dustinchilson
2 days ago
From a website owner's perspective makes sense, move to a controlled domain and I get my analytics again
From an Adblock user perspective, that was kinda the point, I don't want a site tracking me and I don't really care if I break notifications (which in most cases I don't want anyway). If I want the broken functionality I'll add a site to an allowlist once they're trusted. In the adblock arms race this is a bandaid that will get fingerprinted and blocked as well eventually
Ultimately the question is if the analytics data / notification functionality for roughly 30% of internet traffic (based on quick google search, who knows if that's accurate) so valuable to take on the burden of care and feeding of another web service?
egorzudin
2 days ago
Thanks for the honest feedback — you're absolutely right: from an Adblock user’s perspective, blocking notifications and analytics isn't a bug, it’s a feature.
But here's the nuance: most people install ad blockers to remove intrusive ads, not realizing that this often breaks useful functionality — like notifications they explicitly agreed to receive, or analytics that help improve the user experience.
My proxy isn’t trying to trick the user. It's meant for situations where the user has given explicit consent, but the OneSignal script simply fails to load because of blanket blocking.
By the way, this isn’t just about Adblock — there have been cases where entire countries have blocked onesignal.com, making notifications completely unusable even when the user trusts the site.
In that sense, this isn't about "bypassing" blockers, but rather restoring transparency: if a user agreed to a feature, it should be allowed to work.