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Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Microsoft Edge, Opera to follow (www.neowin.net)
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For a while now the transition away from Manifest V2 (MV2) to MV3 has been on-going and it looks like it is entering its final phase of deprecation, at least, in the case of Google Chrome. A recent discussion thread in the w3c WebExtensions Community Group GitHub repo has highlighted how the latest and upcoming versions of the most popular browser are expected to be its final releases with support for MV2 extensions.

What this essentially means is that the tricks and bypasses that were used to keep MV2 extensions like uBlock Origin and others alive will not work any more on Chrome, or at least not for very long. For example the Windows Registry mod that could extend MV2 availability will cease to function after Chromium version 151.

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[–] 12 points 3 months ago (14 children)

Not true — Safari is still based on WebKit. And Safari is still the default browser on over two and a half billion mobile devices currently in use. And say what you might about Apple, but at least they aren’t in the business of selling ads, and thus don’t have any business interest in allowing you to block them effectively, unlike Google.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (8 children)

    Sure but that alternative doesn't work for anyone who already doesn't own an Apple device. Also those two and a half billion devices you mentioned can't run alt browsers due to Apple policy so you're basically just picking another company to hand complete control to.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    It's true, but it's a company that doesn't sell advertisements at least.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    But it's a company that also doesn't allow you to block said ads.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I’m blocking ads on iOS with Safari. Granted it’s not baked in to the browser but I have AdGuard installed and that does a good job of suppressing YouTube ads.

    I also connect back to my server at home via VPN no matter where I am and run PiHole for DNS resolution on that

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

    Huh? It may not be built—in, but Safari has a variety of ad block plugins available - on all platforms (macOS, iOS, iPadOS).

    On top of that they do have built in tracker avoidance — something Google is even less likely to ever implement into Chrome (especially considering they’re not pretty much the top tracking company out there).

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    They don’t sell as many ads, but they do sell ads. It was only a few months ago they announced that ads would be coming to their maps app. There’s ads in news, the App Store, music, and settings on iOS. Maybe more than aren’t coming to mind immediately

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

    but apple pioneered the walled garden, there isnt any alternatives on apple.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago*

    Yeah.

    Say what you will about Apple, but they are the major hedge against Google controlling much of the world, at the moment.

    That sounds hyperbolic and conspiratorial. But, sadly, it really isn’t. Without them, there would effectively be one web browser, one mobile operating system, one search engine, with basically no way out of whatever Google dictates for 97% of the population.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    First off, I’m simply correcting the OPs statement that there are only two rendering engines out there, Google Blink and Firefox Gecko. You’re “yeah but <reason why you personally don’t like Apple>” doesn’t really have any material impact on these facts, and doesn’t really bring anything constructive to the conversation.

    That said, Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Opera are all available on macOS. All of these are also available on iOS and iPadOS (the EU mandated last year that Apple permit third party rendering engines on iOS; whether or not the versions available to you use WebKit or their own rendering engines likely depends on where you are in the world).

    You’re welcome to hate on Apple all you want — but at least have your facts straight when you do.

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