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[–] 88 points 2 years ago (8 children)

One of my co-workers switched to UBlock Lite instead of UBlock Origin and now the ads are back.

Now he's working on switching to a non-Google browser.

Good job, Google. You have killed Google for yet another former customer.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I 'm forced to use Chrome on my work laptop and it is the worst browser (even before the disabling of Manifest V2), but for security I can't access many systems with even another chromium based browser . Funnily IT forces an extension on us and it isn't compatible with Manifest V3.

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  • [–] 51 points 2 years ago

    Stop. Using. Chrome.

    Firefox is the way.

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

    I don't have any chrome extensions because I don't use chrome. Everyone else should do the same.

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

    chrome just killed Ublock on me and EVERY site is now full of ads... I had no idea how bad it had become! What browser do you suggest?

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago*

    For crying out loud they’re not just targeting adblockers.

    Join !librewolf@programming.dev folks!

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  • [+] 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)
  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I don't know if it's related, but an extension we use at work called Redirector was just disabled a few weeks ago for being "unsupported." It's the only reason I even used Chrome, so I guess I can go back to Safari. At home I only use Firefox.

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

    If you’re talking about the extension that looks like an R with a green arrow, the author passed away a couple years ago. https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector/issues/329

    The repo has a new maintainer but there’s been no new releases since the maintainer doesn’t have access to the extension release pages. No surprise that a MV3 version hasn’t been worked on.

    It still works on Firefox, though.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (11 children)

    Glad that I moved to firefox 4 months ago and then to zen browser last week to avoid plugins removal. Haven’t looked back

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (10 children)

    So, the elephant in the room is Chrome killing ad-blocking.

    I think that Firefox (and Firefox forks, like Zen Browser) have low-enough marketshare that websites that depend on ad revenue may just kill support for Firefox if Firefox does permit ad blocking.

    https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share

    As of February:

    Chrome: 66.3%

    Safari: 17.99%

    Edge: 5.33%

    Firefox: 2.62%

    The software used to view the Web in 2025 is really mostly under the control of either Google or Apple.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    I think that Firefox (and Firefox forks, like Zen Browser) have low-enough marketshare that websites that depend on ad revenue may just kill support for Firefox if Firefox does permit ad blocking

    An argument could also be made that Firefox and its forks have low-enough marketshare that websites that depend on ad revenue won't want to deal with the extra work of keeping those users out.

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

    There’s always PiHole to block ads at the network level. It takes some setup and a raspberry pi but it can be one of the cheaper ones. And I’m pretty sure the sites aren’t going to do much more than check the User Agent to get the browser so User Agent Switcher will get around 99% of that.

    You could, I suppose, block Firefox in other ways (like maybe checking for some random Chromium feature not yet supported in Firefox) but Firefox isn’t usually far behind Chrome so it would almost take an entire new developer to be effective. And there’s probably ways around that too. (I’m a web developer but have never worked on an ad-supported project and never will so I’m not sure but life finds a way.)

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Yep, I have my PiHole running on a Pi2 still.

    You're underestimating these websites though. I already run into sites that arbitrarily throw up a "Firefox not supported" gate until I switch user agents. That will only get worse.

    I'm still very concerned about Firefox's funding majority coming from Google search, especially after the antitrust shutting it down. https://slashdot.org/story/431592

    We're headed for dark times for the open internet.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago

    The sad thing is that people will see this and still try to find a way to keep using chrome instead of just moving to a browser that actually respects them.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (1 child)
    1. Embrace
    2. Extend
    3. Extinguish <<< we are here
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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    For reals please don’t use chrome it’s a terrible browser

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    I'm guessing not since I don't use google chrome and haven't for a while.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Yeah they essentially killed about half the extensions I use. I have to use the browser for work.

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

    Nope. Cloud to Butt still works for me.

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

    I used to use Selenium extension on Chrome to test my applications for Chrome compatibility. Chrome said they are disabling it now. Do you not want web applications to be easily tested for Chrome compatibility, Google?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Zen Browser on Mac and Orion on iOS. ublock origin and NextDNS on for both - no ads, no adblocker detected. Ever.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I'm just worried about how zdnet presumes to know what I think.

    Google kills things, that's what they do. They can get fucked.

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

    One of the extensions blocked is called "Trump blocker" - looks like they are getting into arse kissing too

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    [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Yeah I only run chrome for Microsoft teams which I unfortunately still have to use.

    The other day I saw a list of like 20 plugins, about 90% of what I have installed, banned. Not that I ever want chrome back but WTF?

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