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Re: Tell HN: I just updated my wife's Chrome, and uBlock is no longer supported

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post #63

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To be honest it needs a different name if it’s going to hit critical mass adoption with the average consumer.

What's wrong with ladybird?

Netscape, Edge, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, All have a pop appeal to them (the names)

"Ladybug" makes a reference to a bug. And not a thrilling one.

Re: Tell HN: I just updated my wife's Chrome, and uBlock is no longer supported

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post #39

Both Brave & Opera have built in adblockers that are not dependent on Manifest to run. I haven't played with Opera too much, but Brave lets you add custom lists and works quite well. Combine that with a DNS based adblocker such as HaGeZi [1] or OISD from free DNS providers like ControlD or NextDNS and you'll be golden. [1] https://github.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists?tab=readme-ov-file#...

Yeah plus Brave on iPhone auto blocks ads. No extensions or configuration needed. Not sure if Firefox does that.

Re: Tell HN: I just updated my wife's Chrome, and uBlock is no longer supported

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post #47

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What's so horrible about it? I don't like how they're pampering to the ad industry now but other than that I think they're pretty decent.

If I donate to your project I hope the money goes towards your project. If you spend it on beer or buy Jacuzzi I'm happy too. If you chose to spend it on other projects ill be excited to learn what they are. https://future.mozilla.org/projects/ Do you use any of that? Is there anything there I should be using? (honest question) It seems premature to donate to things I don't know. > Solo helps entrepreneurs expand the…

I mean Llamafile is great and is built on fantastic tech, but no I definitely want my Mozilla money to go to Firefox, not what Thing is currently in vogue by Mozilla execs.

Re: Tell HN: I just updated my wife's Chrome, and uBlock is no longer supported

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post #63

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What's wrong with ladybird?

Netscape, Edge, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, All have a pop appeal to them (the names) "Ladybug" makes a reference to a bug. And not a thrilling one.

It's bird though, not bug.

Re: Tell HN: I just updated my wife's Chrome, and uBlock is no longer supported

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post #36

That definitely shows why Google isn't abusing its monopoly powers, and why it shouldn't be broken up.

Everyone that is shipping Electron garbage, and has focused on Chrome as The Best Experience, is to blame.

Situation: People are getting fat from choosing to eat too much bacon

"Pitiful, though with a thankfully straightforward cure. We arrest all pig farmers, meat packers and delivery drivers while inspecting all refrigerated cargo at checkpoints. We shall demolish any restaurant serving pork, blame each person who has ever eaten a slice regardless of their health, and demonize every salty and fatty food."

"Yes, my stance is drastic. But once we remove the burden of choice from our citizens, they will be empowered to make new, more valuable decisions with their life. Bacon will never be a problem again."

New situation: People have quit bacon and started smoking cigarettes

Re: Tell HN: I just updated my wife's Chrome, and uBlock is no longer supported

#89
post #64

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I'm not convinced that it's much more than a Chrome skin with an integrated crypto scam.

You don't have to use the crypto features.

when the defense of a project is that you can turn off the bad features, you aren't really making a chase better than say chrome or anything else.

A product built on trust, shouldn't involve having to go turn off untrustworthy elements.

Re: Tell HN: I just updated my wife's Chrome, and uBlock is no longer supported

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post #32
post #26

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You can’t edit config files on Windows from the terminal? Not really an expert but PowerShell always seemed kind of more “powerful” and/or complex than bash

These are the instructions for Windows from OP's reddit post: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/discussions/29... So much more complicated.

>So much more complicated.

Are you one of those guys[1] who doesn't understand files and folders?

Seriously, the only thing you're exhibiting is your abject ignorance of Windows and possibly computers in general which are not something you should be proud of.

[1]: https://news.slashdot.org/story/21/09/27/2032200/students-do...

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