative

Dean_Mantz — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 20:24:52 GMT

Thank you for responding and adding the developer link.

Re: uBlock Origin alternative

Kim_Nilsson — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 11:38:31 GMT

NOTHING will be able to do what uBlock Origin does today when Manifest v2 is removed.

uBlock Origin Lite (same developer) is built to try to follow the rules of Mv3.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh

I am not planning on using anything else.

Problem is YouTube. When no adblocker works in Chrome, YouTube is going to suck.

I still feel it's embarrassing that Education isn't excluded from ads on YouTube, and I mean the entire thing. I know "teachers embedding content avoids ads", but that's not what we're looking for and need.

Re: uBlock Origin alternative

Olger — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 09:21:39 GMT

Just ramp up the filtering mode of uBlock Origin Lite to complete, that works for the ads on youtube.

Re: uBlock Origin alternative

Kim_Nilsson — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 12:41:10 GMT

For me it at least made the ad (47 seconds!) skippable. It didn't automatically skip the ad.

Re: uBlock Origin alternative

mpartenope4676 — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:06:37 GMT

Has anyone had any luck with setting up admin settings for ublock origin lite? I found this:

{ "disableFirstRunPage": { "Value": true }, "noFiltering": { "Value": [ "google.com", "msn.com" ] } }

on this github page https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/discussions/35. But I had a whole host of setting with ublock origin including stopping users from access settings. I've yet to find the equivalent for this new version.

Re: uBlock Origin alternative

mpartenope4676 — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:23:21 GMT

Tooks some tinkering but got there in the end! This site set me right looking at the "OS-agnostic Chrome policy:" sections https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/wiki/Managed-settings

{
"disableFirstRunPage": {
"Value": true
},
"disabledFeatures": {
"Value": [
"dashboard", "develop", "filteringMode", "zapper"
]
},
"noFiltering": {
"Value": [
"examplesite01.com", "examplesite02.org"
]
}
}

Re: uBlock Origin alternative

Kim_Nilsson — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:08:07 GMT

Excellent! There is hope for the future still.