/AdLiPo

Replacing ads with generative language

Primary LanguageJavaScript

AdLiPo

Ongoing development for a uBlock-based variant of AdLiPo (v2)

Instructions

Building

  • clone the repo to your machine with git clone https://github.com/dhowe/AdLiPo.git
  • clone uAssets into the same parent folder with git clone https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets.git
  • then enter the AdLiPo folder (cd AdLiPo)
For Firefox (instructions checked on v95.0):
  1. run tools/make-firefox.sh (or sh tools/make-firefox.sh -all)
  2. then, in Firefox open about:debugging from the location bar
  3. click 'This Firefox' on the top-left, then click 'Load Temporary Add-on...'
  4. in the dialog that appears, navigate to dist/build/AdLiPo.firefox/ and select the manifest.json file
  5. AdLiPo should now be loaded in Firefox (check for the icon in the toolbar)
For Chromium (instructions checked on Chrome v96.0):
  1. run tools/make-chromium.sh (or sh tools/make-chromium.sh)
  2. then, in the browser open chrome://extensions from the location bar
  3. click 'Load unpacked' on the top-left
  4. in the dialog that appears, navigate to dist/build/ and select the AdLiPo.chromium folder
  5. AdLiPo should now be loaded in the browser (check for the icon in the toolbar)

Testing

After loading the extension:

  1. Visit test/test.html and make sure all divs on the page are hidden, then disable the extension and re-enable it, then make sure each rectangle is the same size as the original div.
  2. Visit https://rednoise.org/adntest/simple.html and do the same check.
  3. Visit https://hk.yahoo.com and verify that all ads are either hidden or replaced with rectangles. Disable the extension and enable it again, then make sure that more at least 75% of the ads are replaced. Pay attention to ads inserted in the news lists (when testing this from Asia, make sure the filter list AdGuard Chinese is enabled).