▲ 848 ▼ Chrome Canary just killed uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2 extensions (www.androidpolice.com) submitted 2 years ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world 220 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (7 children) Not everyone can. Work machines for instance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 15 points 2 years ago (4 children) Can't install extensions on a work machine but you can add a network wide blocker? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kjaeselrek@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (3 children) Possibly, if you work from home permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) Wouldn't a company VPN bypass all that even though you are using your own internet connection to connect to the outside world? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kjaeselrek@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago Maybe, I guess I don’t know enough to answer that. I do know that being on a company VPN isn’t always a requirement, though. Either way, I’m not trying to argue for one approach to ad blocking over another as a one-size-fits-all solution, I just wanted to point out that it’s possible to have more control over the network than the computer in some cases. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kill_dash_nine@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Typically yes, assuming that the company VPN sets DNS to a set of company DNS servers. That is how my company’s works and several others I’ve worked for in the past. permalink fedilink source parent [–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago* sadly, agreed. mindshare leads to adoption, tho - so putting Firefox in front of more faces is always a positive. after all, its how google dominates. permalink fedilink source parent [–] shininghero@pawb.social 7 points 2 years ago Depends on how lax the IT department is when it comes to random executables. I was able to move the firefox installer to the appdata root, and run a non-admin install to my user profile. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 15 points 2 years ago (4 children) Can't install extensions on a work machine but you can add a network wide blocker? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kjaeselrek@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (3 children) Possibly, if you work from home permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) Wouldn't a company VPN bypass all that even though you are using your own internet connection to connect to the outside world? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kjaeselrek@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago Maybe, I guess I don’t know enough to answer that. I do know that being on a company VPN isn’t always a requirement, though. Either way, I’m not trying to argue for one approach to ad blocking over another as a one-size-fits-all solution, I just wanted to point out that it’s possible to have more control over the network than the computer in some cases. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kill_dash_nine@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Typically yes, assuming that the company VPN sets DNS to a set of company DNS servers. That is how my company’s works and several others I’ve worked for in the past. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kjaeselrek@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (3 children) Possibly, if you work from home permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) Wouldn't a company VPN bypass all that even though you are using your own internet connection to connect to the outside world? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kjaeselrek@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago Maybe, I guess I don’t know enough to answer that. I do know that being on a company VPN isn’t always a requirement, though. Either way, I’m not trying to argue for one approach to ad blocking over another as a one-size-fits-all solution, I just wanted to point out that it’s possible to have more control over the network than the computer in some cases. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kill_dash_nine@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Typically yes, assuming that the company VPN sets DNS to a set of company DNS servers. That is how my company’s works and several others I’ve worked for in the past. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) Wouldn't a company VPN bypass all that even though you are using your own internet connection to connect to the outside world? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kjaeselrek@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago Maybe, I guess I don’t know enough to answer that. I do know that being on a company VPN isn’t always a requirement, though. Either way, I’m not trying to argue for one approach to ad blocking over another as a one-size-fits-all solution, I just wanted to point out that it’s possible to have more control over the network than the computer in some cases. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kill_dash_nine@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Typically yes, assuming that the company VPN sets DNS to a set of company DNS servers. That is how my company’s works and several others I’ve worked for in the past. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kjaeselrek@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago Maybe, I guess I don’t know enough to answer that. I do know that being on a company VPN isn’t always a requirement, though. Either way, I’m not trying to argue for one approach to ad blocking over another as a one-size-fits-all solution, I just wanted to point out that it’s possible to have more control over the network than the computer in some cases. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kill_dash_nine@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Typically yes, assuming that the company VPN sets DNS to a set of company DNS servers. That is how my company’s works and several others I’ve worked for in the past. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago* sadly, agreed. mindshare leads to adoption, tho - so putting Firefox in front of more faces is always a positive. after all, its how google dominates. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shininghero@pawb.social 7 points 2 years ago Depends on how lax the IT department is when it comes to random executables. I was able to move the firefox installer to the appdata root, and run a non-admin install to my user profile. permalink fedilink source parent