News
2021
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Goodbye, old friend!
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Better Blocker.
If you’re looking for an alternative, we recommend 1Blocker by Salavat and Alex.
Salavat has kindly offered 3-months free to anyone switching from Better to 1Blocker and he will be donating 30% of all revenue from those accounts to Small Technology Foundation on a monthly basis to help fund our work.
To take advantage of this offer, please contact Alex via email at support@1blocker.com or on Twitter at @1BlockerApp.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked one blocker blocker, fixed three sites and blocked five new trackers.
- Blocked blocker blocker: (another one!) on ca.investing.com (see issue #151.)
- Fix: content and search now displays correctly on weather.com (see issue #189.)
- Fix: forms now work correctly on s1jobs.com (see issue #187.)
- Fix: content now displays correctly on tradedoubler.com (see issue #181.)
- Now blocking: bfmio.com, salecycle.com, tagcommander.com, tradelab.fr, wzrkt.com.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked three blocker blockers, fixed five sites and blocked four new trackers.
- Blocked blocker blocker: on bloody-disgusting.com (see issue #170.)
- Blocked blocker blocker: on chicago-tribune.com (see issue #172.)
- Blocked blocker blocker: on thegatewaypundit.com (see issue #173.)
- Fix: images now display correctly on www.20minutos.es (see issue #54.)
- Fix: maps now display correctly on ups.com(see issue #169.)
- Fix: content now displays correctly on merkurist.de (see issue #177.)
- Fix: login button and form now displays correctly on chicagotribune.com (see issue #172.)
- Fix: login now displays correctly on abc.net.au (see issue #174.)
- Now blocking: accengage.com, aufp.io, tradedoubler.com, urbanairship.com.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked a blocker blocker, fixed eight sites and blocked four new trackers.
- Blocked blocker blocker: on oregonlive.com (see issue #160.)
- Fix: password reset page now displays correctly on aircanada.com (see issue #155.)
- Fix: login now displays correctly on toyota.at (see issue #156.)
- Fix: images now display correctly on onesignal.com (see issue #157.)
- Fix: videos now play on bravotv.com (see issue #158.)
- Fix: login now displays correctly on thebodyshop.com (see issue #161.)
- Fix: support page content now displays correctly on berlingske.dk (see issue #162.)
- Fix: all images now display on bbc.com/news (see issue #165.)
- Fix: login now displays correctly on app.hubspot.com (see issue #167.)
- Blocked: First-party adtech is now blocked on jkanime.net and animestream.in (see issue #98 and see issue #166)
- Now blocking: fiftyt.com, oogala.com, sharedid.org, zeotap.com.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked a blocker blocker, fixed a site and blocked ten new trackers.
- Blocked blocker blocker: on investing.com (see issue #151.)
- Fix: login now displays correctly on ge.appliancesaccount.io (see issue #105.)
- Now blocking: financeads.net, fundingchoicesmessages.google.com, impactradius.com, impactradius-event.com, impactradius-go.com, impactradius-tag.com, kampyle.com, technoratimedia.com, trackmytarget.com, veinteractive.com.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked three blocker blockers, fixed six sites and blocked six new trackers.
- Blocked blocker blocker: on yorkshirepost.co.uk (see issue #145.)
- Blocked blocker blocker: on businessinsider.com (see issue #134.)
- Blocked blocker blocker: on boredpanda.com (see issue #137.)
- Fix: links now work on yorkshirepost.co.uk (see issue #145.)
- Fix: site now displays correctly on vk.com (see issue #140.)
- Fix: shop now displays correctly on talktalk.co.uk (see issue #137.)
- Fix: sign-up form now displays correctly on workspace.circuitmaker.com (see issue #132.)
- Fix: shop items now load on thecompanystore.com (see issue #131.)
- Fix: gaps left by blocked adtech are now hidden on businessinsider.com (see issue #125)
- Now blocking: 4wnet.com, 4wnetwork.com, acsbapp.com, acsbap.com, adswizz.com, bizible.com.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked one blocker blocker, fixed eight sites and blocked eight new trackers.
- Blocked blocker blocker: on digitaltrends.com (see issue #122.)
- Fix: links now work on eastbourneherald.co.uk (see issue #128.)
- Fix: Google.es now loads its consent dialog correctly (see issue #126.)
- Fix: links now work on eshop.macsales.com (see issue #123.)
- Fix: login now displays correctly on open.ac.uk (see issue #121.)
- Fix: videos now play correctly on newyorker.com (see issue #119.)
