Today I noticed uBlock origin is removed from Chrome. Can someone explain why?
What are the alternatives to uBlock?
Ask HN: Is uBlock Origin removed from Chrome extension?
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#2uBlock origin lite.
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#3Re: Ask HN: Is uBlock Origin removed from Chrome extension?
#4Use Firefox and uBlock Origin. It always worked best on Firefox anyway:
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...
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#5Chrome is removing some features that Origin depends on now. There's Ublock lite or moving to Firefox to keep using Origin.
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#6The removal can be bypassed until June 2025: https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1d49ud1/manif...
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#7The move to the API seems motivated more by keeping the ad profitability model up than being about technical/security reasons. While I'm glad we're not in the IE4 vs. web standards days anymore, with Edge now also being on Chromium-base, there's too many interests in that one hot spot. How did the old saying go? Power corrupts, absolute power ...
Re: Ask HN: Is uBlock Origin removed from Chrome extension?
#8uBlock origin lite.
It's the best they can do on the new API but it's not the same product.
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#9Stop using Chrome if possible. Use Firefox.
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#10If the DoJ manages to make Google sell Chrome before the new administration, will that stop this disaster?