Assassinate Ad Block Blockers

v2.73

04/02/2023

Script version changed from 1.73 to 2.73. Migrating from jQuery to vanilla JavaScript was a significant-enough change to warrant a major version increase.

v1.73

04/02/2023

+ fastcompany.com added
+ inc.com added

v1.72

03/02/2023

+ freecoursesonline.me added

* optimized code for better performance

v1.71

02/02/2023

! foxbusiness.com updated
! gamerant.com updated

* removed unused functions
* refactored ClearCookies function to be more efficient
* general code clean-up

v1.70

01/02/2023

! cnbc.com fixed
! sfchronicle.com fixed

* code optimization to make the script run faster

v1.69

31/01/2023

! commonsensemedia.com fixed

v1.68

31/01/2023

+ foxnews.com added
+ miamiherald.com added
+ reuters.com added

! latimes.com fixed

* removed the ribbon movement

v1.67

29/01/2023

* theguardian.com - updated the vertical position of the successful ribbon to match the vertical position of the intro ribbon

v1.66

29/01/2023

~ thedailybeast.com updated

v1.65

29/01/2023

tiny update

v1.65

29/01/2023

! commonsensemedia.com added (1.64)

~ theguardian.com updated: moved the script's ribbon below the main menu, removed the random sign-in gate UI, removed the empty banner header

* script clean-up
* removed misc jQuery

v1.64

29/01/2023

- newyorker.com removed

! fixed videos on theguardian.com not playing

* A complete conversion from jQuery to vanilla JavaScript! A long time ago, jQuery was required to do basic stuff. But with modern browsers, JavaScript is more powerful and uniform across browsers. This conversion should make the script execute and finish quicker.

v1.63

30/12/2022

* boilerplate added

v1.63

30/12/2022

+ theguardian.com added

v1.62

26/12/2022

! businessinsider.com fixed
! thecut.com fixed
! vulture.com fixed
! washingtonpost.com fixed

v1.61

24/12/2022

v1.61

24/12/2022

v1.61

24/12/2022

+ mercurynews.com (true paywall bypass)

~ theinquirer.com updated

* cleaned up logic in the SpecialNinjaJavaScriptKiller function
* Updated script's description to clarify its purpose

v1.60

12/12/2022

+ medpagetoday.com added

v1.59

11/12/2022

! businessinsider.com fixed
! inquirer.com (see screenshot below)

~ washingtingpost.com updated

v1.58

08/12/2022

v1.58

08/12/2022

+ cnbc.com added
+ wired.com added

v1.57

03/12/2022

+ sfgate.com added
+ Created a function to prevent a site's paywall from loading preemptively. Currently applied to cfchronicle.com.

! makeuseof.com fixed
! sfchronicle.com fixed

~ thedailybeast.com - removed the big empty box on the top and bottom
~ thecut.com - JavaScript breaker function added to try and prevent its paywall from loading
~ nymag.com - JavaScript breaker function added to try and avoid its paywall from loading
~ cooking.nytimes.com - removed the empty ad banner in the middle of the page

- fresnobee.com - removed due to strange paywall logic

* miscellaneous code clean-up
* removed old commented-out code
* Remove HTML Comments function now executes for all sites

v1.56

28/11/2022

+ gamerant.com added

v1.55

28/11/2022

+ foxbusiness.com added
+ newyorker.com added

! fortune.com fixed
! fresnobee.com fixed

~ cnn.com updated to remove large black ribbon on top
~ washingtonpost.com updated

v1.54

30/10/2022

! moved kbb.com to the Sledgehammer method (persistent)

v1.53

30/10/2022

+ kbb.com (Kelley Blue Book) added

v1.52

22/10/2022

+ fresnobee.com added

! latimes.com fixed
! washingtonpost.com fixed

v1.51

30/05/2022

+ editorial.rottentomatoes.com added

! NYMag's intelligencer fixed

- usatoday.com removed - they now offer free and premium articles, with the latter gated behind a proper paywall.

v1.50

14/05/2022

! thedailybeast.com fixed

~ dailymail.co.uk updated. It looks like they removed the ad blocker stuff, but their site was slow, so I updated the script to make the site faster.

v1.49

07/05/2022

+ rottentomatoes.com added

v1.48

06/05/2022

Changed license from MIT to CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

v1.48

06/05/2022

+ fortune.com added
+ inquirer.com (The Philadelphia Inquirer) added
+ metro.co.uk added
+ nbcnews.com added

! curbed.com fixed
! thecut.com fixed
! latimes.com fixed
! nytimes.com fixed
! nytimes.com slideshow fixed
! cooking.nytimes.com fixed
! sfchronicle.com fixed
! vulture.com fixed

- seekingalpha.com removed

v1.47

17/09/2021

Minor fix

v1.47

17/09/2021

Unified all console log outputs to standard colorized presentation; Updated The Daily Beast to handle new ad blocker DOM; Removed the obnoxious top space on Forbes.com; Removed Mercury News (they've gated their content behind a proper paywall); Fixed an issue with misaligned URLs in the domain arrays;

v1.46

17/09/2021

minor code clean-up

v1.46

17/09/2021

minor update

v1.46

17/09/2021

Removed Bloomberg (they've gated their content behind a good paywall that persists even if I kill all the scripts and Iframes on a page); Fixed an issue where the detection code for National Geographic wasn't working; Fixed the logic and added some boilerplate to prevent the code from going haywire; Fixed the left-over gradient on NY Times articles;

v1.45

30/03/2021

thecut.com and curbed.com added

v1.44

30/03/2021

nymag.com added

v1.43

30/03/2021

www.vulture.com added

v1.42

29/03/2021

Small update for Business Insider Markets

v1.41

29/03/2021

bloomberg.com added

v1.40

29/03/2021

markets.businessinsider.com added

v1.39

12/03/2021

Minor update

v1.39

12/03/2021

Removed redundancies

v1.38

12/03/2021

Alpha sorted the DOMAIN function calls

v1.37

12/03/2021

Alpha sorted the DOMAIN functions

v1.36

12/03/2021

Alpha sorted the DOMAIN object

v1.35

12/03/2021

Created a singular object reference for the domain arrays. Easier to reference DOMAIN.DailyMail instead of ABNORMAL_BLOCKER_DONAINS[6]. :)