- Fix: login now works on americamagazine.org and other sites that use Piano (see issue #124.)
- Fix: gaps left by blocked adtech are now hidden on macobserver.com (see issue #125)
- Blocked: First-party adtech is now blocked on heise.de (see issue #118)
- Now blocking: adthrive.com, app.link, branch.io, dotmetrics.net, id5-sync.com, increaserev.com, ezoic.net, onetag-sys.com.
2020
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked three blocker blockers, fixed five sites and blocked five new trackers.
- Blocked blocker blocker: on bild.de.
- Blocked blocker blocker: on videos on pnp.de.
- Blocked blocker blocker: on salon.com (see issue #113.)
- Fix: content now displays correctly on wordwall.net.
- Fix: content now displays correctly on predictit.org (see issue #115.)
- Fix: login form now displays correctly on cafe.com (see issue #111.)
- Fix: login form now displays correctly on slate.com.
- Fix: terms and conditions dialog now displays correctly on Google sites.
- Now blocking: adotmob.com, pushwoosh.com, nativendo.de, creativecdn.com, firstimpression.io.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked one blocker blocker, fixed five sites and blocked eight new trackers.
- Blocked blocker blocker: on rottentomatoes.com (see issue #106.)
- Fix: links now work correctly on www.yorkshirepost.co.uk (see issue #95.)
- Fix: content now displays correctly on insider.office.com (see issue #89.)
- Fix: content now displays correctly on m.mixcloud.com (see issue #88.)
- Fix: login form now displays correctly on boots.ie and boots.co.uk (see issue #26.)
- Fix: content now displays correctly on skoda.co.uk (see issue #49.)
- Now blocking: cookies from hubspot.com, appdynamics.com, eum-appdynamics.com, btttag.com, coremetrics.com, grapeshot.co.uk, richrelevance.com, yieldlove.com, yieldlove-ad-serving.net.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked one blocker blocker, fixed five sites and blocked two new trackers.
- Blocked blocker blocker: on prad.de (see issue #84.)
- Fix: text chat now works correctly on telekom.de (see issue #79.)
- Fix: add to cart buttons now work correctly on musicroom.com (see issue #82.)
- Fix: results now load correctly on yandex.ru (see issue #77.)
- Fix: content now loads correctly on m.mixcloud.com (see issue #88.)
- Fix: links now work correctly on amazon.com and amazon.co.uk (see issue #80.)
- Blocked: proboards.com adtech is now blocked on sites that use Proboards (see issue #87)
- Now blocking: adhese.com, exponential.com.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked three blocker blockers, fixed two sites and blocked one new tracker.
- Blocked blocker blocker: on spiegel.de (see issue #75.)
- Blocked blocker blocker: on stern.de (see issue #75.)
- Blocked blocker blocker: on bild.de (see issue #75.)
- Fix: login now works correctly on economist.com (see issue #67.)
- Fix: content now loads correctly on wetter.bild.de.
- Now blocking: technical-service.net.
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- Fix: consent interface on spiegel.de is no longer broken (see issue #6)
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked one blocker blocker, fixed one site and blocked seven new trackers.
- Blocked blocker blocker: on cnbc.com (see issue #57)
- Fix: content now loads correctly on skoda-auto.de (see issue #49)
- Blocked: First-party adtech is now blocked on 9to5mac.com (see issue #37)
- Now blocking: adlightning.com, plrsrvcs.com, polarcdn.com, polarcdn-pentos.com, polarcdn-terrax.com, sail-track.com, vilynx.com.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked one blocker blocker, and blocked nine new trackers.
- Blocked blocker blocker: on androidcure.com.
- Now blocking: ayads.co, adrta.com, msecnd.net, m2.ai, c-i.as, iteratehq.com, datadome.co, apomaya.net.
2019
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked adtech on one site, and blocked five new trackers.
- Blocked: a Parse.ly tracker and a first-party pixel tracker are now blocked on spiegel.de.
- Now blocking: adshot.de, lentainform.de, sponsorads.de, opinary.com, pressekompass.net.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked adtech on one site, fixed one site and blocked two new trackers.
- Fix: videos now load correctly on bloomberg.com (see issue #689)
- Fix: videos now load correctly on standaard.be (see issue #826)
- Fix: login now works correctly on rtbf.be (see issue #964)
- Blocked: GoogleAdsense is now also blocked on eu1.startpage.com. (see issue #790)
- Now blocking: kameleoon.eu, kameleoon.com.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked adtech on one site, fixed one site and blocked two new trackers.
