Google is in a position to disrupt ad-blocking in Chrome (via webRequest API) and on Android (via DNS over https).
This makes both mBlock Origin and PieHole obsolete. Where do we go from here?
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
#692Google is in a position to disrupt ad-blocking in Chrome (via webRequest API) and on Android (via DNS over https). This makes both mBlock Origin and PieHole obsolete. Where do we go from here?
Firefox?
Re: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users
#693Google is in a position to disrupt ad-blocking in Chrome (via webRequest API) and on Android (via DNS over https). This makes both mBlock Origin and PieHole obsolete. Where do we go from here?
Firefox?
On Android it won't work I think. Some DNS queries will go exclusively through Google DNS - ads mostly I am afraid.
And I am also worried because my main desktop platform is ChromeOS. And my main adblocking strategy had been DNS based. That sucks.
Re: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users
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Firefox?
On Android it won't work I think. Some DNS queries will go exclusively through Google DNS - ads mostly I am afraid. And I am also worried because my main desktop platform is ChromeOS. And my main adblocking strategy had been DNS based. That sucks.
The Android Firefox browser is great. Not only does it do everything you expect a modern mobile browser to do, but also supports extensions, including uBlock Origin.
Re: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users
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Every application has privacy implications, and it isn't difficult to manage this one. Having a giant warning around installing extensions with this level of access would be a good way to protect people while also allowing them to make their own decisions.
Because warning people has historically worked well with PCs not to mention Android. See Also Vista UAC. It’s kind of amazing for people to say that they care about their privacy and then they install extensions that can record their entire browsing history and install VPN software on their phones that intercept all of their internet communications.
... That's how computers work, yes. If you have a way to make a VPN that doesn't see its own traffic, I'm all ears. In the meantime, I trust a VPN more than my ISP.
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How many tabs do you consider to be too many tabs? Most of the time I open up to 10 tabs, and Firefox is performing fine. But I have also seen people opening 40 tabs.
At home I have like 60+ tabs open. And at work I have > 100. Firefox is pretty rock solid now with many tabs on windows. Chrome can’t cope with that. Or it couldn’t a year ago when I switched to Firefox. The tabs are mostly blogs and things I’m slowly reading or such. I just open more than I close :(
40+ tabs on Linux running nightly Firefox. No issues.
Re: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users
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> Firefox paints them the color of the user's desktop theme I don't think that's not the default. Are you sure you didn't change that? (It's configured under "Colors > Use system colours")
It's the default on Linux, "use system colours" is on by default, and the default background colour for widgets on Linux is usually not white.
You mean the default in whatever flavour of linux you're using. It's not enabled by default on all distros.
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I switched to Chrome the same day the beta was released mostly because of the speed. Nowadays I stay because I keep my passwords synced over my Google Account and I'm not sure if Firefox works with that.
Firefox has its own service to do that and it works well. I don't know if you can migrate your passwords easily though.
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Because warning people has historically worked well with PCs not to mention Android. See Also Vista UAC. It’s kind of amazing for people to say that they care about their privacy and then they install extensions that can record their entire browsing history and install VPN software on their phones that intercept all of their internet communications.
... That's how computers work, yes. If you have a way to make a VPN that doesn't see its own traffic, I'm all ears. In the meantime, I trust a VPN more than my ISP.
What gives you more trust in your VPN provider than your ISP?
Did you also trust Onavo’s VPN back in the day?
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How many tabs do you consider to be too many tabs? Most of the time I open up to 10 tabs, and Firefox is performing fine. But I have also seen people opening 40 tabs.
As an alternative data-point: My firefox session is persistent (tab are restored when I open firefox again). Apparently, I'm around 500 right now, which is a bit above average for me (I usually stay around 300). Firefox's lazy loading is very good, which means I only have 10 to 100 tabs that are actually loaded. Firefox is still fast in these conditions. Since I use tree-style-tabs, most of the tabs are neatly sorted…
You guys seriously have _500_ tabs open?!