The update is accepted as well now. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/880#issuecomment-15...
An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store
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Re: An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store
#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
Those are all subscription or donation (wikipedia) based examples. A lot of sites could never survive on those models or obtain the resources to manage them. I'm all for blocking sites that abuse their users.
They all abuse their users in one way or another. Tracking me across the web? How about no? What about distraction? Is time free now? And that's before we get into the malware vector problems. The few tenths of a penny you got for me seeing your ad is much less than my hourly rate for cleaning up a network infected with the latest 0day du jour. Is your (the collective your) company going to compensate me when one of…
To say nothing of the harm advertising does in general: convincing people to spend money they don't have on products they don't need, or worse, are actively harmful. Like junk food, soda, cigarettes. And then you get into the shady shit like payday loans, scam products, fake products, the list goes on...
Re: An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store
#83I think Hanlon's razor applies here: > Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
I wonder if there's a razor for benefitting publicity-wise when this misattribution is made.
Re: An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store
#84>Dear Developer,
>We apologize that the update was rejected due to an snag >in the review system. The updated item will be available >in the Chrome Web Store within 30 minutes.
>Thank you for your cooperation, >Google Chrome Web Store team
so a non story?
Re: An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store
#85The core reasons appears: >"Where possible, make as much of your code visible in the package as you can. If some of your app's logic is hidden and it appears to be suspicious, we may remove it." Which maybe true, but odd as the project is publicly hosted freeware. It could be a case of simply an automatic algorithm making an incorrect call. Its also worth considering Google's primary revenue stream is advertisement,…
Careful with words. It's not freeware, it's free software.
I'd just like to interject for a second...
Re: An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store
#86Besides findability, what benefits does the Chrome Web Store provide to extension developers? Does Chrome prevent or somehow limit the functionality of extensions that aren't coming from the store? (I developed a few Chrome extensions 5 years ago and used to distribute them "by hand" to users, but haven't much followed what has happened since).
What my predecessor said plus it comes with userbase. I made some extensions, never told anyone, one year later, poof, 700 users.
Re: An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store
#87Apps that do controversial things with respect to Apple or Google seem to get rejected for seemingly random technical reasons a lot. What does it even mean for code in a packaged program to be "visible"? It should be invisible! That's the whole point of packaging!
All apps get rejected for seemingly random technical reasons a lot.
Apps that do controversial things end up on the front page of Hacker News/Reddit, so you actually hear about them. The other apps just... die.
Re: An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store
#88I've switched over from ABP to UBlock Origin. UBO is so much faster than ABP, uses fewer resources, and does a better job. And, most importantly, they do not get in bed with the ad companies to arrange for acceptable ads. There are no acceptable ads in my view (no pun intended). I block ads precisely because they use my bandwidth, they are a vector for malware, they interfere with my viewing of websites, they track m…
Quick question: is there an equivalent of ABP's CTRL_SHIFT_V shortcut in UBlock origin that opens the list of all the HTTP requests done by the page so I can block them manually one by one? Last time I checked I could not find it.
Yes. If you turn on "advanced user" in the settings, you can open uBlock origin from the toolbar and look at "+domains connected"
Re: An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store
#89I work at a young startup (redmorph.com) building a similar privacy extension, and we've run into the exact same problem multiple times. While I understand that Google has a large volume of code to review, even an automated analysis tool could split out a line number and filename to reduce the guesswork :P
I have to add my shameless pitch to this thread, and I hope that fellow builders/entrepreneurs/startup-ers will emphasize with the fight to get attention/users:
uBlock is a great tool but it doesn't offer any network-level services, so you're still exposing IP/geo-location and potentially content sent over HTTP (as opposed to HTTPS). My company, RedMorph, will soon offer in-extension encrypted (AES-256) proxy at the first paid tier (we need to charge to cover infrastructure cost, it's still in beta) but you can download our free tracker blocking extension in the meantime. It's designed with usability in mind, so the average user can "plug-and-play". We're especially interested in empowering non-technical parents and children.
I'll be adding uBlock to this comparison soon: https://redmorph.com/articles/proof-in-the-packet.html
Thanks for your time, I appreciate thoughts and feedback!
Re: An update to UBlock Origin was rejected by the Chrome Web Store
#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
Second time I see your comment, would you care sharing how you accomplish all this?
Sure. I use Firefox and install the following: - Disconnect - Ublock Origen (choose 3rd-Party block lists to suit.) - Privacy Badger (no set up, just install, it learns as you go) In Firefox, use about:config to change the following: - Toggle dom.storage.enabled to False - Toggle layout.css.visited_links_enabled to False - Toggle media.peerconnection.enabled to False - Toggle network.prefetch-next to False - Toggle n…
I had just switched back to Chrome from Firefox because I couldn't find a working mix of add-ons and settings that didn't freak Firefox out. Going to give this a shot. Thanks.