- Fix: maps now work correctly on standorte.deutscheppost.de (see issue #627)
- Blocked: GoogleAdsense is now also blocked on eu.startpage.com. (see issue #790)
- Now blocking: onclickmega.com, omnitagjs.com.
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- Fix: bylines now load correctly on nytimes.com (see issue #616)
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked two blocker blockers, blocked first-party adtech on two sites, fixed one site and blocked seven new trackers.
- Blocked blocker blocker: on leitesculinaria.com. (see issue #955)
- Blocked blocker blocker: on cleveland.com. (see issue #952)
- Blocked: more first-party adtech has been blocked on spiegel.de (see issue #858)
- Blocked: First-party adtech is now blocked in search results on bing.com (see issue #947)
- Fix: search now works correctly on ikea.com (see issue #945)
- Now blocking: cookies from cdninstagram.com, cookies from jwplayer.com, adtdp.com, trafficjunky.net, mxpnl.com, tsyndicate.com, medleyads.com, trafficfactory.biz, trafficstars.com.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura fixed two sites, and blocked four new trackers.
- Fix: videos now load correctly on rtlnieuws.nl (see issue #641)
- Fix: pages are no longer blank on derstandard.at (see issue #718)
- Now blocking: venatusmedia.com, vdna-assets.com, vntsm.com, zedo.com.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked one blocker blocker, fixed two sites, blocked cookies for one tracker, and blocked seven new trackers.
- Blocked blocker blocker: on dreadcentral.com. (see issue #937)
- Fix: videos now load correctly on abc7ny.com (see issue #936)
- Fix: tweets now load correctly on bleacherreport.com (see issue #938)
- Now blocking: cookies from fontawesome.com, mobileadtrading.com, extend.tv, os.tc, profusesupport.com, linksynergy.com, imedia.cz.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked first-party adtech on one site and blocked nine new trackers.
- Blocked: First-party adtech is now blocked again on spiegel.de (see issue #858)
- Now blocking: content-ad.net, ladsp.com, ladsp.jp, infolinks.com, propellerclick.com, amung.us, revrtb.net, revrtb.com.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked three blocker blockers, fixed one site, and blocked four new trackers.
- Blocked blocker blocker: on channel4.com. (see issue #917)
- Blocked blocker blocker: on login.vrt.be. (see issue #529)
- Blocked blocker blocker: on imore.com. (see issue #529)
- Fix: content on sites using qualtrics.com scripts is no longer broken (see issue #925)
- Now blocking: deepintent.com, mediarithmics.com, plista.com, playground.xyz.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked three blocker blockers, fixed one site, and blocked four new trackers.
- Blocked blocker blocker: on channel4.com. (see issue #917)
- Blocked blocker blocker: on login.vrt.be. (see issue #529)
- Blocked blocker blocker: on imore.com. (see issue #529)
- Fix: content on sites using qualtrics.com scripts is no longer broken (see issue #925)
- Now blocking: deepintent.com, mediarithmics.com, plista.com, playground.xyz.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked more first-party targeted ads on two sites, fixed two sites, and blocked one new tracker.
- Blocked: First-party adtech is now blocked again on reuters.com (see issue #728)
- Blocked: First-party adtech is now blocked again on spiegel.de (see issue #858)
- Fix: images now load on heraldo.es (see issue #916)
- Fix: gaps left by blocked adtech are now hidden on heise.de (see issue #515)
- Now blocking: exoticads.com.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked one blocker blocker, and fixed two sites.
- Blocked blocker blocker: on stern.de again. (see issue #880)
- Blocked: First-party adtech is now blocked again on wetteronline.de (see issue #846)
- Blocked: First-party adtech is now blocked again on spiegel.de (see issue #858)
- Fix: content is no longer blocked on spiegel.de when using an iPad (see issue #858)
- Fix: login buttons now display correctly on t-online.de (see issue #526)
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked two blocker blockers, fixed one site, and blocked seven new trackers.
- Block blocker blocker: on main-echo.de (see issue #901)
- Block blocker blocker: on boredpanda.com (see issue #914)
- Blocked: Behavioural adtech is now blocked on t-online.de (see issue #526)
- Fix: payment button now works on marksandspencer.com (see issue #913)
- Now blocking: adriver.ru, strooerdp.de, heatmap.it, justpremium.com, scoota.co, programattik.com, wbtrk.net.
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- Fix: images now load correctly on heise.de/autos (see issue #894)
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New blocking rules!
- Laura blocked one blocker blocker, fixed one site, and blocked four new trackers.
