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The rules will auto-update if the app is running. If it’s not, you can get the new rules by opening the app and choosing ‘Update rules’ or ‘Check again now’ from Better’s menu.

New blocking rules! On 30th June 2021, Laura blocked one blocker blocker, fixed three sites and blocked five new trackers. #update-2021-06-30" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">better.fyi/news/#update-2…

@acfou Thanks! —Laura

@betterblocker I really like what you all are doing.

@muzzlehatch_ @RowanJColeman You can disable all cookies in most browsers (e.g Safari settings > Privacy > Block all cookies) but it’ll break most sites with logins. That’s why our focus is mostly on blocking third-party cookies (and scripts), as that catches a lot of the most problematic stuff —Laura

@RowanJColeman You probably want some though right? Bank accounts etc need them to facilitate sessions. @betterblocker has great rules and solid ethics.

@postpunkt We’re aiming to do this, we just can’t afford an M1 machine to test on right now.

New blocking rules! On 25th May 2021, Laura blocked three blocker blockers, fixed five sites and blocked four new trackers. #update-2021-05-25" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">better.fyi/news/#update-2…

Thank you to all our donors and patrons who help us continue our work! 💙 If you want to support us, you can tell your friends about our work, leave us a review for Better, gift the app to someone else, or even become a donor or monthly patron at small-tech.org/fund-us/

The rules will auto-update if the app is running. If it’s not, you can get the new rules by opening the app and choosing ‘Update rules’ or ‘Check again now’ from Better’s menu.

@Mezitos It’s not against our principles, but is difficult to do while keeping your browsing information safe. (We use Apple’s Safari content blocking functionality so we can’t access what you’re browsing!) But if Apple gives us a privacy-respecting way to do it in the future… we might!

New blocking rules! On 29th April 2021, Laura blocked a blocker blocker, fixed eight sites and blocked four new trackers. #update-2021-04-29" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">better.fyi/news/#update-2…

@volanin @LauraKalbag Thanks, that’s really helpful. I suspect when it’s hit and miss that it’s a caching issue. Either way, I should be able to reproduce this and get it fixed. I’ll keep you updated — Laura

@betterblocker @LauraKalbag Trying to play while logged into only one account (no matter which: normal or gsuite) would give me the same hit or miss results. But trying to play while logged into both accounts at the same time would always give me an error.

@K2WCJPXV @lockdown_hq Men can have periods! (But I get your point 😂) —Laura

@volanin @LauraKalbag issue and then get it fixed! —Laura

@volanin @LauraKalbag Hmm. Thanks for all this additional info. Because I can’t reproduce the issue on any of the videos you’ve shared, there must be something we don’t have in common that is affecting you. Are you logged into YouTube or Google? If we work it out, I should be able to reproduce your…

@volanin Are you using YouTube Premium? I can’t reproduce the problem myself, but I’ve had a report from another person using YouTube Premium. —@LauraKalbag

@betterblocker Something broke after this last update. I can only watch YouTube videos directly on the YouTube website, embedded videos in other sites stopped working. I'm using Safari 12.1.2 on macOS Sierra 10.12.6. Disabling Blocker fixes the problem. Example Link: kotaku.com/here-s-a-whole…

@volanin Oh no, thanks for letting me know! I’ll look into it —Laura

@humantorch This should be fixed in the latest blocking rules update. Thanks again for the report! —Laura

New blocking rules! On 31st March 2021, Laura blocked a blocker blocker, fixed a site and blocked ten new trackers. better.fyi/news/

The rules will auto-update if the app is running. If it’s not, you can get the new rules by opening the app and choosing ‘Update rules’ or ‘Check again now’ from Better’s menu.