"Time to switch to uBlock Lite or another ad blocker"
No. Time to switch to Firefox or derivative such as Librewolf.
this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2024
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Unfortunately I'm stuck with Chrome at work so having something like Ublock Lite available is somewhat helpful. I just hope it still blocks youtube ads because they're the worst.
I strongly suspect that is exactly what they're trying to stop.
You can't run firefox --profile /somewhere or (Windows) Firefox portable?
Firefox portable keeps me sane at work. I don’t give a shit about the IT policy of either chrome or edge.
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Between Manifest V3 and the Play Integrity API, Google is really trying hard to kill the open internet and android.
But thankfully Manifest V3 is only relevant to Chromium browsers, and there are other options. The proposed web environment integrity API would be much worse, as they could simply blacklist any browsers they don't like, and deny them access to the most popular websites.
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Chrome only exists to download Firefox.
Just like how Micro$oft Windows is advertsiting Linux, Google Chrome advertsites Firefox!
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Firefox with uBlock Origin add-on will sort many chrome issues.
Switch to firefox.
Just wait, there will be "features" that are mandatory on most sites, only supported in chrome.
I've dropped websites over less.
then I won't be visiting those sites I guess
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I'm glad I don't use that piece of shit.
Firefox or nothing.
Been using Firefox for as long as I can remember now. Never had a reason to switch away, and I'm feeling rather vindicated.
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I feel like I have seen this news since forever, I am happily living my life with Firefox... Although the android mobile really needs some love.
Oh man. Once Firefox on Android got extension support, I hopped on that train so hard. No ads on mobile browser? Heck yeah.
It has extensions support for like 6 years at this point. Unless you got some extreme obscure extensions
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Google Chrome's ~~uBlock Origin~~ phaseout has begun
And my phaseout of Chrome is complete. My two browsers are now Firefox and Edge. Bit surprised at the latter tbh but it seems reasonably adequate as a secondary browser.
My understanding is that Edge is Chromium and will also eventually be impacted by this.
Opera is also Chromium but they said they are not going to do what Chrome is. So there must still be some flexibility.
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Edge isn't really better in any way. It's both Google and Microsoft, like the marriage of awful
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My phaseout of Chrome was complete a long time ago.
Stopped using that garbage browser a couple of weeks ago. Hardened Firefox ftw. Just using stock Firefox isn't enough if you're concerned about your privacy on the internet btw. If all you're looking for is an ad free experience tho, then stock Firefox should be enough.
Firefox's future isn't looking good with all that layoffs and lost money. I am very scared that it might go the way of Opera, and then we will trully have nothing left.
There's a crucial difference:
Firefox is open source, Opera isn't.
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LibreWolf is great btw, if you're to lazy to manually harden Firefox. It also comes with uBlock Origin pre-installed. Also check out their community: [email protected]
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Time to switch to ~~uBlock Lite or~~ another ~~ad blocker~~ browser. Firefox fully supports ad blockers like uBlock Origin. LibreWolf removes all the Mozilla nonsense like Pocket, their new advertising crap, sponsored sites, etc. and comes with uBO preinstalled. There's also an official Lemmy community for it: [email protected]
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Is it just me, or have I seen like 6-7 of these posts at this point?
This was published last month btw (Oct 15, 2024)
I have always used Firefox on all my devices, except for one: the Chromebook I was forced to buy because of compatibility with my college's test proctoring spyware.
On that device, not only did uBlock Origin quit working the other day, but today Chrome even kept disabling uBlock Lite with the error message that "This extension reloaded itself too frequently". It could be some kind of legitimate bug, but it sure feels a lot like foul play on Google's part.
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