- Block blocker blocker: on stern.de. (see issue #880)
- Fix: gallery carousel now works on zdnet.com (see issue #510)
- Now blocking: megdexchange.com, gigaonclick.com, ligatus.com, ligadx.com.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura fixed four broken sites and blocked three new trackers.
- Fix: product options are now working on monoprice.com (see issue #618)
- Fix: business.linkedin.com’s content now loads correctly. (see issue #893)
- Fix: yandex.ru’s Maps now loads correctly. (see issue #836)
- Fix: gaps left by blocked adtech are now hidden on wetteronline.de (see issue #845)
- Now blocking: onthe.io, lkqd.net, ad-srv.net.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura fixed one broken site, blocked one hundred and twenty-six (126!) cryptominers, and blocked four new trackers.
- Fix: comments now load correctly on liverpoolecho.co.uk (see issue #874)
- Now blocking: one hundred and twenty-six cryptominers, akstat.io, userreport.com, rtk.io, cpx.to.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura fixed one broken site, blocked a blocker blocker on another site, and adtech on a third site.
- Fix: content now loads correctly on reuters.com (see issue #728)
- Block blocker blocker: on sueddeutsche.de. (see issue #873)
- Blocked: First-party adtech is now blocked on spiegel.de (see issue #858)
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New blocking rules!
- Laura fixed two broken sites, blocked anti-tracking adtech on two sites, and blocked six new trackers.
- Blocked: First-party adtech is now blocked on heise.de/autos (see issue #515)
- Blocked: First-party adtech is now blocked on wetteronline.de (see issue #846)
- Fix: slickdeals.net now loads correctly (see issue #867)
- Fix: the travel search now loads correctly on nationalexpress.com (see issue #864)
- Now blocking: cookies on imgix.net, upravel.com, wt-safetag.com, pubmine.com, metadsp.co.uk, iasds01.com.
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- Fix: avatars now load correctly on youtube.com (see issue #859)
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New blocking rules!
- Laura fixed one broken site, blocked one blocker blocker, and blocked twenty-seven new trackers.
- Block blocker blocker: on thewindowsclub.com. (see issue #854)
- Fix: arstechnica.com and video.arstechnica.com’s videos now load correctly. (see issue #855)
- Added: site information about macdailynews.com which has more trackers (237!) than we’ve ever seen before on one site. (see issue #851)
- Now blocking: s-onetag.com, deployads.com, fastclick.net, teads.tv, serverbid.com, tynt.com, btstatic.com, pagefair.com, pagefair.net, thrtle.com, adscale.de, innovid.com, 254a.com, admixer.net, avocet.io, semasio.net, impdesk.com, acuityplatform.com, adventori.com, sekindo.com stackadapt.com, dyntrk.com, sail-personalize.com, emxdgt.com, ggpht.com, eqads.com, amplitude.com.
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New blocking rules!
- Laura fixed three broken sites, blocked first-party targeted ads on three sites, and blocked fourteen new trackers.
- Fix: wired.com and video.wired.com’s videos now load correctly. (see issue #843)
- Fix: parkbee.com’s maps now work correctly. (see issue #846)
- Fix: apps.garmin.com now loads correctly. (see issue #841)
- Blocked: reuters.com adtech is blocked again. (see issue #728)
- Blocked: First-party adtech is now blocked on heise.de (see issue #515)
- Blocked: First-party adtech is now blocked on courant.com (see issue #844)
- Blocked: First-party adtech is now blocked on kicker.de (see issue #800)
- Now blocking: cookies on ampproject.org tailtarget.com, dynad.com, mouseflow.com, adzerk.com, adup-tech.com, doubleverify.com, trb.com, trbas.com, mxcdn.net, m6r.eu, adscale.de, brand-display.com, onaudience.com.
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- Fix: content now loads from the akamaized.net domain. This fixes microsoft.com and other sites that use the Akamai CDN (see issue #840)
- Fix: content now loads from the yimg.com domain. This fixes www.paperinkarts.com and other sites that use the Yahoo CDN (see issue #764)
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New blocking rules!
- Laura fixed seven broken sites, blocked three blocker blockers, and blocked twenty-three new trackers.
