[directory-discuss] The JavaScript problem with web browser blockers

[David Hedlund]

Adblock Plus (and uBlock Origin, etc) comes with EasyList and 
EasyPrivacy enabled by default. These filters, managed by the Adblock 
Plus company, white lists lots of non-free JavaScripts, something that 
can be avoided with LibreJS installed. However, LibreJS takes a lot of 
resources so most people stay with just a blocker enabled in their 
browser extension list.

They only way to make EasyList and EasyPrivacy manage 100% free software 
is by removing the non-free JS filters from them. Would the best route 
to achieve this be to ask the Adblock Plus company to split easylist.txt 
into easylist-noscripts.txt and easylist-scripts.txt, and easyprivacy 
into easyprivacy-noscripts.txt and easyprivacy-scripts.txt?


Please participate in this discussion because we need to take action on 
this.