X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.stoutner.com/?p=UltraList.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=773db91ffcaaa699f5103eee064fb087152c8e87;hp=e507c1fa59a9f6ce594d6002d6bfc8ad4a41dacf;hb=HEAD;hpb=a551793e01e8171d854a7259722b58af5747074e diff --git a/README b/README index e507c1f..773db91 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ -UltraList copyright © 2019,2021-2022 Soren Stoutner . +UltraList copyright 2019,2021-2023 Soren Stoutner . -https://www.stoutner.com/privacy-browser-android/blocklists/ultralist/ +https://www.stoutner.com/privacy-browser-android/filter-lists/ultralist/ -UltraList is a blocklist based on the Adblock syntax maintained by Stoutner to augment EasyList. +UltraList is a filter list based on the Adblock syntax maintained by Stoutner to augment EasyList. The maintainers of EasyList have a policy of not blocking known ad elements when doing so breaks a large number of websites—what they call "consistently problematic filters". I can understand where they are coming from on this as they want things to just work. -However, with Privacy Browser, I am starting with a fundamentally different philosophy, where I want users to have as much privacy and control as possible. +However, with Privacy Browser Android, I am starting with a fundamentally different philosophy, where I want users to have as much privacy and control as possible. The purpose of UltraList is to block the known ads that EasyList doesn’t. -Users of of Privacy Browser can disable it in Domain Settings if it is problematic for a domain they wish to use. +Users of of Privacy Browser Android can disable it in Domain Settings if it is problematic for a domain they wish to use. Because UltraList only blocks ads that EasyList doesn’t, it should be used in conjunction with EasyList. By itself it wouldn’t accomplish much.