Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Microsoft Edge, Opera to follow
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Google Chrome is looking to finish off the various bypasses that help uBlock Origin and other such MV2 extensions to keep functioning. Edge and Opera could soon follow too.
  • TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.caEnglish
    2 hours

    I’m sure Chrome users will find another excuse to not switch just like the last few dozen times Google screwed them over.

  • Trixxstrr@piefed.caEnglish
    51 minutes

    When I first heard about all of this and saw there was a Ublock Lite that wouldn’t block everything, I thought it was going to be bad, but I switched to that and it seems to block everything fine for me?

  • Shadowcrawler@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    4 hours

    So basically every browser we it-guys told you to ditch for years or decades is now fucking you, like we told you they would…

    • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2 hours

      Also, that twitter and facebook stuff, uh. Yeah, that’s also pretty much exploded exactly as foretold. The googlez is being evil. The list goes on, and yet all of those companies literally run the world because people continue using them.

  • Twoafros@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4 hours

    If you haven’t moved already, I recommend Firefox or one of its forks.

    I rly like firefox, I have been using for the last two years.

    • DrakeAlbrecht@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3 hours

      I switched to Waterfox on desktop when Firefox threatened to move to “AI-First”. Firefox walked back that shitty decision when they saw the user backlash from it, but I never saw a compelling reason to switch back.

  • tirateimas@lemmy.ptEnglish
    4 hours

    Firefox, Librewolf, Mullvad Browser. Just pick one.

    If you want to stay with the blink engine, Vivaldi or Brave.

    Quit Chrome.

    • alakey@piefed.socialEnglish
      37 minutes

      Don’t recommend Mullvad Browser to people who just want a regular daily driver browser unless you want them to freak out and never try anything again.

      To anyone uniformed - Mullvad Browser, while technically Firefox based, is actually a fork of Tor, and by default wipes everything on exit, as well as expects users not to tinker with it or install any addons to avoid fingerprinting.

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3 hours

      You can pick all of them, and for different purposes. Better to use different personas on different browsers, on different OS’s.

  • Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2 hours

    If you’re on a Mac Orion and Safari, if you’re on Linux Librewolf and possibly Orion for most browsing and Chromium for YouTube.

    • Ace@feddit.ukEnglish
      5 hours

      if people cared they’d have ditched chrome dozens of times already. people don’t care. it’s sad

      • SaraTonin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2 hours

        For now. Maintaining v2 takes resources, and google can make it more and more difficult with every update. Eventually the cost/benefit ratio is going to get too high

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.caEnglish
    6 hours

    There’s something funny going on with Firefox too, isn’t there?

    • Eldritch@piefed.worldEnglish
      4 hours

      Uuuuuh, well Firefox has bad management. Always chasing pointless trends like AI rather than focusing on the browser itself completely. But the browser itself is solid as far as I know.

      • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mlEnglish
        4 hours

        The browser is the best the devs can do with the limitations and restrictions from the management.