I know, I know, the wisest thing to do is to abandon them, but today I came across a site that I simply couldn’t bypass because it always blocked me with an extremely stupid “disable your adblock” video, that infuriated me so much… I would 100% migrate to torrents if I didn’t find such unique catalogs on these sites.
Report it on ublock origins github, gets fixed pretty quickly from my experience
Ublock > block element
Block third party scripts and third party frames.
Works wonders every time.
I go to element picker and then I just delete the thing.
If it doesn’t fix the issue and let me scroll or whatever, then I just leave. If it works, then great.
The back button
I try and use the right click>inspect, and just delete stuff and see what happens
Thanks, but what about when a website doesn’t let you do this? More than once I’ve seen websites that literally disable the right mouse click, is there a shortcut for this?
Ctrl+Shift+i should bring up the inspection panel. It won’t be for the specific element, but it should have a button to get an element picker.
Ublock should have the delete thing(forget what it call). I usually use that.
The element zapper
I think there’s a shortcut, like if you press alt or ctrl while right clicking, you bypass the block. But im not 100% sure
If they deserve it (e.g. 404media) I’ll drop it. Else it’s abandoned.
This is the way.
If they’re a shit website, I’m a lot more spiteful and put their content on the way back machine or post it publicly somewhere.
With more adblock (filter lists).
Go to uBO’s dashboard, disable scripts, reload. Or just set browser to Reader Mode. Somehow, works over 75% of the time.
Many sites work best with NoScript because the anti AdBlock is done by JavaScript.
(Of course that doesn’t always work, but when it does, great.)
If you’re using uBO, then you don’t need NoScript. uBO is a media blocker, not an ad blocker, so it is capable of blocking JavaScript per site or globally.
If I know the information isn’t available anywhere else and I really need it, I use a temporary unrestricted browser profile.
Otherwise, Ctrl+w it is.
Search for the headline on a search engine and read the article elsewhere. Usually these news sites just copy and paste the article and slap a different website name on it.
If it’s something I really want and using crypt(dot)cc or whatever it is with the captcha like puzzles with the alien like creatures, I disable and make sure to re-enable when done. Otherwise I go away.
For other sites, if I cannot element destroy it and see the content, I’m outta there as fast as a deadbeat who just found out his girlfriend is pregnant.
Usually, I’m on mobile, so either reader mode or Hide Distracting Items.
The rest of the time, I just find another source.
