It's not a personal grudge, and I am not the one who added that filter in the first place[1], though I did not oppose the filter because I have come across numerous instances of people thinking that ublock.org was related to uBO[2].
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[1] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/commit/82067d1ef3370...
[2] https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1035155281729216514
In Manifest V3 now available on M88 BetauBlockOrigin
uAssets
Adblock Filter List2016–2026
uBlockOrigin / uAssets
uAssets
Filter lists for uBlock Origin & uBlock Origin Lite
60Distinct people
84Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
6.1KGitHub stars
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What it is
Filter lists for uBlock Origin & uBlock Origin Lite
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Where it is used
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- gorhill/ublock · linked in 6 of the same discussions
- ack-j/port_authority · linked in 3 of the same discussions
- easylist/easylist · linked in 3 of the same discussions
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Observed mentions: 2016-08-12 11:57:35 UTC to 2026-09-13 06:12:26 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 11 | 1 | 10 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 17 | 2 | 15 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 0 | 7 |
From the project README
An excerpt from the repository, fetched Nov 12, 2026.
Read the project’s introduction
uAssets
This repository is for the resources of uBlock Origin (uBO). It receives all reports for new filters or existing filters that cause web page breakage. Any contributors are welcome. Contributors who are proven valuable will get write permissions to the repository.
The rationale for including a specific filter in uBO's filter lists is the same as the EasyList/EasyPrivacy policies and also takes into account whether a filter requires uBO's extended filter syntax.
It is preferred to fix filter issues in EasyList. Any filters included in uBO's filter lists must use the extended syntax.
The EasyList-compatible fixes for high-traffic websites are added to uBO filters until they become added to EasyList.
uAssets will fix the following exceptions even if they do not require using the extended syntax:
Ad-Reinsertion
Anti-Blocker
Context Menu Blockage
Cut/Copy/Paste Blockage
Popups/Popunders
Website Breakage
Video Ads
uAssets will not address the following:
Paywalls
Porn Farms
Annoyances (widgets, social media buttons, newsletter subscriptions, donation requests, etc)
Self-promotion elements
Requests for custom filters to modify or restyle site content (for help with these, visit /r/uBlockOrigin).
How to correctly report an issue:
Disable all other browser extensions and see if the issue still occurs
If the issue still occurs when all other browser extensions are disabled, then provide the troubleshooting information:
Steps for uBO:
Open a new browser tab
Go to the specific page where the issue occurs
Click the 🛡️ uBO icon
Click the 💬 chat icon
Click Troubleshooting Information
Click Select all and copy the contents
Paste the contents into the appropriate GitHub thread
Steps for uBO Lite:
Open a new browser tab
Go to the specific page where the issue occurs
Click the 🛡️ uBO Lite icon
Click the menu item for 💬 Report an issue
Click Troubleshooting Information
Copy the contents
Paste the contents into the appropriate GitHub thread
Always provide a clear description of the issue and the steps necessary to reproduce it (including if an account/login is required)
Filter List Requests
New filter list requests in the issue tracker are not permitted and will be declined and closed.
Support Forum
For support, questions, or help, visit /r/uBlockOrigin.
uBO Issues
Report issues with uBO in the uBO issue tracker.
uBO Lite (uBOL) Issues
Report issues specific to the Manifest Version 3 (MV3) variant in the uBOL issue tracker.
Similarly-Purposed Blockers
Do NOT use any other similarly-purposed blockers concurrently with uBO. It can result in website breakage or undefined results.
Read the full README on GitHubWhat Hacker News says
5 sourcesYouTube recently made changes to how they display their ads that affected a fair amount of filter lists.
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/7519
In Ask HN: Are YouTube ads getting worse?There are a couple of reasons, but the biggest one is that intercepting HTML at the network level allows you to filter inline script tags from documents[0]. If you want to stop an inline script from running (say to defuse an anti-adblocker popup/redirect), you can't wait until after it gets parsed to remove it. Once it gets added to the page, the browser will execute it.
Of course, note that uBlock Origin also supports scriptlets[1] that can be used to rein in scripts after they get added to the page, instead of by doing resource rewriting. You're not restricted to only doing your filtering at the network level, HTML filtering is just another tool that filter authors have at their disposal.
Helpfully, at the scriptlet wiki page I've linked each entry also shows a practical example rule that relies on the scriptlet. You can also take a loo
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k at the uBlock Origin's default filter lists[2] if you want more examples of people using both HTML filtering and scriptlets in the wild. Many of these block rules are impossible to implement in Safari.
[0]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Inline-script-tag-fil...
[1]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Resources-Library
[2]: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets
Facebook has been (successfully) evading ad blockers for a long time.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21688816
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/3367
In Facebook to let users turn off political adverts