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by interfixus 2827 days ago
Yes, a bit bothersome at times. But if I take the trouble to finetune worthwhile sites I run into, and make the settings permanent, life does get markedly easier after a while.

I rarely see an ad. I didn't see Troy's responsible sponsor message either. I should have and would have if he had chosen to display the thing without the need for scripting. So I don't feel hugely guilty.
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egeozcan 2827 days ago
I have uMatrix and uBlock. In my case it was uBlock blocking the ad, not uMatrix... or maybe I had whitelisted it before? Not sure.

edit: Okay, it's not blocked by default with uMatrix: https://i.imgur.com/B97lf35.png

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gorhill 2827 days ago
uBO can block with pattern-matching URLs of network requests and additionally cosmetic filtering (hide DOM elements), while uMatrix works strictly with hostname of network requests and types of resources.
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paulryanrogers 2827 days ago
Keeping those whitelists synced or at least copied across devices can be a challenge. IIRC Noscript could save data to a bookmarklet for that purpose.
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