Ublock collaborators gorhill and Deathamns leave the project

https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/commit/6850fa0a262b8772a502c92750fe7a5bf74515f0#commitcomment-10530773

by Perceval • 11 years ago

63 13 11 years ago

hurin• 11 years ago

I'm not sure what happened here - but I've used HTTPSwitchboard (also created by gorhill) for awhile - and I hope the guy keeps making awesome software; he really deserves a lot more props than I can give.

aeosynth• 11 years ago

https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/commit/6850fa0a262b87...

I suppose you should publish new version with a name indicative of the change. I plan to work on my own version which may or may not diverge from the current official version, so should the two versions diverge enough, keeping my own version on Chrome store is a good thing.

it sounds like they've given up on github, but they'll still work on their project.

luciferismyking• 11 years ago

The official explanation (from http://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/ublock-a-lean-and-fas...):

The more you give, the more many act as if you owed them even more. This is what ground me down in the long run. If the project has any intrinsic value, it will survive. The move was a huge relief for me. I have been postponing this for long now, thinking things might improve. They did not, from my point of view.

james-skemp• 11 years ago

What I found interesting/sad was that the user they quote later agreed with his post. 'So true.'

It is difficult to see yourself doing it, and I wonder if more and more open source projects will fall to this as the years go by.

Personally I've seen a number of projects I've followed fall to this, and have kept some of my stuff closed because I feared possible users/consumers.

Shrug.

unexistance• 11 years ago

from uMatrix page "I expect there will be community driven efforts for users to help each others. If µMatrix had a home, I would probably set up a forum, but I do not plan for such thing, I really just want to code, not manage web sites. If you need help to un-break a site when using µMatrix, you can try Wilders Security, where you are likely to receive help if needed, whether by me or other users."

guess he/she is burned-out from 'helping' the new users & distracting from actual coding that he/she loves so much

daviross• 11 years ago

Wow. This is really a shame. I use uMatrix in particular enough that I would've gladly chipped in on a Patreon for continued development.

tomjen32• 11 years ago

Not knowing what Ublock is, nor whom gorhill and Deathamns are, this headline sucks.

As it is, this does not seem important.

klibertp• 11 years ago

On the other hand, for those knowing what uBlock is and those using it daily (like I do) this headline is very informative and relevant.

uBlock is a smaller, possibly better AdBlock by the way.

tomjen32• 11 years ago

You can downvote me as much as you want, the headline is still, objectively, bad.

rikkus• 11 years ago

If you google 'ublock', at least for me, the first results should tell you what it is. You can also see that it seems to be owned by gorhill on github.

I would like titles to be altered to tell people what the subject is actually about, or give some background, but I can't see that happening soon, so I'm sorry but you'll have to google for now.

tokanizar• 11 years ago

What do you think it should be?

storrgie• 11 years ago

:( I just switched from abp to ublock yesterday.

Ublock collaborators gorhill and Deathamns leave the project

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