[StavrosK]

I've tried uBlock a few times, but it's always been inferior to Ghostery. I want to choose what I block on each page, e.g. sometimes I want to load Disqus, sometimes I don't, etc. uBlock doesn't allow me to do any of that, does anyone know a lighter alternative to Ghostery that will still have sane lists and allow me to unblock elements on a per-page basis?

[losvedir]

The developer of uBlock also has a version called uMatrix[0] for advanced users which gives you finer grained control. I use it and it's great.

[0] https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix

[e40]

I switched to Disconnect a while back when I heard who runs Ghostery. Disconnect allows what you seek.

[gorhill]

> I want to choose what I block on each page

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu...

uBlock doesn't restrict itself to a set list of domains (Ghostery), it will show you all connections.

[83a]

i'm using https://www.requestpolicy.com/ (ghostery seems to phone home, requestpolicy not (afaik))

[acheron]

There's an opt-in option in Ghostery that reports usage info, but as far as I know it doesn't "phone home" if you don't opt in to that.

[StavrosK]

Yeah, seconded, AFAIK it doesn't phone home if you disable that.

[colinbartlett]

Privacy-advocating browser extension stops violating your privacy if you ask it to.

[Ded7xSEoPKYNsDd]

No. Sending of usage info is opt-in, not opt-out.

[benedikt]

What about Disconnect or Lightbeam? (as alternatives to Ghostery)

[Dirlewanger]

Use Disconnect. More or less the same as Ghostery, minus the tracking you part. The fact that Ghostery tracks whether or not one sends data back to them shows that they have to be keeping some sort of tracking id for your machine.

[quadrangle]

uBlock has advanced features that function like request policy (effectively can replace it, though RP is still a good plugin)