Extension description should be updated

[User6751]

Prerequisites

• I verified that this is not a filter list issue. Report any issues with filter lists or broken website functionality in the uAssets issue tracker.
• This is not a support issue or a question. For support, questions, or help, visit /r/uBlockOrigin.
• I performed a cursory search of the issue tracker to avoid opening a duplicate issue.
• The issue is not present after disabling uBO in the browser.
• I checked the documentation to understand that the issue I am reporting is not normal behavior.

I tried to reproduce the issue when...

• uBO is the only extension.
• uBO uses default lists and settings.
• using a new, unmodified browser profile.

Description

uBlock Origin store description include outdated information.

A specific URL where the issue occurs.

https://addons.mozilla.org/zh-TW/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/

Steps to Reproduce

click the extension stores link
https://addons.opera.com/zh-tw/extensions/details/ublock/
https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/ublock-origin/odfafepnkmbhccpbejgmiehpchacaeak
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm

Expected behavior

Filterlists that do not exists in uBo should be removed from description.

Actual behavior

description included some list do not exist in uBlock Origin :
hpHosts’s Ad and tracking servers，MVPS HOSTS，Spam404， Malware domains，Long-lived malware domains，Malware Domains List，Fanboy’s Enhanced Tracking List

uBO version

uBlock Origin 1.46.0

Browser name and version

Chrome 108.0.5359.128

Operating System and version

Android 10

[gothic-bum]

See:
#971 (comment)

So it's fixed on Crowdin? Only need to be updated in web stores?

I updated the english web store description file (description-en.txt) recently in gorhill/uBlock#3873 to modernize it, update URLs, update filter list names, remove outdated references and information, etc.

I saw the comment by @gorhill in regards to Crowdin and how it handles these things, and I understand his reluctance to proceed with updating the web store descriptions.

If @gorhill is willing to do something like a one-time massive update push to all the web stores to update the descriptions, we could use my commit (gorhill/uBlock#3873) as a starting point. I would be happy to create another PR to update the description file even more if anything is missing or if further enhancements/refinements need to occur. All I would need from @gorhill is a final master copy of what the file/description needs to contain or just a list of changes/modifications he would like to make to be in the final master copy.

[gorhill]

Some people have argued the description shouldn't say "uBlock Origin (uBO) is NOT an 'ad blocker'" as this may discourage some people looking to install an "ad blocker" from installing it, but I disagree this, as I want to make it clear that the overarching goal is not to "block ads", but to block content for the purpose of privacy/security (which is undermined by ads).

The way I see it is that nobody complains that NoScript causes ads to be blocked and experts would usually agree that NoScript protects users (though at the cost of breaking sites). So I want the same stance toward uBO to avoid the argument that "blocking ads is mean", it's meant to work toward the same goals as other well known security/privacy tools, but without breaking sites (by default).

So maybe the sentence could be reworked as follow:

Though uBlock Origin (uBO) blocks ads by default, it is NOT an "ad blocker" ...

Or maybe not worth to change. Aside that, I would be ready to upload to crowdin and start to update the description in the Chrome Web Store.

[vlaszlo]

How about "uBlock Origin (uBO) is NOT only an 'ad blocker'"?

[gorhill]

Not fond of that formula as it implies at the basis it's an ad blocker, but it can do more. That's not uBO, that better describes the other actual "ad blockers" such as ABP/AdBlock/etc.

[vlaszlo]

That's true. In combination with "it's a wide-spectrum content blocker" it does transport the point, but weaker, not as clear and accentuated as your formulation above.

@gorhill,

What do you think of the following (Basically, just get rid of the mention of "NOT an "ad blocker" altogether.)?

uBlock Origin (uBO) is a wide-spectrum content blocker with CPU and memory efficiency as primary features.

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Before I get a bunch of frown emotes or thumbs down, just to be clear, personally, I am 1,000,000% fine with the way it is now (No modification). I am literally just spitballing (Definition 3) ideas out there.

But, by all means instead of just reacting negatively to any ideas through emoticons, please be part of the conversation and share your ideas.

[gorhill]

Removing all instances of "ad blocker" could cause uBO to no longer be returned when someone search for "ad blocker" even though it works better than actual top ad blockers in a wide variety of cases. I think just prepending the current text with the following would be fine.

Though uBlock Origin (uBO) blocks all ads by default, ...

I am just not sure if there is a better way to formulate in proper English.

@gorhill,

Though uBlock Origin (uBO) blocks all ads by default, it is a wide-spectrum content blocker with CPU and memory efficiency as primary features.

This actually works just fine. I like this phrasing even better now.

Would you like me to submit a new PR real quick?

[gorhill]

We really need to keep "... by default, it is NOT an 'ad blocker', it is a wide-spectrum ..." -- de-emphasizing "not" would be fine though.

Though uBlock Origin (uBO) blocks all ads by default, it is not an "ad blocker." It is a wide-spectrum content blocker with CPU and memory efficiency as primary features.

@gorhill, what about dropping the "quotation marks" around ad blocker? The way the sentences read now, I don't believe the "quatation marks" are needed.

[gorhill]

I really want it like this at this point -- I feel the quotes are needed as this refers to how actual ad blockers call themselves:

Though uBlock Origin (uBO) blocks all ads by default, it is not an "ad blocker," it is a wide-spectrum content blocker with CPU and memory efficiency as primary features.

I will make the change and we can continue pondering about it from this point.