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.

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[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 176 points 5 months ago (2 children)

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

99% of the time, unless there's something I'm convinced I can only get there and I really need it.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 months ago

First check the archive sites.

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[–] junusdenised420@lemmy.dbzer0.com 105 points 5 months ago

Report it on ublock origins github, gets fixed pretty quickly from my experience

[–] Naich@lemmings.world 50 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I handle them by realising that whatever they have, it's not worth disabling the blocker for, so fuck them.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I get my Spanish Latin media 🏴‍☠️ from many sites like that.

Not always an option to just go elsewhere.

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Unless you really trust that site, I wouldn't do it. Think "ppp" (prohibit porn- or piratesites), because those sites are the least trustworthy to load javascript.

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[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 48 points 5 months ago

Ublock > block element

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 45 points 5 months ago

Block third party scripts and third party frames.

Works wonders every time.

[–] kamills@sh.itjust.works 29 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I try and use the right click>inspect, and just delete stuff and see what happens

[–] incognito08@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago (5 children)

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?

[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 19 points 5 months ago

Do not allow the website to replace the contextual menu, that is a browser setting (extensions can change/block it too). F12 is the shortcut to get to the page editor by the way.

[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 13 points 5 months ago

F12

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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.

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[–] hitstun@fedia.io 8 points 5 months ago

In desktop Firefox, Ctrl+Shift+C lets you click on an element and inspect it. Then, just press the Delete key. Page scripts can't block this. On mobile, you have to rely on adding more filter lists.

[–] kamills@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] aufbau161@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 months ago

left shift in firefox iirc.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 29 points 5 months ago

I avoid the site.

[–] veniasilente@lemm.ee 23 points 5 months ago

Go to uBO's dashboard, disable scripts, reload. Or just set browser to Reader Mode. Somehow, works over 75% of the time.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If they deserve it (e.g. 404media) I'll drop it. Else it's abandoned.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 months ago

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.

[–] flappy@lemm.ee 20 points 5 months ago

With more adblock (filter lists).

[–] Comexs@lemmy.zip 19 points 5 months ago

Most the sites that have that 'feature' usually have a link that says " Continue without disabling adblock" but if I can't find that I use the next site in my search.

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 19 points 5 months ago

The back button

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 5 months ago

I close the tab.

[–] valaramech@fedia.io 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I use uMatrix (uBlock's big brother), so sites that do this generally lose first-party JS privileges real fast.

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[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 13 points 5 months ago

You close the tab, and block the domain completely

[–] omxxi@feddit.org 12 points 5 months ago

90% close it, bye 10% try archive.is if it doesn't work, bye

[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 11 points 5 months ago

I usually switch to reader mode if uBlock Origin doesn't do the trick

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 10 points 5 months ago

Well, if it's not something I really want to see, I just close it. If I do want to see it, then:

if I'm on my laptop, I open dev tools and remove the element blocking other interaction
if I'm on my phone or the above doesn't work on laptop, I open an anonymous window, disable adblock, read/watch/whatever the content, enable adblock, close anonymous window

I do and same for other kinds of annoyances, like the recent trend of "pay us or give us consent to mine your data".

[–] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 10 points 5 months ago

I hit the X

[–] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago

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.

[–] Corgana@startrek.website 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Surprised nobody's mentioned this: https://reek.github.io/anti-adblock-killer/

[–] nivellian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Me surprised too, just another boring comment section as if it were reddit. It should be enough when UO gets mentioned once and the other comments' threads specialize on alternatives e.g. AdGuard Desktop, user scripts, etc. Oh yeah jokes/memes are most important so that stuff gets the most upvotes, another reddit style classic.

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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 8 points 5 months ago

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.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Block scripts, using whatever you want to use. I use Brave (queue criticism)

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

queue criticism

It's cue.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cue

a signal (such as a word, phrase, or bit of stage business) to a performer to begin a specific speech or action

That last line is your cue to exit the stage.

I assume you were requesting a critique on your comment.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's funny that without actually spotting the mistake I just read it as the op expecting multiple criticisms to and basically telling people bringing them to get in line.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 8 points 5 months ago

I think they may be British, and want those who wish to criticize to for a queue

[–] solarvector@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

Maybe they were suggesting that those that are criticizing are welcome but should be orderly and take turns?

[–] loaf@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

Usually, I’m on mobile, so either reader mode or Hide Distracting Items.

The rest of the time, I just find another source.

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I guess rethinking the browser metaphor could help.

Like who tells you that ads couldnt just be displayed on an invisible popup window? Or a second screen?

Those sites generally detect if you dont load certain content. So I guess cosmetic filtering (downloading but not displaying) could already help

[–] Stretch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 months ago

I like this idea. It reminds me (a little) of adnauseam.

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[–] Alice@beehaw.org 5 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Big sites have caught onto this unfortunately, but sometimes switching to reader mode is a quick bypass. Putting the link in archive.is usually works, that's what I do if it's urgent local news (eg when my state is flooded or frozen or perhaps on fire)

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

https://12ft.io/ is faster than archive.is and doesn't actually archive the page. In cases where you just want to read it and don't want to waste server space on it, it's maybe a better option.

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[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 4 points 5 months ago

Haven’t seen anyone mention this, but a lot of the times if you’re quick you can just click reader mode and the whole page loads.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

I create a ublock filter. Out of interest, what exotic media are you trying to find specifically that requires using those sites?

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