- Block blocker blocker: on rawstory.com. (see issue #822)
- Block blocker blocker: on newatlas.com. (see issue #828)
- Block blocker blocker: on www.basellandschaftlichezeitung.ch, www.aargauerzeitung.ch and www.bzbasel.ch. (see issue #810)
- Fix: ctvnews.ca and ctvnews.com’s content now loads correctly. (see issue #666)
- Fix: gumtree.com’s navigation now works correctly. (see issue #817)
- Fix: yandex.com’s Maps now loads correctly. (see issue #836)
- Fix: www.agosweb.it’s login form now loads correctly. (see issue #834)
- Fix: globeandmail.com no longer has gaps left by blocked behavioural advertising. (see issue #825)
- Blocked: reuters.com adtech is blocked again. (see issue #728)
- Blocked: First-party adtech is now blocked on reddit.com (see issue #827)
- Inspection: more trackers have been blocked after an inquiry of the top 3000 sites.
- Now blocking: proper.io, tremorhub.com, aaxdetect.com, aaxads.com, getclicky.com, mfadsrvr.com, 4finance.com, contentabc.com, bebi.com, adtng.com, adocean.pl, prebid.org, blueconic.net, trackjs.com, akamaized.net, xiti.com, nanigans.com, dimml.io, commander1.com, creative-serving.com, p161.net, elasticad.net, matheranalytics.com. Thanks to Robyn for help with Dutch sites.
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App update: Better Blocker 2018.2 for macOS and iOS
Release notes
- New: Even simpler interface, consistent across the macOS and iOS versions.
- New: Displays version and last update information for blocking rules.
- New: Exceptions is now called the Do Not Block list.
- Fixed: macOS: Fixes El Capitan crash.
- Comes bundled with the latest blocking rules.
- With this new release, we are also tweaking the App Store pricing slightly. Better Blocker, prior to the 2018.1 release, used to be priced at Tier 5 ($4.99/£4.99/€5.49) on macOS and iOS. Read Aral’s blog post about this release.
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- Block blocker blocker: on washingtontimes.com. (see issue #757)
- Block blocker blocker: on demorgen.be. (see issue #736)
- Block blocker blocker: on hgtv.com. (see issue #741)
- Block blocker blocker: on kvue.com.
- Fix: msn.com’s content now loads correctly. (see issue #779)
- Fix: learning.linkedin.com’s content now loads correctly. (see issue #775)
- Fix: sportbild.bild.de’s content now loads correctly. (see issue #767)
- Fix: Bing Maps now load correctly on duke-energy.com. (see issue #755)
- Fix: fantasygames.nascar.com’s content now loads correctly. (see issue #742)
- Fix: cnet.com no longer has gaps left by blocked behavioural ads. (see issue #739)
- Fix: youneedabudget.com’s login no longer has broken functionality. (see issue #773)
- Blocked: GoogleAdsense is now blocked on startpage.com. (see issue #790)
- Blocked: First-party adtech is now blocked on t-online.de. (see issue #526)
- Blocked: First-party adtech is now blocked on yahoo.com (see issue #799 and see issue #781)
- Blocked: First-party adtech is now blocked on slickdeals.net. (see issue #812)
- Inspection: more trackers have been blocked after an inspection of boingboing.net, realclearpolitics.com, t-online.de, icons8.com, klm.com, ns.nl, cnet.com.
- Now blocking cookies from: akamai.net.
- Now blocking: marketgid.com, unrulymedia.com, steepto.com, betweendigital.com, stickyadstv.com, districtm.io, interactivemedia.net, carbonads.com, carbonads.net, buysellads.com, buysellads.net, r42tag.com, go-mpulse.com, viglink.com, qualtrics.com.
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- Block blocker blocker: on focus.de. (see issue)
- Block blocker blocker: on news24.com. (see issue)
- Block blocker blocker: on cultofmac.com. (see issue)
- Block blocker blocker: on accuweather.com. (see issue)
- Block blocker blocker: on dailycaller.com. (see issue)
- Block blocker blocker: on sport1.de’s internal pages. (see issue)
- Fix: sites with bild in the name are no longer blocked. (see issue)
- Fix: m.aviationweek.com no longer has broken functionality. (see issue)
- Fix: macrumors.com no longer has gaps left by blocked behavioural ads. (see issue)
- Fix: Pinterest’s blocking rules have been refined to block tracking scripts but allow login and use of browser extension. (see issue)
- Inspection: more trackers have been blocked after an inspection of 62 sites.
- Block: cookies on Google APIs sites including googleapis.com, khms0.googleapis.com, khms0.googleapis.com, maps.googleapis.com, storage.googleapis.com,translate.googleapis.com, content.googleapis.com, commondatastorage.googleapis.com, chart.googleapis.com, googleusercontent.com.
- Now blocking: tns-counter.com, invitemedia.com, opecloud.com, adentify.com, onesignal.com, ibillboard.com.
