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Ad Blocker Test – Check If Your Ad Blocker Works (adblock.turtlecute.org)
mzajc 3 hours ago [-]
From Raymond Hill, the author of uBlock Origin:

  Please do not use those online tools which claim to measure how good is your content blocker, they are often flawed.[0]
I don't know how much that applies to this particular tool, but I did notice that it's flagging requests as 'not blocked' even though they're blocked with uMatrix.

[0]: https://xcancel.com/gorhill/status/1583581072197312512

blackjack_ 3 hours ago [-]
I’m interested as to who this is testing.

I see double click coverage, Amazon coverage, and a tiny amount of Facebook, but missing a lot of large players in the adtech space. I don’t see Microsoft being explicitly called here.

Then from the large scale independent companies I see none of them on here? Shouldn’t you try Trade desk, Magnite, Applovin, Criteo, Xandr as well?

Then you would want to check vs data brokers as well; Experian, Equifax, Axciom, Epsilon, LexisNexus, Liveramp, and CoreLogic at minimum.

paol 3 hours ago [-]
This is clearly broken, it shows "3 blocked" even as uBO is reporting 89 requests to 34 different domains blocked.

EDIT it's below the fold: "Some browser/blocker combinations may affect results. If uBlock Origin breaks the test, allow adblock.turtlecute.org."

waltbosz 3 hours ago [-]
To allow their site, they suggest you add `@@*$redirect-rule` to `My filters` in the uBlock origins settings.

Went from 5% to 84% after I made the change.

elevenones 3 hours ago [-]
I got 0% (FF+ubo) but ubo says it blocked 102 items. Also I never see ads while browsing or watching videos. What do?
RijilV 3 hours ago [-]
The methodology for validation seems a bit off, in my setup I return a local IP for all of the domains in that list and serve empty content for it. Thus it detects the ads getting through, but in reality they did not.
gonzalohm 3 hours ago [-]
The first time I opened the link I only got 17% blocked. I opened the link again and it went up to 74%. Weird
cassianoleal 4 hours ago [-]
I'm not sure about this. I got 7% blocked but in reality I rarely see ads when browsing the web.
amlib 3 hours ago [-]
I think this is expecting a full block down to the domain? But most browser ad blockers are a lot more granular than that, and for good reason. Blocking a whole domain can have a lot of undesirable side effects.
josefresco 3 hours ago [-]
Stock Brave: 63% w/uBOL: 65%
drcongo 4 hours ago [-]
100% thanks to NextDNS and AdGuard.
WolfeReader 3 hours ago [-]
Using uBlock Origin and nuMatrix on Librewolf got me 98% - some cosmetic ads got through.
jimmysongio 4 hours ago [-]
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lejeanvaljean 3 hours ago [-]
or just remove adblock and accept that people are paid by the ads on the websites you're reading
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