An advertising company fielding a major distribution browser always was a really bad idea.
A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store
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Re: A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store
#12HN needs a better search function :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21232438 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21231493 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21233041
This one has a significantly less sensationalized title than the other two, though.
Re: A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store
#13No surprise; after the manifest v3 discussion, this development was to be expected and only a matter of time.
Re: A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store
#14It's time to switch to Firefox as my main web browser. It's faster and generally more efficient than Chrome plus it has the most important extensions. The most surprising thing is that the Android version of Firefox is excellent. So good that I switched from Chrome a few months ago when this expected news first dropped. No ads on mobile is awesome.
Odd - my experience is the opposite. FF is noticeably slower than Chrome, and my Chrome installation is loaded with extensions, unlike Firefox.
Phoronix's tests seem to back my experience as well. From 4 days ago:
"As for the Firefox vs. Chrome performance, Google's web browser continues generally delivering better performance."
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=firefox6...
Re: A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store
#15It's time to switch to Firefox as my main web browser. It's faster and generally more efficient than Chrome plus it has the most important extensions. The most surprising thing is that the Android version of Firefox is excellent. So good that I switched from Chrome a few months ago when this expected news first dropped. No ads on mobile is awesome.
Chrome extensions should generally work on Firefox anyway. It's a slightly different packaging process, but that's the only difference.
Re: A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store
#16It's time to switch to Firefox as my main web browser. It's faster and generally more efficient than Chrome plus it has the most important extensions. The most surprising thing is that the Android version of Firefox is excellent. So good that I switched from Chrome a few months ago when this expected news first dropped. No ads on mobile is awesome.
I'd try Brave.
Re: A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store
#17Is anyone really surprised? Google makes all its revenue from ads. A couple months ago there was an incident where if I recall correctly, someone published a browser on the play store which allowed users to install desktop browser extensions, one of which was an adblocker for YouTube, and it was removed with vague reasons? Google has been taking steps for a long time to make it harder for adblockers to work on Chrome…
Not surprised, but a bit baffled why they allowed for uBO for such a long time in the first place?
It looks as if they misused the community's products and trust to build their monopoly and then kick us out once it's gotten hard enough to compete.
Perhaps this is a good thing in the long run, because now people will finally have to switch and maybe contribute to improving Firefox.
I am hopeful, but also I must say in my opinion Firefox is nowhere near Chrome when comparing performance, developer tooling and quality.
Re: A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store
#18I wonder if it's been on purpose or just, as always, their automatic algorithms being imposible to contest when they're wrong.
Honestly, Google's (and general tech giants') willingness to let people's lives be caught in the cracks of their algorithms in their pursue for scalability scares me more than any ideology they could push.
More and more, we're seeing developers and content creators being banned or demonetised, people being shadowbanned from dating apps that represent a majority of your chances to find a significant other, and so on.
I think we need legislation to deal with these issues: people subjected to punishment should be able to know the rules they're being subjected to, the way they supposedly broke those laws, and have a non automated chance to contest the ruling. Even if these businesses aren't public property, when they represent an almost monopolistic chance to get the service they provided they should be treated as if they are.
Re: A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store
#19I really hope this is Chrome shooting their selves in the foot. Like a fool I am using Chrome as I type this, my excuse is Chrome has my banking numbers saved and haven't taken the 2 seconds to enter it into firefox so it is ready and convenient. But if I can't use an adblocker and if I don't have control over what runs on my hardware then kiss me goodbye. I will finish the switch today and uninstall Chrome.
Re: A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store
#20It's time to switch to Firefox as my main web browser. It's faster and generally more efficient than Chrome plus it has the most important extensions. The most surprising thing is that the Android version of Firefox is excellent. So good that I switched from Chrome a few months ago when this expected news first dropped. No ads on mobile is awesome.
Odd - my experience is the opposite. FF is noticeably slower than Chrome, and my Chrome installation is loaded with extensions, unlike Firefox. Phoronix's tests seem to back my experience as well. From 4 days ago: "As for the Firefox vs. Chrome performance, Google's web browser continues generally delivering better performance." https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=firefox6...
Agreed. Plus it doesnt have Picture-in-picture
But I use FF as my main