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AH4oFVbPT4f8 8y ago
Why doesn't ublock origin change its name to something else to avoid this confusion?
- dghughes 8y ago
  Well, isn't that moot since UBlock (not origin) will probably now be called AdBlock?
  - hendersoon 8y ago
    I rather doubt that, as much of uBlock non-Origin's userbase is comprised of people who installed it by accident instead of uBlock Origin. Its only real value is in its name.
    - mosselman 8y ago
      "as much of uBlock non-Origin's userbase is comprised of people who installed it by accident instead of uBlock Origin" How do you know this? Is there a source?
- hk__2 8y ago
  uBlock Origin shouldn’t change its name just because someone made a scammy website off its name. The issue is the website, not uBlock Origin.
  - ripdog 8y ago
    That's not what happened. uBlock Origin was originally (heh) uBlock. Gorhill, the developer, got sick of endless hordes of people posting github issues about unblocked ads (an issue which should be directed at blocklist maintainers), so he gave the uBlock project away to some teenager. It turned out that the kid didn't have the skills to continue the project. He basically ported the addon to Safari and put a donation beg message up on the website. Gorhill soon returned to the project, but was unable to get the rights to it back, so forked it as uBlock Origin. IIRC this was in 2015 or so. Ever since, Origin has been the only adblocker worth using.
    - hk__2 8y ago
      > He basically ported the addon to Safari and put a donation beg message up on the website. No, he _created_ the website. That’s why I wrote “scammy website”. The domain name was registrated on April 18, 2015 [1]. The homepage has since changed, but at that time, it was begging for donations [2]. It had a donorbox campain, since taken down, that asked for ridiculous amounts such as "$25: Covers hosting the uBlock website for one week". [1]: http://www.whois-raynette.fr/whois/ublock.org http://www.whois-raynette.fr/whois/ublock.org [2]: https://web.archive.org/web/20150601002655/https://www.ublock.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150601002655/https://www.ubloc... [3]: https://web.archive.org/web/20150601002729/https://donorbox.org/ublock https://web.archive.org/web/20150601002729/https://donorbox....
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raverbashing 8y ago
uBlock origin also blocks the article site
- contravariant 8y ago
  Oh wow, I knew they weren't on good terms but placing the domain on the badware list is harsh.

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-is-completely-unrelated-to-the-web-site-ublock.org https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-is-comp...

AH4oFVbPT4f8 8y ago

Why doesn't ublock origin change its name to something else to avoid this confusion?

dghughes 8y ago
Well, isn't that moot since UBlock (not origin) will probably now be called AdBlock?
- hendersoon 8y ago
  I rather doubt that, as much of uBlock non-Origin's userbase is comprised of people who installed it by accident instead of uBlock Origin. Its only real value is in its name.
  - mosselman 8y ago
    "as much of uBlock non-Origin's userbase is comprised of people who installed it by accident instead of uBlock Origin" How do you know this? Is there a source?
hk__2 8y ago
uBlock Origin shouldn’t change its name just because someone made a scammy website off its name. The issue is the website, not uBlock Origin.
- ripdog 8y ago
  That's not what happened. uBlock Origin was originally (heh) uBlock. Gorhill, the developer, got sick of endless hordes of people posting github issues about unblocked ads (an issue which should be directed at blocklist maintainers), so he gave the uBlock project away to some teenager. It turned out that the kid didn't have the skills to continue the project. He basically ported the addon to Safari and put a donation beg message up on the website. Gorhill soon returned to the project, but was unable to get the rights to it back, so forked it as uBlock Origin. IIRC this was in 2015 or so. Ever since, Origin has been the only adblocker worth using.
  - hk__2 8y ago
    > He basically ported the addon to Safari and put a donation beg message up on the website. No, he _created_ the website. That’s why I wrote “scammy website”. The domain name was registrated on April 18, 2015 [1]. The homepage has since changed, but at that time, it was begging for donations [2]. It had a donorbox campain, since taken down, that asked for ridiculous amounts such as "$25: Covers hosting the uBlock website for one week". [1]: http://www.whois-raynette.fr/whois/ublock.org http://www.whois-raynette.fr/whois/ublock.org [2]: https://web.archive.org/web/20150601002655/https://www.ublock.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150601002655/https://www.ubloc... [3]: https://web.archive.org/web/20150601002729/https://donorbox.org/ublock https://web.archive.org/web/20150601002729/https://donorbox....

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raverbashing 8y ago

uBlock origin also blocks the article site

contravariant 8y ago
Oh wow, I knew they weren't on good terms but placing the domain on the badware list is harsh.