Feature #8665

Try removing AdBlock Plus

Added by intrigeri 2015-01-10 09:30:06 . Updated 2015-04-01 09:14:59 .

Status:
Rejected
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Category:
Target version:
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

50%

Feature Branch:
feature/8665-remove-adblock
Type of work:
Discuss
Blueprint:

Starter:
Affected tool:
Browser
Deliverable for:

Description

In the “AdBlock Plus in Tails’ Tor Browser” thread on tails-dev@, it seems that our only reason for shipping AdBlock Plus in Tails nowadays is to provide an ad-free browsing experience. It’s not clear if this is a strong enough reason for making our web fingerprint more different from the Tor Browser’s than it could be.

So, let’s try removing AdBlock Plus, and see how many users complain.

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - Feature #5649: remove AdBlock? Rejected
Related to Tails - Feature #8676: Report on complains sent to frontdesk about AdBlock removal Rejected 2015-01-11

History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2015-01-10 09:31:01

#2 Updated by BitingBird 2015-01-11 00:07:06

I still prefer ad-free browsing, but let’s hear other opinions :)

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2015-01-11 09:39:37

> I still prefer ad-free browsing, but let’s hear other opinions :)

I’ve proposed that months ago on tails-dev@, and nobody objected, so I’m not going to wait for more opinions now.

#4 Updated by Tails 2015-01-21 11:05:58

  • Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress

Applied in changeset commit:8bb19460ffaaa16b5b1ad9c7cfcd581bab53a9fd.

#5 Updated by intrigeri 2015-01-21 11:09:24

  • Feature Branch set to feature/8665-remove-adblock

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2015-01-21 11:16:36

  • related to Feature #8676: Report on complains sent to frontdesk about AdBlock removal added

#7 Updated by intrigeri 2015-01-21 11:20:46

  • Assignee deleted (intrigeri)
  • % Done changed from 0 to 50
  • QA Check set to Ready for QA

Passes these automated tests (ISO built from experimental, test suite from experimental too => should be retried once merged into devel): features/torified_browsing.feature features/unsafe_browser.feature features/windows_camouflage.feature features/i2p.feature features/firewall_leaks.feature.

#8 Updated by intrigeri 2015-02-02 14:43:02

  • QA Check deleted (Ready for QA)
  • Type of work changed from Code to Discuss

Apparently, after 2.5 months without comments on this proposal, now that a branch is ready to be merged, we need to discuss it more. I’m therefore dropping this pull request for now, until we’ve clarified what we want to do.

#9 Updated by intrigeri 2015-02-10 14:25:53

  • Target version changed from Tails_1.3 to Tails_1.4

We won’t reach a consensus in time for Tails 1.3 => postponing to the next major release.

#10 Updated by intrigeri 2015-02-10 14:27:29

  • Assignee set to intrigeri

#11 Updated by Tails 2015-02-25 13:33:22

Applied in changeset commit:9943da089df184b87c79fe549ec5f5a15f8b1c7b.

#12 Updated by intrigeri 2015-03-30 18:49:28

  • Target version changed from Tails_1.4 to Tails_1.5

I doubt we’ll be able to make another decision before the next summit => postponing to the first major release that follows it. Still keeping it assigned to me, just to make sure it doesn’t simply disappear from our radar.

#13 Updated by intrigeri 2015-04-01 09:14:59

  • Status changed from In Progress to Rejected
  • Assignee deleted (intrigeri)
  • Target version deleted (Tails_1.5)

As the “AdBlock Plus in Tails’ Tor Browser” thread on tails-dev@ showed, the only reasons we have to remove it are pretty weak currently (mostly due to remaining fingerprinting issues in Tor Browser itself), and we prefer to keep it as a political stance about what the Internet should(n’t) be.