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Google Chrome’s plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week (arstechnica.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Reminder to switch browsers if you haven't already!

Google Chrome is starting to phase out older, more capable ad blocking extensions in favor of the more limited Manifest V3 system.
The Manifest V3 system has been criticized by groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation for restricting the capabilities of web extensions.
Google has made concessions to Manifest V3, but limitations on content filtering remain a source of skepticism and concern.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It depends I think. I found Chrome to be a tiny bit faster but then ads bogged the page down so most of the time, Firefox is faster for me.

In some very rare cases when I need to disable ads blocking, Chrome is indeed faster but I'd rather abandon websites rather than disable ads blocking.

So if you love ads, Chrome is better. If you hate ads like I do, Firefox is miles ahead.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There are other ways to block ads. Adguard does a great job on Android. It establishes a local VPN, so it can do HTTP[S] content filtering in addition to DNS blocking.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Can't use my VPN and adguard at the same time iirc, unless android has two active VPN "slots" now. Can't bring a pihole with me 24/7 either as much as I would like to.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There's always nextdns.io that can be configured to use ad blocking filters on the dns level. You can set it up on your phone as well

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Can I use it in conjunction with my normal VPN? AFAIK android has only one active VPN slot available at a time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes because there is no need to setup another VPN. You only configure the DNS settings (Private DNS). I know that Mullvad on PC has an option to use custom DNS server

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Ok cool thanks, I'll check it out!