I am using an old version of Chrome for it's sweet net-internals. All back channel traffic can be monitored btw.
Google sets burial date for legacy Chrome Extensions, fears for ad-blockers grow
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Re: Google sets burial date for legacy Chrome Extensions, fears for ad-blockers grow
#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
>I am really not sure why they keep losing users. Because, number one, they keep constantly making radical UI/UX changes that frustrate and alienate their long term users who would rather they keep the "older look" which they got used to and works just fine for them, and number two, most websites are lazy so their devs only optimize for Chrome, even going the extra mile to explicitly state that "For best experience u…
> Because they keep making stupid UI)UX choices than alienate their users Cannot overstate this enough. They keep randomly changing their UI constantly , and it's especially frustrating when you have a bunch of custom CSS. I'm a bunch of versions behind & dreading updating because I don't want to spend the hours it'll take to fix my shit for their new version. I honestly hate this browser so much at this point, but e…
i tried maybe 300 extensions back in the days. Some 30 or so turned out useful enough to keep (for maxthon it was around 60)
today non of these extensions exist and similar things are a joke by comparison lacking the large userbase and years of refinement.
then i also frequently have no idea where most of the interface buttons have gone.
i still use it but im far from locked into the ecosystem.
Re: Google sets burial date for legacy Chrome Extensions, fears for ad-blockers grow
#83I have a stupid idea. But first, a bunch of questions: - Can you legally advertise a product you're not affiliated with? Is this OK by the ToS of major ad networks? - Is it possible to target ads by user's browser? I'm thinking, maybe we should crowdfund a public interest ad, targeted at people browsing from Chrome, with some attention-grabbing art or distracting colors, and a clear message: "Want to stop seeing this…
Even if it's not against TOS I would imagine most ad network just refusing to serve ads that encourage people to install ad blockers.
Not just that, Google are unlikely to serve ads about switching away from Google's browser on Google's ad networks.
There's a reason successful companies like to own the supply chain (or at least as much of it as they can).
Re: Google sets burial date for legacy Chrome Extensions, fears for ad-blockers grow
#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
Fair criticism of Firefox is that it is dependent on Mozilla 'the org' which is a pretty shaky foundation to base such a critical component on. Witness the exodus of even die hard supporters over the last couple of years. That has nothing to do with minor UI details.
I’d prefer Firefox, but some functionality works inarguably better in chrome. One example is YouTube, which slams my processor due to the lack of hardware decoding.
So swap to chrome for those 1-2 websites that require it and use Firefox for everything else?
Re: Google sets burial date for legacy Chrome Extensions, fears for ad-blockers grow
#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
The only browser that's been losing users for years is Firefox. That already tells Google all they need to know. (It also tells Mozilla what they need to know; pity they are deaf.)
Mozilla annoys me. Truly it does. However, it's the organisation. Firefox as a browser, especially dev tools, seems better in every day use than Chrome does. I am really not sure why they keep losing users. I do remember being massive performance issues in the past, but that's really not the case today (at least in my experience)
But you're ok with google the organization?
Re: Google sets burial date for legacy Chrome Extensions, fears for ad-blockers grow
#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, if you crush your computer into a cube you won't see ads again either. But people want to keep their computers and block content they don't like, so there's "problems to solve" there.
I keep my computer. How do you think I post here?
You're being obtuse for the sake of it. Stop that.
Re: Google sets burial date for legacy Chrome Extensions, fears for ad-blockers grow
#87If you don't want to use Firefox (why not?) just use Brave or Edge. Each has its own quirks of course, but it's better than the google cage chrome is. (Undeleteable google cookies? Come on)
A Blink monoculture destroying "the web", like the one we almost already have.
Re: Google sets burial date for legacy Chrome Extensions, fears for ad-blockers grow
#88if you haven't already use Firefox and recognize that this is a fundamental question of freedom and whether you want the internet to be controlled by dystopian corporate advertisement monoliths or institutions that care about your rights. Every time this comes up and 80% of discussions is about whether the tab bar in firefox is flat or three pixels wide instead of five makes me more depressed
Fair criticism of Firefox is that it is dependent on Mozilla 'the org' which is a pretty shaky foundation to base such a critical component on. Witness the exodus of even die hard supporters over the last couple of years. That has nothing to do with minor UI details.
Firefox open source. If the Mozilla foundation is as questionable as some like to claim then why isn't there any effort to fork Gecko. We have more than enough Blink/Chromium based browsers already.
Re: Google sets burial date for legacy Chrome Extensions, fears for ad-blockers grow
#89So my understanding is that both chrome and firefox will eventually switch to manifest v3 and for the most part, this is probably a good thing. I understand that chrome also wants to remove the API that is used for ad blocking, which is bad. But apart from that, what is the migration path? Will there be a window when both browsers support both versions?
Last I heard Mozilla said the following:
Developer testing in Q4 2021 and v3 submissions early 2022.
So both browsers should support both v2 and v3 for a year.
Re: Google sets burial date for legacy Chrome Extensions, fears for ad-blockers grow
#90Now I wonder how long we've got until Firefox kills them off too...