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Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024 (arstechnica.com)
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Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024::The "Manifest V3" rollout is back after letting tensions cool for a year.

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[–] 97 points 2 years ago (4 children)

If only there was an alternative. Some kinda fox. A fox that was set aflame

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

    Or, let's say, a weasel frozen in ice

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

    There's a browser called Glacier Ferret? 🤔

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

    Sorry, I had too.

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

    LoLL

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

    I wish it was for me, but Chrome is necessary for some work I do.

    Edit: very weird I get so many downvotes because I need to use a specific browser. Get out more, please.

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

    Such as?

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    I was doing some work on the social security site and the site i needed wouldn't even load unless it was chrome or edge. There are sadly too many important website that are somehow allowed to gatekeep browsers. I feel like if their site follows guidelines then there's no reason they should be restricted from browsers, but here we are.

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

    Platforms I use don't work reliably with other browsers, online teaching ones to be specific.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Ah, that's a tough one.

    I needed to install Ungoogled Chromium to join lectures, because the remote learning site refused to work in Firefox (wouldn't be surprised if it was developed against a chrome-specific API)

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

    Pretty much every internal Web application I've used in banking, insurance and Govt orgs.

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

    Most of the time the site doesn't really need chrome, it's just that's all they test it with, so they say it's a requirement.

    There's an addon for Firefox called User-Agent Switcher and Manager that allows you to have Firefox identify itself to websites as chrome (among others), and it often fixes the problem.

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

    I work in IT so I am aware of this. Maybe you've not worked in enough places that just build incompatible (cr)apps?

    And sure, just go outside our locked down machine policies and install Firefox and unapproved extensions. That will do down well.

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

    Yeah, "most" was probably a bit hyperbolic, especially for internal websites, and I guess it's no surprise that the sectors you mentioned would be particularly bad for it.

    The best place for my little PSA probably wasn't in response to your post in particular.

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

    Sorry I'm snippy as I have personal stuff going on. You are right in so far as if you have full control of your machine which isn't the case for the orgs I mentioned.

    We can pull FF into our dev environment so I've seen these annoying behaviours.

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

    Have you tried to spoof the user agent ?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I don't know what that is

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

    It's a neat trick that's been around for ages. Your browser presents a string of text to the website to identify itself. "Hi! I'm Chrome_ver_whatever."

    You can easily change it, make your browser lie to the website.

    Here's the extension for Chrome and Edge:

    https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/user-agent-switcher-for-c/djflhoibgkdhkhhcedjiklpkjnoahfmg

    I'm sure Firefox has the same.

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  • [+] -9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I've tried switching so many times, most recently yesterday. Every time something just doesnt work or is missing. Yesterday it was stremios web client that refused to show the video that I was simultaneously watching in chrome.

    And the fact that Firefox doesnt do tab groups. Such a convenient feature for me, and I couldnt find an extension that did the job. Maybe some of you can help?

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

    Absolutely agree on the tab groups. I don't get how this is not implemented yet, it's a basic feature with great impact to usability.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago*

    Firefox actually had tab groups way back, but Mozilla, in their infinite wisdom, removed it because apparently their main mission now is to antagonize all their loyal power users.

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

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=Tab%20groups

    This is definitely a feature that needs to be an addon rather than in core Firefox, as it could easily interfere with users who organise tabs in different ways (e.g. Tree tabs)

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

    If you refresh it generally works. I've had zero issues with it. Not sure though

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    No amount of refreshing or clearing cookies and cache has helped so far. It just says "video not supported" no matter which file I try to play.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    What are you trying to play ? Probably should contact mods. Would be good for them to know. Others will have similar problems.

    Do you have add one ? I need to turn off dark mode for some sites as it breaks it. Those are the only issues I've had.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    It is probably a very specific issue, since I can't find anyone else that has it, at least not doing the usual google-fu.

    When using the Stremio web client, firefox refuses to play anything I throw at it, whereas everything plays fine in the chromium browsers I've tried.

    No amount of turning extensions off or clearing cache or cookies or refreshing has fixed it so far.

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