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Is anyone else getting this (using uBlock with FF):

  uBlock Origin has prevented the following page from loading:
  http://eng.localytics.com/when-things-go-wrong/
  Because of the following filter
  ||localytics.com^
  Found in: Malvertising filter list by Disconnect • Basic tracking list by Disconnect

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Yes, and after Googling what they do, it makes sense.

Thanks, was thinking it might have been a problem with the uBlock plugin but after Googling them myself I wasn't doubting that much anymore ;)

Blocking the actual page as well and not just scripts? Seems broken to me.

uMatrix is more granular (and allows images and css by default) but still block the whole domain. They're in the business of tracking people so it makes sense. Whitelisting eng.localytics.com while still blacklisting all other *.localytics.com is another possibility.

Not really. Why waste time blocking specific scripts when the whole point of the company is to be sleazy?

There's really never a situation where I want to download something from a site like that, because I don't trust them at all and I completely disagree with what they are doing.

It's not worth whitelisting - I can read something else.

Good for you. Dealbreaker for me.

Thanks to gorhill there is now an update to uBlock to address this.

https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/776183271210229760

Huh, guess I'm not the only one to use uBlock as their preferred adblocker. IMO, I always trust them when a blocked page pops up.

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