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uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to Firefox as Chrome flags the extension (github.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/

EDIT: Apologies. Updated with a link to what gorhill REALLY said:

Manifest v2 uBO will not be automatically replaced by Manifest v3 uBOL[ight]. uBOL is too different from uBO for it to silently replace uBO -- you will have to explicitly make a choice as to which extension should replace uBO according to your own prerogatives.

Ultimately whether uBOL is an acceptable alternative to uBO is up to you, it's not a choice that will be made for you.

Will development of uBO continue? Yes, there are other browsers which are not deprecating Manifest v2, e.g. Firefox.

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[–] 58 points 2 years ago (34 children)

I just got firefox yesterday, cause I noticed youtube started baking unskippable ads into their site.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

    If any site doesn't work you can try this official addon Chrome Mask. If it works with it on you can report it Mozilla.

    Edit: a bit of context:

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I've been using LibreWolf on Desktop and Mull on Android. Basically more securely configured versions of Firefox with the proprietary telemetry and some other stuff removed. Takes some tweaking to get certain websites to work that need more access than they should or use Certificate Authorities that don't have working OSCP servers.

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  • [+] -53 points 2 years ago (27 children)
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  • [–] 63 points 2 years ago (19 children)
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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    Floorp is an excellent browser. I mainly use it for the first class vertical tab support, but it's ability to pin websites to open in a sidebar is great. I use it for stuff like Proton mail and drive.

    I will say in case anyone here saw it in the past, it had a bit of drama around the author making part of it closed source, but that was fortunately resolved before it was ever released with any proprietary code.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Tell us more of the Floorp. (as long as its not based on chrome)

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  • [+] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)
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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I don’t like or use brave for multiple reasons but why is the fact that it's built on chromium a problem?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    They are doing what Apple has done to browsers on iPhones. It’s all safari all the way down… lol

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Ironically, Apple forcing Safari on iPhones is the single greatest thing standing between Chromium and total market domination.

    Not that it's a good thing for Apple users, but it's the one remaining reason not to slap a "Not on Chromium? Don't bother visiting" sign on every website. Us Firefox users don't matter, statistically speaking

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    Link is borked, add another ) at the end

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Works fine for me and has the ), what are you using to look at it?

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)#Browsers_based_on_Chromium

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Ah yes, the browser that monetizers based on activity tracking. The one based on chromium, handing Google further control over web standards. The browser with a a mysterious nearly unlimited budget for advertising before they even had a handful of users. That browser.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    i use brave on my phone since its harder to adblock on phones for me

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