How Adblock Extensions Work and How to Customize Their Behavior
When people think about adblock extensions, they usually imagine something simple: “The extension sees an ad and hides it.” That is only part of the story. Tools like uBlock Origin are better understood as content blockers, not just ad blockers. They do block ads, but they also block: trackers popups malware domains anti-blocker scripts other unwanted page behavior Modern blockers such as uBlock Origin mostly work by applying rules to: ...