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Has anyone been using the v3 compatible version of uBlock Origin? Have you noticed much of a difference? From what I read there isn't supposed to be much of a difference?
On Mac OS: https://kagi.com/orion/
From the Orion FAQ: > Is Orion open-source? > We’re working on it! We’ve begun with some of our components and intend to open more in the future. > Forking WebKit, porting hundreds of APIs and writing a browser app from scratch has been challenging for our small team. Properly maintaining an open-source project takes time and resources we’re short on at the moment, so if you want to contribute at this time, please co…
Many excellent alternatives already exist that are also open and free, I don’t see a compelling argument to use this software on any device at the moment.
Has anyone been using the v3 compatible version of uBlock Origin? Have you noticed much of a difference? From what I read there isn't supposed to be much of a difference?
Also, keep in mind advertisers are not unaware of all this movement. You don't think they'll try new tactics once they know everyone using chrome is now hobbled to solely static lists? That cloaking (or other approaches) won't then become really popular?
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
For users switching from Arc, there is no good alternative, but Firefox with Sidebery and custom CSS comes close.
Can't we avoid the Manifest bullshit altogether? I remember how IE plugins roles: just dll inject into the process.
> Firefox, however, has no plans to deprecate MV2 and will continue to support MV2 extensions for the foreseeable future. And even if we re-evaluate this decision at some point down the road, we anticipate providing a notice of at least 12 months for developers to adjust accordingly and not feel rushed.[1]
[1]: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manif...
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
Chrome to Firefox is a relatively easy switch, especially for those that don’t depend on Google sync. The main sources of friction for me were the lack of a good profile switching UI (solved with a browser extension that mimics the Chrome menu), and weird security requirements for homemade extensions (IIRC if you want to have the extension persist after restarting Firefox, you need to sign the extension, which is a p…
I would suggest zen browser [1] for those people.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/