Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled

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Post by josephcsible » Fri, Aug 02, 2024, 11:01 PM UTC

Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled
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Re: Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled

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Post by bell-cot » Fri, Aug 02, 2024, 11:16 PM UTC

I haven't used Chrome in months, maybe years.

Sounds like time to Uninstall it.

Re: Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled

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Post by marssaxman » Fri, Aug 02, 2024, 11:26 PM UTC

Of those two pieces of software, only one is essential.

Re: Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled

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Post by gnabgib » Fri, Aug 02, 2024, 11:27 PM UTC

Discussion (113 points, 7 hours ago, 28 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41140185

Re: Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled

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Post by lowkey » Fri, Aug 02, 2024, 11:27 PM UTC

bell-cot wrote: post #2

I haven't used Chrome in months, maybe years. Sounds like time to Uninstall it.

Personally I switched to Safari and Brave due to their superior approaches to privacy. I am curious what did you switch to and why?

Re: Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled

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Post by bell-cot » Fri, Aug 02, 2024, 11:28 PM UTC

lowkey wrote: post #5

bell-cot wrote: post #2

I haven't used Chrome in months, maybe years. Sounds like time to Uninstall it.

Personally I switched to Safari and Brave due to their superior approaches to privacy. I am curious what did you switch to and why?

Firefox, though I'm currently looking at alternatives.

Re: Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled

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Post by efilife » Sat, Aug 03, 2024, 12:27 AM UTC

lowkey wrote: post #5

bell-cot wrote: post #2

I haven't used Chrome in months, maybe years. Sounds like time to Uninstall it.

Personally I switched to Safari and Brave due to their superior approaches to privacy. I am curious what did you switch to and why?

Safari private?

Re: Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled

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Post by ChrisArchitect » Sat, Aug 03, 2024, 12:34 AM UTC

[dupe]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41140185

Re: Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled

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Post by ethagnawl » Sat, Aug 03, 2024, 1:04 AM UTC

bell-cot wrote: post #6

lowkey wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Personally I switched to Safari and Brave due to their superior approaches to privacy. I am curious what did you switch to and why?

Firefox, though I'm currently looking at alternatives.

I've been experimenting with LibreWolf on one of my machines. I haven't pushed it too hard or gone through an update cycle (I'm aware of) yet and it's been a great experience thus far.

Re: Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled

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Post by DiabloD3 » Sat, Aug 03, 2024, 1:21 AM UTC

Google Chrome can warn that all it wants.... Microsoft Edge is now the most used member of the Chrome family, and Microsoft Edge is moving towards implementing their own equivalent of uBlock built into the browser (thus, not Javascript, runs much faster).