adblock: blocklist "games_tracking" blocks unrelated websites

[DenebTM]

games_tracking completely blocks various websites such as bild.de, www.engadget.com, www.facebook.com, instagram.com, taz.de, as per the list at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KodoPengin/GameIndustry-hosts-Template/master/Main-Template/hosts.

Note: even the gaming-specific list by the same author contains multiple entries for www.facebook.com and www.instagram.com. Might be better off finding a different source for this blocklist altogether.

[brada4]

It is your decision to use list or not. As the url says list is not compiled by OpenWRT. Ask authors after liberating your favourite game from metverse widgets.

[dibdot]

Please report it upstream to the list maintainer.

[aphorise]

These comments were very helpful & I was having similar issues particularly on livestreams from YouTube so I resorted to disabling this seed for now.
@DenebTM did you raise a request upstream & if so can you reference / link it here as well as there for the wider community?

[DenebTM]

I have now raised an issue with the author about the somewhat misleading README, but imho this is not really their problem, @dibdot — they do mention that e.g. "tech companies like Facebook are blocked", which I would simply not expect from a blocklist entry named "games_tracking".

(Granted, back in 2020 when you added the list, the README did not mention it.)

[brada4]

Facebook does games and tracking. Do you think double denial means permit?