uBlock Origin 1.50.0 • Hacker News Board

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

#11

Post by aardvarkr » Wed, Jun 07, 2023, 3:14 PM UTC

Have they been able to figure out how to continue being effective with the new chrome manifest junk?

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

#12

Post by rwaksmunski » Wed, Jun 07, 2023, 3:15 PM UTC

Back in the day Safari + uBlock was one hell of an efficient browser on my macbook. I miss those days.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

#13

Post by croes » Wed, Jun 07, 2023, 3:17 PM UTC

MVP

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

#14

Post by readams » Wed, Jun 07, 2023, 3:17 PM UTC

aardvarkr wrote: post #11

Have they been able to figure out how to continue being effective with the new chrome manifest junk?

They haven't. When Chrome flips the switch it will not work well there.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

#15

Post by jccalhoun » Wed, Jun 07, 2023, 3:19 PM UTC

aardvarkr wrote: post #11

Have they been able to figure out how to continue being effective with the new chrome manifest junk?

Gorhill released a lite version as a test: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin-lite...

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

#16

Post by jccalhoun » Wed, Jun 07, 2023, 3:20 PM UTC

politician wrote: post #2

Is this the good one that isn't the scam? Which ones are the shady ones these days?

Ublock Origin is the good one. Ublock is bad one.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

#17

Post by sleepybrett » Wed, Jun 07, 2023, 3:20 PM UTC

aardvarkr wrote: post #11

Have they been able to figure out how to continue being effective with the new chrome manifest junk?

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Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

#18

Post by nfriedly » Wed, Jun 07, 2023, 3:20 PM UTC

> Add thunderbird as target for installation

That's interesting. I get a couple of newsletters with advertising in them, and while I still find the Thunderbird interface a little clunky, this might sway me a bit.

I'm currently running Thunderbird as an email backup solution, with a rule to automatically copy every new email to a local folder. Maybe I'll start using it a bit more. (It's in a docker image on my file server, accessed via noVNC in a browser, which definitely adds to the clunkiness. Maybe I'll switch it to my local machine.)

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

#19

Post by kroltan » Wed, Jun 07, 2023, 3:21 PM UTC

aardvarkr wrote: post #11

Have they been able to figure out how to continue being effective with the new chrome manifest junk?

Yes, use the User Agent that best represents your needs as an user.

(In other words, pester Google to revert the junk, or use a non-junk browser)

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

#20

Post by spyremeown » Wed, Jun 07, 2023, 3:23 PM UTC

nfriedly wrote: post #18

> Add thunderbird as target for installation That's interesting. I get a couple of newsletters with advertising in them, and while I still find the Thunderbird interface a little clunky, this might sway me a bit. I'm currently running Thunderbird as an email backup solution, with a rule to automatically copy every new email to a local folder. Maybe I'll start using it a bit more. (It's in a docker image on my file se…

> I'm currently running thunderbird in a docker image

Why?