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- Fix: YouTube’s Skip Ad button is no longer blocked. (see issue)
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- Fix: Pinterest’s login has been fixed for the .de and .ie sites. (see issue)
- Fix: nu.nl aggressive warning has been blocked. (see issue)
- Fix: bild.de has been unblocked. (see issue)
- Fix: sport1.de’s blocker blocker has been blocked. (see issue)
- Fix: facebook.com’s rules have been refined. (see issue)
- Fix: youtube.com’s rules have been refined. (see issue)
- Inspection: more trackers on orf.at have been blocked. (see issue)
- Now blocking: adworx.at.
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App update: Better Blocker for macOS Mojave
Release notes
- New: Simplified design consistent with Better for iOS.
- New: Support for Mojave’s Dark Mode.
- Read Aral’s blog post about Better Blocker for macOS Mojave.
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App update: Better Blocker for iOS 12
Release notes
- New: Better, simpler and more affordable.
- Read Aral’s blog post about Better Blocker for iOS 12.
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- Fix: financial adtech has been blocked on money.cnn.com. (see issue)
- Update: description on imore.com to explain the site uses an aggressive blocker blocker doorslam which we cannot block right now. (see issue)
- Inspection: more trackers on imore.com have been blocked. (see issue)
- Inspection: more trackers on money.cnn.com have been blocked. (see issue)
- Now blocking: admedo.com, a8723.com, exposebox.com, azurewebsites.net, ariseboundary.com, dianomi.com, outbrainimg.com.
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- Fix: reuters.com no longer shows adtech on the homepage. (see issue)
- Fix: content on www.wgu.edu now loads. (see issue)
- Fix: economist.com no longer has a gap at the top of the homepage left by blocked behavioural advertising. (see issue)
- Inspection: more trackers on economist.com have been blocked. (see issue)
- Now blocking: salesforceliveagent.com, monsido.com, marketo.com, marketo.net, steelhousemedia.com, pbbl.co, mktoresp.com, evidon.com, tinypass.com, npttech.com, 3gl.net, usabilia.com, lytics.io, tvsquared.com, mbww.com, yahoo.co.jp, rezync.com, fout.jp, mediaplex.com.
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Better Blocker: two year review and thoughts on the future
“Better Blocker is a no-bullshit tracker blocker Laura and I built because we wanted an easy-to-use tracker blocker that wasn’t funded by or working for the adtech industry…”Read the full post on Aral’s website
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- Fix: nytimes.com no longer has gaps in articles left by blocked behavioural advertising.
- Fix: theverge.com no longer has gaps left by blocked behavioural advertising. (see issue)
- Fix: reuters.com no longer has adtech appearing on country-based subdomains. (see issue)
- Inspection: more trackers on expressen.se have been blocked. (see issue)
- Now blocking: adhigh.net, bidtheatre.com, brealtime.com, cint.com, cintnetworks.com, codigo.se, de17a.com, hybrid.ai, lp4.io, rampanel.com, richmetrics.com, videoplaza.tv, widespace.com.
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- Fix: macrumors no longer has gaps left by blocked behavioural advertising. (see issue)
- Fix: the clickbait on reuters.com is now blocked. (see issue)
- Inspection: more trackers on macrumors.com have been blocked. (see issue)
- Inspection: more trackers on reuters.com have been blocked. (see issue)
- Now blocking: distiltag.com, admantx.com, native.ai, tru.am, moatpixel.com, adziff.com, nsstatic.net, nsstatic.com, zdbb.net, ziffdavis.com.
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- Fix: Content now loads on formed.org. (see issue)
- Now blocking: adskeeper.co.uk, chatango.com.
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- Fix: Bing Maps now load on soundtransit.org. (see issue)
- Now blocking: prf.hn, sooqr.com, freegeoip.net, abmr.net, 360yield.com, liadm.com.
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- Fix: motorcyclenews.com’s images now load, and the gaps left by blocked behavioural advertising are removed. (see issue)
- Fix: canadiantire.ca’s blocker blocker on the flyer page has been blocked. (see issue)
- Now blocking: abtasty.com, digitru.st, scene7.com.
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- Fix: chip.de’s blocker blocker has been blocked. (see issue)
- Fix: derstandard.at’s blocker blocker has been blocked. (see issue)
- Fix: mymotherlode.com’s blocker blocker has been blocked. (see issue)
- Fix: advocate.com’s blocker blocker has been blocked. (see issue)
- Now blocking: bf-tools.net, conative.de, permutive.com, speedcurve.com, wfxtriggers.com.
