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Updated Does uBlock block ads or just hide them? (markdown)

Raymond Hill 2021-05-12 08:13:42 -04:00
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Does-uBlock-block-ads-or-just-hide-them?.md

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**Short answer:** resources hidden -- in various ways depending on the class of cosmetic filters.
These filters serve to remove DOM elements from a web page. They have no value privacy-wise, it is essentially to make web page look better by removing unwanted content, which usually cannot be blocked using network filters. Just like ABP, uBlock will hide DOM elements on a web page which match cosmetic filters. uBlock uses a [different method](./Cosmetic-filtering-in-%C2%B5Block:-version-0.4.0.0-update) than other big-name blockers to hide the DOM elements though.
These filters serve to visually remove DOM elements from a web page. They have no value privacy-wise, it is essentially to make web page look better by removing unwanted content, which usually cannot be blocked using network filters. Just like ABP, uBlock will hide DOM elements on a web page which match cosmetic filters. uBlock uses a [different method](./Cosmetic-filtering-in-%C2%B5Block:-version-0.4.0.0-update) than other big-name blockers to hide the DOM elements though.
Different classes of cosmetic filters are applied differently: