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They Live (1988) inspired Adblocker

TL;DR · AI 摘要

项目将《They Live》电影标语替换网页广告，以视觉讽刺批判数字消费主义，体现极客文化的批判精神。

核心要点

  • 使用 CSS 变量和 DOM 操作动态替换广告为《They Live》风格标语
  • 基于 React 与 Web API 构建轻量级浏览器扩展，支持 Chrome/Firefox
  • 项目灵感源自 1988 年电影《They Live》，强调对消费主义的批判

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  1. §项目起源与灵感

    该项目受1988年电影《They Live》启发，用反讽标语替代网页广告，表达对数字广告的批判。

  2. ·技术实现机制

    通过 JavaScript 监听 DOM 变化，利用 CSS 变量动态注入《They Live》风格文本样式。

  3. ·跨浏览器兼容性

    采用标准 Web APIs 实现兼容 Chrome 和 Firefox 浏览器的插件功能。

  4. ·用户交互设计

    提供可配置选项，允许用户选择是否启用标语替换或自定义内容。

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用一张图看清主题之间的关系。

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  • they_live_adblocker 项目
    • 灵感来源
      • 1988年电影《They Live》
      • 反消费主义主题
    • 技术实现
      • DOM 监听与替换
      • CSS 变量注入样式
      • 无外部依赖架构
    • 应用形式
      • 浏览器扩展（Chrome/Firefox）
      • 用户可配置选项

金句 / Highlights

值得收藏与分享的关键句。

  • ‘You are under surveillance’ 这类标语被嵌入广告区域，形成对监控资本主义的视觉讽刺。

    — 第 2 段

    ⬇︎ 下载 PNG𝕏 分享到 X
  • 项目仅依赖原生 JS 与 CSS，不依赖外部框架，确保低延迟与高兼容性。

    — 第 3 段

    ⬇︎ 下载 PNG𝕏 分享到 X
  • 通过修改页面元素而非拦截请求，实现非侵入式广告替换，避免触发反广告检测机制。

    — 第 4 段

    ⬇︎ 下载 PNG𝕏 分享到 X
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chromium/rulesets/scripting/specific/hun-0.json M chromium/rulesets/scripting/specific/idn-0.json M chromium/rulesets/scripting/specific/ind-0.json M chromium/rulesets/scripting/specific/jpn-1.json M chromium/rulesets/scripting/specific/rou-1.json M chromium/rulesets/scripting/specific/rus-0.json M chromium/rulesets/scripting/specific/spa-1.json M chromium/rulesets/scripting/specific/swe-1.json M chromium/rulesets/scripting/specific/tur-0.json M chromium/rulesets/scripting/specific/ublock-filters.json M chromium/rulesets/scripting/specific/vie-1.json M chromium/rulesets/scriptlet-details.json M chromium/rulesets/strictblock/adguard-mobile.json M chromium/rulesets/strictblock/chn-0.json M chromium/rulesets/strictblock/dpollock-0.json M chromium/rulesets/strictblock/easylist.json M chromium/rulesets/strictblock/easyprivacy.json M chromium/rulesets/strictblock/pgl.json M chromium/rulesets/strictblock/ublock-badware.json M chromium/rulesets/strictblock/urlhaus-full.json") | May 10, 2026 | 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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>") | May 11, 2026 | | [firefox](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/tree/main/firefox "firefox") | [firefox](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/tree/main/firefox "firefox") | [Fix typo in README regarding capitalization and formatting](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/commit/ffdad1661adaa6545c357276980415c2df1eced0 "Fix typo in README regarding capitalization and formatting Corrected capitalization and formatting in README.") | Nov 1, 2025 | | [publish-extension @ bb920c7](https://github.com/gorhill/publish-extension/tree/bb920c7dbee42d6de2f1c0428d1c43e5396bc8a8 "publish-extension") | [publish-extension @ bb920c7](https://github.com/gorhill/publish-extension/tree/bb920c7dbee42d6de2f1c0428d1c43e5396bc8a8 "publish-extension") | [Update submodule](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/commit/3182e2828db0eeb8acaab9131d0a23cfeca4a143 "Update submodule") | Jan 14, 2026 | | [uBlock @ fa2de61](https://github.com/davmlaw/uBlock/tree/fa2de61ae69927591dbc44a8aab5857ca26c5496 "uBlock") | [uBlock @ fa2de61](https://github.com/davmlaw/uBlock/tree/fa2de61ae69927591dbc44a8aab5857ca26c5496 "uBlock") | [Add They Live cosmetic-replacement fork](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/commit/9e11d57797cd9aed9f2d491a4696b5cdfb3a9bc1 "Add They Live cosmetic-replacement fork Bump uBlock submodule to the they-live branch, which replaces cosmetically-hidden ad elements with stylized OBEY/CONSUME/etc. slogans instead of hiding them. See the submodule commit for implementation details. Also adds CLAUDE.md documenting build prerequisites (Node 22, submodule init), the build flow via uBlock/tools/make-mv3.sh, and the fact that chromium/ and firefox/ in the outer repo are generated output replaced wholesale by the release workflow. Note: .gitmodules still points at gorhill/uBlock upstream. The they-live branch lives only locally for now. To use the GitHub release workflow, the submodule must be pushed to a public fork and .gitmodules updated to point at it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>") | May 11, 2026 | | [.gitignore](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/blob/main/.gitignore ".gitignore") | [.gitignore](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/blob/main/.gitignore ".gitignore") | [Add xcode project files for Safari versions of uBOL](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/commit/03c99779b4068bfcc20bf136a7fd58215508e93b "Add xcode project files for Safari versions of uBOL") | Jul 17, 2025 | | [.gitmodules](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/blob/main/.gitmodules ".gitmodules") | [.gitmodules](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/blob/main/.gitmodules ".gitmodules") | [Point uBlock submodule at davmlaw/uBlock fork](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/commit/60a8810388f219caecdfbb569c6706b9c56e3eb3 "Point uBlock submodule at davmlaw/uBlock fork The they-live branch with the cosmetic-replacement code now lives on github.com/davmlaw/uBlock; .gitmodules points at the fork and tracks the they-live branch so a fresh clone with --recursive resolves to a working build. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>") | May 11, 2026 | | [.jshintrc](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/blob/main/.jshintrc ".jshintrc") | [.jshintrc](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/blob/main/.jshintrc ".jshintrc") | [Add official Edge support](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/commit/d2ad40facf291a3c4eb5652b9740f920bb9dc72b "Add official Edge support") | Dec 5, 2023 | | [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md "CHANGELOG.md") | [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md "CHANGELOG.md") | [Update changelog](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/commit/2856954794164d81a2a190c66ab03cdc2c85c0bf "Update changelog") | May 10, 2026 | | [CLAUDE.md](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/blob/main/CLAUDE.md "CLAUDE.md") | [CLAUDE.md](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/blob/main/CLAUDE.md "CLAUDE.md") | [Point uBlock submodule at davmlaw/uBlock fork](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/commit/60a8810388f219caecdfbb569c6706b9c56e3eb3 "Point uBlock submodule at davmlaw/uBlock fork The they-live branch with the cosmetic-replacement code now lives on github.com/davmlaw/uBlock; .gitmodules points at the fork and tracks the they-live branch so a fresh clone with --recursive resolves to a working build. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>") | May 11, 2026 | | [LICENSE](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/blob/main/LICENSE "LICENSE") | [LICENSE](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/blob/main/LICENSE "LICENSE") | [Initial commit](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/commit/85c4e8f54619666ebb1c2e94005568e096795c52 "Initial commit") | Sep 29, 2022 | | [Makefile](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/blob/main/Makefile "Makefile") | [Makefile](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/blob/main/Makefile "Makefile") | [Update makefile](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/commit/bbf58811d627b12b402e4fccd9f135c66f15964e "Update makefile") | Jan 14, 2026 | | [README.md](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/blob/main/README.md "README.md") | [README.md](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/blob/main/README.md "README.md") | [Update README.md](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/commit/aa8eb4892b2c4a0d9af8d2c0124e21bc2c33e86f "Update README.md") | May 12, 2026 | | [eslint.config.mjs](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/blob/main/eslint.config.mjs "eslint.config.mjs") | [eslint.config.mjs](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/blob/main/eslint.config.mjs "eslint.config.mjs") | [Add more tests; ability to lint JS code](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/commit/22a0d4cd1247ae8ced94d7eb0fe2f7af09317df5 "Add more tests; ability to lint JS code") | Mar 22, 2025 | | [package-lock.json](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/blob/main/package-lock.json "package-lock.json") | [package-lock.json](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/blob/main/package-lock.json "package-lock.json") | [npm update](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/commit/fb4cc8e393cf760848fe75d9397496d086141b94 "npm update") | Sep 1, 2025 | | [package.json](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/blob/main/package.json "package.json") | [package.json](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/blob/main/package.json "package.json") | [npm update](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker/commit/fb4cc8e393cf760848fe75d9397496d086141b94 "npm update") | Sep 1, 2025 | | View all files |

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They Live Adblocker

[](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker#they-live-adblocker)

Image 4: They Live billboards
Image 4: They Live billboards

A fork of uBlock Origin Lite that, instead of _hiding_ cosmetically-blocked ads, replaces them with white tiles bearing slogans from John Carpenter's 1988 film _They Live_: OBEY, CONSUME, WATCH TV, SLEEP, SUBMIT, CONFORM, STAY ASLEEP, BUY, WORK, NO INDEPENDENT THOUGHT, DO NOT QUESTION AUTHORITY.

Each blocked ad gets a single phrase, picked at random from the list.

The idea is from a blog post I wrote in 2015 (and never got around to building): _They Live adblock mode_.

Screenshot

[](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker#screenshot)

Image 5: reddit_screenshot
Image 5: reddit_screenshot

Install

[](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker#install)

Download the latest `uBOLite_theylive.chromium.zip` from the Releases page, extract it, then in Chromium / Chrome / Brave / Edge:

  1. Open chrome://extensions
  2. Toggle Developer mode on (top-right)
  3. Click Load unpacked and select the extracted folder

Keep the folder around — the extension is loaded from that path.

Make it actually replace ads

[](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker#make-it-actually-replace-ads)

By default uBO Lite uses Basic filtering mode, which blocks ads at the network layer. Network-blocked ads never produce a DOM element, so there's nothing to "they-live-ify" — you just get empty space, as with normal uBO Lite. To see the OBEY tiles:

  1. Click the uBO Lite toolbar icon → cog (⚙) → Dashboard.
  2. Set the filtering mode for the sites you care about to Optimal or Complete.
  3. Reload.

Building from source

[](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker#building-from-source)

Requires Node 22.

undefinedshell git clone --recursive https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker cd they_live_adblocker/uBlock nvm use 22 # or otherwise ensure Node >= 22 tools/make-mv3.sh chromium # or: firefox | edge | safari undefined

The packaged extension lands in uBlock/dist/build/uBOLite.chromium/ — load it as an unpacked extension.

How it works

[](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker#how-it-works)

uBO Lite's cosmetic filtering normally injects CSS like selector { display: none !important } to hide matched ad elements. This fork patches those injection sites to instead apply a white-box mask with a ::after overlay whose content is read from a data-ubol-they-live attribute, then walks the DOM (with a MutationObserver for late-loaded ads) to tag each matched element with a random phrase from the list.

Touched files in the `davmlaw/uBlock` submodule:

  • platform/mv3/extension/js/scripting/they-live.js_(new)_ — phrase list, CSS generator, DOM tagging
  • platform/mv3/extension/js/scripting/css-{specific,generic,procedural-api}.js — call sites
  • platform/mv3/extension/js/scripting-manager.js — registers they-live.js ahead of consumers

Caveats

[](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker#caveats)

  • Personal hobby fork; not an official uBlock Origin product. Don't file uBO issues against this.
  • Forcing previously-hidden elements visible can occasionally shift page layout where the site's CSS assumed the ad slot collapsed.
  • Custom user-defined cosmetic filters still hide normally (no OBEY treatment).
  • Network-blocked ads (most of uBO Lite's blocking) don't get replaced — only cosmetic-filtered ones do.

License

[](https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker#license)

GPL-3.0, same as upstream uBlock Origin / uBO Lite.

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