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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 by nyarlathotep_ » Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 10:06 PM UTC

mindcrash wrote: post #103

If you want a Chromium based browser Brave has a uBlock-esque blocker built right into its core but it's disabled by default because "Brave Shields is enough protection" (it isn't, given the stats I see when enabled). Anyway, you can turn it on and it uses the same blocklists uBlock uses aswell.

Wait, really? There's something other than the default "shields" thing? Where is this and how do I enable it? Been using Brave for years with all the "aggressive" boxes checked and I've never seen such an option anywhere.

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

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Post by peutetre » Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 10:16 PM UTC

infotainment wrote: post #93

wkat4242 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

They also fired a whole bunch of software engineers (including everyone working on Servo), and then massively boosted their executives' salaries, so that was certainly something.

As a criticism that applies equally to Google.

Google lays off engineers: https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/11/24034124/google-layoffs-e...

Google boosts their executive's compensation: https://www.businessinsider.com/alphabet-google-executive-pa...

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

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Post by freehorse » Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 10:23 PM UTC

ac29 wrote: post #124

rascul wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's bird though, not bug.

Ladybird is the UK term for what Americans call Ladybugs

Then it is going to be adopted everywhere fine except the UK.

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

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Post by wruza » Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 10:23 PM UTC

efilife wrote: post #136

wruza wrote: post #61

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People who remove v2, own ad networks, develop chrome and write standards are the same people. It’s new age mafia, cancer of the internet and they do everything for you to not be able to just spin off a fork.

So what would they do?

Already done: used lying tactics to make their browser and ad networks dominate, bloated the standard to make browser development unsustainable.

Right now: rooting out the entire possibility of running full adblock-capable extensions from the sources, so that even chrome-based browsers could not support it back.

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

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Post by olliej » Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 10:27 PM UTC

I just use Safari and 1Blocker and everything works fine for me :D

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

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Post by winrid » Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 10:29 PM UTC

ornornor wrote: post #19

peutetre wrote: post #4

Friends don't let friends use Chrome. Use Firefox. uBlock Origin works best with Firefox: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...

Unfortunately Firefox is slower than chromium and the devtools are worse. I used Firefox for years because I hate google. I eventually gave up, that’s how bad ff is.

FF actually uses hardware acceleration on my machine and chrome won't for some reason, so FF is actually faster for some!

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

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Post by quenix » Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 10:29 PM UTC

arresin wrote: post #16

Krustopolis wrote: post #6

Happened to me a couple of days ago. I installed Ublock Lite and it seems “good enough”.

It doesn’t do content blocking unfortunately.

What do you mean?

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

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Post by debugnik » Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 10:29 PM UTC

6510 wrote: post #47

wkat4242 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

> If I donate to your project I hope the money goes towards your project.

Firefox is not a project of the Mozilla Foundation, but the Mozilla Corporation, so you just can't donate to Firefox at all; in fact, the money flows the opposite direction between them. I know it's frustrating but this argument is misleading yet keeps showing up in every thread.

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

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Post by gaws » Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 10:34 PM UTC

Replace Chrome with Firefox. Reinstall uBlock Origin. Problem solved.

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

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Post by gaws » Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 10:36 PM UTC

SnowingXIV wrote: post #95

There has to be google engineers here. Does this just fall on deaf ears? I realize it’s a massive corp but imagine high ranking staff have a say and input. Maybe they don’t and Sundar isn’t worried about that. Or they do a simple cost analysis and short-term they see the benefit and are willing to to risk long term erosion that maybe be minimal. Weird returning to Firefox, but I did and there is nothing in chrome I m…

> There has to be google engineers here. Does this just fall on deaf ears?

Yes. Extension that blocks Google from making money from ads? It's a no-brainer to upgrade the browser infrastructure to make it obsolete.