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Google is Killing uBlock Origin. No Chromium Browser is Safe. (www.quippd.com)

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We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the ...

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How are they doing that? They’re simply making money by putting Google search as the default. Changing it literally takes a few seconds.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They developed the "privacy sandbox" together. And in terms of cashflow, they depend on that google money. They're in trouble without it

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

They developed the "privacy sandbox" together.

Yeah that's not true.

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

Chrome came up with that feature a while back. Now firefox is adding the same. And then later I learned it was a cooperative effort, just not under the same name

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

And then later I learned it was a cooperative effort, just not under the same name

Source?

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

And in terms of cashflow, they depend on that google money. They're in trouble without it

That’s irrelevant. The only thing important is what they have to do for that money, which is setting Google as the default search engine. This only “hurts” you if you don’t take 15 seconds to change the default.

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

Well, yes, technically. But then again, if google decides to stop doing that firefox can't pay for it's staff or infrastructure. Really, they have an incentive to listen

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sure. Until that happens, it will be the better option.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

True