Was getting pissed off that the easylist whitelists were
#1 letting ads through
#2 not letting me block wikimedia pics posted by EUPHALO

Gonna have this run daily, and subscribe to my local copy

Seems to work fine, though I don't know much about python, so if you can suggest improvements, please go ahead.


import urllib
import re

sock = urllib.urlopen("http://easylist.adblockplus.org/adblock_rick752.txt")
whitelist = re.compile('@@')

sitelines = sock.readlines()
sock.close()
filelines = []

for line in sitelines:
if not whitelist.match(line):
filelines.append(line)

FILE = open("C:\\adblock.txt", 'w')
FILE.writelines(filelines)
FILE.close

3/16/2008 5:32:14 PM

Say what?

You know you can add your own filters, you're not limited to subscriptions.

3/16/2008 5:43:22 PM

yeah no shit

I also want the easylist w/o the whitelist

FOR EXAMPLE

if you have adblock plus and are subscribed to easylist: message_topic.aspx?topic=518643

try to block the giant john mccain pic.

YOU CAN'T

because it's whitelisted on easylist.

[Edited on March 16, 2008 at 5:57 PM. Reason : example:]

3/16/2008 5:46:22 PM

Ah I see now what you mean. Now I remember why I got rid of that EasyList sub and just manually block everything myself.

I like your solution though, good idea.

3/16/2008 6:03:18 PM

I didn't even realize it was because of the whitelists until today. I thought it was some bug in adblock and the url format of wikimedia pics. I guess that whitelist is how adblock plus gets money.

3/16/2008 6:19:49 PM