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- Fix: si.com no longer has gaps left by blocked behavioural advertising. (see issue)
- Fix: pinterest.co.uk’s login is no longer broken. (see issue)
- Now blocking: a5eb9a4ddb8767e210bca97b2bcbf6ece.profile.fra2.cloudfront.net, adalliance.io, adsnative.com, alexametrics.com, bounceexchange.com, clarium.global.ssl.fastly.net, clarium.io, emsservice.de, exactag.com, globalwebindex.net, meetrics.net, mkt922.com, mkt932.com, mkt941.com, navdmp.com, newsmaxfeednetwork.com, pages02.net, pages03.net, pages04.net, pages05.net, pages06.net, pubnation.com, research.de.com, rkdms.com, segment.com, segment.io, sele.co, selectablemedia.com, summerhamster.com, t4ft.de.
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- Inspection: more trackers on imore.com are now blocked. Thanks to Lukas Funk for help. (see issue)
- Fix: nytimes.com no longer has a gap on the homepage left by blocked behavioural advertising. (see issue)
- Now blocking: basebanner.com, lightboxcdn.com, mobilenations.com, perfdrive.com, servebom.com, storygize.net.
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- Fix: arstechnica.com video player is no longer broken. (see issue)
- Fix: spiegel.de’s blocker blocker is now blocked. Thanks to Marco Dengel and Lukas Funk for help and feedback. (see issue)
- Fix: uk.businessinsider’s blocker blocker is now blocked again. Thanks to Lukas Funk for help. (see issue)
- Fix: nytimes.com no longer has gaps left by blocked behavioural advertising. Thanks to Lukas Funk for help. (see issue)
- Fix: wiggle.co.uk reviews are no longer broken. Thanks to Lukas Funk for help. (see issue)
- Now blocking: em0n.com, google.co.in, google.co.jp, google.com.br, google.com.hk, google.com.ph, google.com.pk, google.com.tr, google.es, google.fr, google.gr, google.ie, google.it, google.pt, google.ru, google.sn, avantlink.com, avmws.com, awin1.com, dwin1.com, dwin2.com, igodigital.com, liveperson.net, lpsnmedia.net, marinsm.com, maxymiser.net, qubit.com, qubitproducts.com.
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Fix: pinterest.com login (see issue)
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New: protects against sites that capture information autofilled by your password manager. Added rules for the two trackers responsible, Adthink (audienceinsights.net) and OnAudience (behavioralengine.com), as detailed in this Princeton research article: No boundaries for user identities: Web trackers exploit browser login managers.
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Fix: sites using Bing Maps now display maps correctly (cookies are still blocked) (see commit for issues)
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Fix: fortune.com no longer has large gaps where ad tech was previously (see issue)
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Fix: TownNews.com affiliates now display correctly (see issue)
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- Fix: forums.macrumors.com (see issue)
- Fix: spiegel.de (see issue)
- Now blocking: third party cookies on soundcloud.com, third party cookies on sndcdn.com
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Fix: theargus.co.uk (see issue)
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Fix: accounts.adobe.com (see issue)
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New crawl, new trackers blocked
- New crawl of the most popular 7,000 sites, uncovering over 8,000 trackers.
- Now blocking: quantcount.com, ads-twitter.com, everesttech.net, 1rx.io, adsafeprotected.com, sharethrough.com, pinterest.com, dotomi.com, vk.com, exoclick.com, visualwebsiteoptimizer.com, gssprt.jp, licdn.com, mail.ru, pingdom.net, spotxcdn.com, bannerflow.com, mixpanel.com, powerlinks.com, rfihub.net, , ad-stir.com.
- We will continue to add new trackers and handle issues with existing sites based on the new crawl in the coming days.
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Fix: TMZ.com (see issue)
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App update: iPhone, iPad, & Mac
Release notes
- New: Full accessibility support across iOS and macOS.
- New: iCloud-synced exceptions list enables you to turn Better off for certain sites.
- New: Use the Email Us feature on the Exceptions screen to alert us if a particular site does not play nice with Better so we can fix it for everyone.
- New: Unified interface and experience across iOS and macOS.
- Fixed: The Mac app no longer displays erroneous “Better is not active” notifications on lock screen and when the screensaver is active.
- Fixed: The Mac app only notifies you when a data update is actually downloaded, not every time it checks for an update.
- Improved: The iOS app has a faster interface and better data loading performance.
- Lots of other miscellaneous bug fixes and little improvements.
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Blocking statically-embedded ads
- Now hiding statically-embedded DoubleClick ads on Heise.de (see issue for details). Also, now blocking first-party loads of DoubleClick.net so that if other sites are following this approach, you won’t be tracked by DoubleClick even if you mistakenly click on the ads.
