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authorFlorian Bruhin <me@the-compiler.org>2021-03-01 21:11:37 +0100
committerFlorian Bruhin <me@the-compiler.org>2021-03-01 21:11:44 +0100
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Reword ad blocking FAQ
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@@ -97,10 +97,20 @@ security bugs, please contact me directly at mail@qutebrowser.org, GPG ID
https://www.the-compiler.org/pubkey.asc[0x916eb0c8fd55a072].
Is there an ad blocker?::
- With version 2.0.0, if the Python adblock library is available, it will be used
- to integrate Brave's Rust adblocker library for improved adblocking
- based on ABP-like filter lists (such as EasyList). Otherwise, the default ad blocker
- is a simple host-based ad blocker that takes `/etc/hosts`-like lists.
+ Since version 2.0.0, if the
+ https://pypi.org/project/adblock/[Python `adblock` library] is available,
+ it will be used to integrate
+ https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust[Brave's Rust adblocker library]
+ for improved adblocking, based on
+ https://help.eyeo.com/en/adblockplus/how-to-write-filters[ABP-like filter lists]
+ (such as https://easylist.to/[EasyList]).
+ If that library is unavailable or on older versions of qutebrowser, a
+ simpler built-in ad blocker is used instead. It takes `/etc/hosts`-like lists
+ and thus is only able to block entire hosts.
++
+Note that even the more sophisticated blocker
+https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/5754[does not support element hiding]
+(cosmetic filtering) yet, it only blocks network requests.
How can I get No-Script-like behavior?::
To disable JavaScript by default: