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Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users

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Re: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users

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Post by mbrumlow »

junar wrote: post #23

I found this post highly editorialized. Here's the actual response if you want to understand the context, instead of simply seeing bits and pieces with a journalist's spin. https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/chrom... Also, the headline seems mostly incorrect. The gist of it, as I understand, is that Chrome is enforcing a migration from the webRequest API to a new declarativeNetRequest API. The lat…

And if those features happen to never be implemented?

I really think it is a bad practice to force adoption of a new API that can't fulfill the same functions as the previous one.

Nobody would be here talking about this if they just made the new API without breaking add blocking (useful add blocking), and then forced people to move.

Even more so given that it looks really bad when your main goal is to serve people ads.

Re: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users

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Post by dageshi »

jedberg wrote: post #47
asymmetric wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Firefox has session restore, which also works when the browser is closed abruptly. Is it now working for you?

Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it just restores some of the tabs and windows. It's really inconsistent. Also it lacks the granularity of session buddy, which has a list of every tab and window configuration I've ever had.

That's quite odd, I have to say FF restore has always been rock solid for me, use it everyday.

Re: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users

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Post by jedberg »

mbrumlow wrote: post #61
jedberg wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it just restores some of the tabs and windows. It's really inconsistent. Also it lacks the granularity of session buddy, which has a list of every tab and window configuration I've ever had.

What OS? I use this all the time, I don't think I have ever had a problem. I do use nightly though. I have like 100 tabs open, and I would know if I was missing any of them. I need them all. ALL OF THEM.

Nightly FireFox on the latest beta MacOS.

Re: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users

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Post by detaro »

jedberg wrote: post #47
asymmetric wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Firefox has session restore, which also works when the browser is closed abruptly. Is it now working for you?

Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it just restores some of the tabs and windows. It's really inconsistent. Also it lacks the granularity of session buddy, which has a list of every tab and window configuration I've ever had.

Hm, I had session restore fail maybe every 3 years or so.

For more features, I'd recommend looking at either the Container feature, that might be able to help, or otherwise third-party extensions - maybe another commenter has a recommendation, since there's a giant number of tab management extensions, and it's hard to tell which ones do what perfectly.

Re: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users

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Post by mises »

For what it's worth, I've had a great experience with firefox for the past year (since quantum convinced me to give it another chance). All though, it recently basically factory-reset itself. Signed out of sync, extensions gone, custom settings gone. Any one else have this happen?

It's also got a weird memory leak, which I think is related to the pdf viewer. Never really checked in detail or tried to measure.

Re: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users

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Post by jedberg »

roca wrote: post #62
jedberg wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it just restores some of the tabs and windows. It's really inconsistent. Also it lacks the granularity of session buddy, which has a list of every tab and window configuration I've ever had.

You should try reporting a bug. Session Restore always works for me, and I'm on Nightly!

I can't replicate it so I can't report it. :( It works like 95% of the time, but that 5% is just really irritating.

Re: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users

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Post by mises »

enitihas wrote: post #54

Another big issue is that if chrome makes it difficult to disable ads such that 99% of chrome users aren't able to do it, websites may simply choose to block Firefox as it would be easy to do so without losing a large part of user base while making sure no users are blocking ads. Right now there are far too many users using ad blockers.

Blocking a user agent? Oh no, whatever shall we do? Thankfully, we can still just change it, though I suppose a really insidious web site could use feature checks.

Re: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users

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Post by roca »

robbrown451 wrote: post #3

Chromium / Blink is open source, we should be doing everything we can to get as many users using non-Google Chromium browsers. We really shouldn't be having to worry so much about Google's conflicts of interests. Brave and Blink-based Edge are looking to be better and better options. Another is UnGoogled-Chromium: https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium Would love to see this latter option becoming something th…

Chromium is still controlled by Google. Exhibit A: this ad-blocking API issue, where Google decisions will affect all Chromium browsers. (Sure, they can maintain patches against upstream, but over time that becomes non-viable.)

If Google's behaviour concerns you, you need to use Firefox or Safari.

Re: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users

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Post by gtirloni »

Now that's an advantage my non-tech family and friends will appreciate if it gets implemented and ad blockers stop being efficient in Chrome.

I'll install Firefox, they will see things are better and the switch is done. No need to talk about Quantum, freedom, etc.

Mozilla should be sending one of those cakes to the Chrome team.

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