- Improved experience on LATimes.com. This is standard procedure when we are forced to spend time investigating sites reported for blocking Better (see issue for details).
- Now blocking Taboola-like clickbait injector ZergNet.com.
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- Updated domain statistics
- Added support for panopticlick’s “tracker simulator”.
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First community contribution
A big thank-you to long-term Ind.ie supporter Anselm Hannemann for our first community contribution to Better’s tracker database.
Thanks to Anselm, we are now blocking new trackers from Yahoo (yieldmanager.com and yieldmanager.net), AppNexus (yieldoptimizer.com), Polar Mobile (bf-ad.net) as well as Yieldify, Yieldmo, YieldLab AG, Roq.ad Gmbh, and Yield Partners International B.V.
Anselm found the trackers on Focus Online.
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Bing Maps embeds now display correctly.
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Bild.de is off the Better web.
- Bild.de has blocked our ability to protect you from tracking – at least on iOS. As they are acting like malware, we are now treating them as malware. As of now, we are blocking Bild.de and links to Bild.de on the web.
- We are now also blocking all the trackers that are on Bild.de. The newly added trackers are: Adition, Contact Impact, Adrtx by ascio, an unidentified tracker by Axel Springer, DF-SRV, emetriq by T-Mobile, InfoOnline, nugg.ad, rtbLab by EASYmedia, Tealium, The ADEX, visualrevenue.com by Outbrain, Xplosion Interactive, and Yieldlab AG. Thank you, Bild, for drawing our attention to these additional trackers with your malicious behaviour.
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Blocked blocker blocker Publico.es
- Fixed issue with Better being blocked on Publico.es, cleaned up the experience, and blocked all trackers on it.
- Now also blocking iadbox, SimpleAdServer CDN, Volvelle by Optomaton (Ve Interactive), and some first-party ads thanks to Público.
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We dressed up as Google for Halloween because we think that tracking everything you do across the web (which is how Google makes money) is really scary.
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October Content Update #2
- Fixed issue with Better being blocked on The Atlantic, cleaned up the experience, and blocked all trackers on it.
- Now also blocking comScore, SimpleReach (d8rk54i4mohrb.cloudfront.net), Komoona, Media.net, Sizmek (peer39.com), Taboola (perfectmarket.com), RuTarget, SimpleReach, Smaato, and Imagini VisualDNA, thanks to The Atlantic.
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October Content Update #1
- Fixed issue with links not working on Macworld, cleaned up the experience, and blocked all trackers on it.
- Now also blocking bluecava.com, budgetedbauer.com, d3qxwzhswv93jk.cloudfront.net, fallingfalcon.com, gigya.com, jsonip.com, llnwd.net, sail-horizon.com, and travelaudience.com, thanks to Macworld.
- Updated the top 100 trackers based on October scan.
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Added kixer.com to block list.
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Your Mac, now Better!
Better is now available on macOS Sierra and El Capitan (Safari 10 is required for El Capitan).
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Spotlight Issue №2
Our second major content update turns the spotlight onto the publishing industry – or, more precisely, on what it has become: the behavioural advertising industry. We ask, ‘is the free press dead?’
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Fixed post-block reading experience on The Guardian.
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Better for Mac released on Safari Extension Gallery
- Note: The Safari Extension is now depracated. Development for macOS has moved to the Better Mac App.
- Fixed Twitter oAuth sign-ins from Tweetdeck.
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Better Safari Extension released for download from the Better site. (Note: The Safari Extension is now depracated. Development for macOS has moved to the Better Mac App.)
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iOS App Version 1.3: Size matters
The latest Better for iPhone and iPad update reduces size of the app considerably, fixes a start-up crash that some people were experiencing on first load, and comes packaged with the latest block rules (please remember to launch the app after you install the update to get the latest content).
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Major update to how we’re handling Google. Much more granular block rules. Fixes Google Maps embeds & Recaptcha.
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Blocking rules now more specific. Fixed Google images, eBay images issues. Better performance.
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Version 1.1: Update happy!
- Content updates on the iOS app are triggered every time you start or return to the app. Added visible progress indication for content updates.
- Fixed Google News.
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Blocking flite.com (full-screen video doorslam).
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Fixed yimg tracker blocking Yahoo properties.
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Fixed Facebook image uploads.
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Fixed Twitter logins, now blocking Google AdSense on StartPage.com.
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Version 1.0: Hello, world!
After eight months of work, we launched Better for iPhone and iPad.