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uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store

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Post by gruez »

klardotsh wrote: post #287
echelon wrote: post #267

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It's time for a Google breakup from the DOJ / FTC. They've gone well beyond what Microsoft did in the 2000s. Google owns so many panes of glass and funnels them all through its search and advertising funnel. They've distorted how the web (and mobile) work to accomplish this massive market distortion. Search, Ads, and Android should be broken up into separate units. Chrome shouldn't be placed with any of those units.…

Well, this country (the US) decided in November to go the exact opposite direction of having a government capable of, let alone willing to, pursuing litigation like this, so I hope we enjoy this digital feudalism only expanding, never receding, in the coming years.

>Well, this country (the US) decided in November to go the exact opposite direction of having a government capable of, let alone willing to, pursuing litigation like this

No? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43299886

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Post by klardotsh »

sneak wrote: post #216
marricks wrote: post #196

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Why be bitter at the people dealing with the shit, why not be angry at the people making the world shit? My company uses gmail so I'm forced to use it.

Everyone dealing with gmail is doing so because they chose to. Let’s not pretend this was done unto them. Anyone can stop using gmail at any time.

Except for anyone whose employer requires them to use Google services, since Google Apps (or whatever they call it these days) is a hugely popular offering for central company email/contacts/calendar/office suite. And frankly, it's better than dealing with Outlook and its unrelenting AI slop machine advertising.

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Post by kazinator »

whalesalad wrote: post #76
bearjaws wrote: post #4

Nobody could have possibly seen it coming that Google would abuse its market position to their own benefit... I migrated off Chrome as soon as this BS story about improving privacy, a joke coming from Google. Then the excuse was "well it improves performance", which they could easily do by marking extensions as low performance. If Google wanted to improve this they have an entire search engine where they could re-ran…

100% agree with you. Unfortunately Chrome is damn near a requirement if you are interacting with the Google Cloud console. Try to use BigQuery studio in any other browser and you are in for a world of hurt. Have we seen this movie before?

Yes; the movie where running genuine Microsoft Windows is damn near a requirement if you want to interact with Windows applications.

Using Firefox and whatever for the Google cloud is kinda like running Windos applications in Wine or ReactOS.

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Post by AstralSerenity »

drpossum wrote: post #253
AstralSerenity wrote: post #213

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My understanding is Mozilla contracted its footprint substantially to remain sustainable in a future without Google's monetary contribution.

Then they wouldn't be throwing money into open firepits on trash like a VPN service or how to comply with Google's advertising decisions. Then they would let people contribute money to the browser (instead of to Mozilla Foundation which goes to enabling aforementioned trash fires) and to the salary of a multi-million dollar CEO after laying off developer staff and hiring more C-suite assistants. Mozilla is a bad orga…

I imagine their VPN service is financially viable if they've still stuck with it this long.

Aside from that, they've just about cut all other initiatives aside from "Firefox and AI". The latter gives me pause, but hopefully they really are more focused moving forward.

I think Mozilla has done alright, but I agree the folks is in charge of their business direction and especially PR are abysmal. Personally, I wish a company like Proton was at the helm.

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Post by CharlesW »

internetter wrote: post #221
blockme69 wrote: post #114

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Well hopefully Google will pay the price for their greed soon enough. https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/03/doj-google-must-sell-...

They won't under the trump admin

It depends on whether Google bends the knee, as Amazon and Facebook have done.

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Post by dhrm1k »

caminante wrote: post #211
croes wrote: post #165

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But is less capable than uBlock origin.

Not really. 90% of users won't notice a difference. Here's the feature diff. [0] [0] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/wiki/Frequently-as...

i mean what's the breaking point? why is ublock no longer in the store whole the lite is?

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Post by vezycash »

Major DOJ Antitrust Cases

1. United States v. Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey (1911)

   - Duration: 7 years (1904–1911)  

   - Outcome: Standard Oil was ruled an illegal monopoly and broken up into 34 companies.
2. United States v. Microsoft Corp. (1998)

   - Duration: 4 years (1998–2002) 
 
   - Outcome: Initially ordered to split, but after appeals, Microsoft avoided a breakup and instead agreed to business restrictions.
3. United States v. AT&T (Bell System) (1982)

   - Duration: 8 years (1974–1982)  

   - Outcome: AT&T agreed to a settlement, leading to the 1984 breakup into seven "Baby Bells" to increase competition.

Re: uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store

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Post by whstl »

betaby wrote: post #138
whstl wrote: post #79

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If it’s anything like Safari’s declarative blocklists: Ad blocking on Youtube. Youtube-blocking Safari extensions “solve” Youtube blocking by using non-declarative APIs that need full access to Youtube. Apple seems ok with that so far, but the APIs are not as goods, so their success rate is limited. Whether Google will allow new extensions that block Youtube remains to be seen.

Could you please tell me what "Youtube-blocking Safari extensions" are you referring? Are they MacOS only or can be installed on IPad? Thanks!

Sure! AdBlock Pro blocks video ads for me, but it shows non-video ads that you gotta skip.

On iPad I just use Brave and haven't seen an ad yet.

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Post by MattTheRealOne »

system2 wrote: post #129

If I owned Mozilla I'd be blasting commercials full-force about this until all my marketing budget runs out.

Instead, they create a Terms of Use giving them rights to your data and remove the promise not to sell personal data. I love Firefox, but Mozilla either does not understand their users or just loves shooting themselves in the foot. Every time I think they have learned their lesson, they make another stupid decision.

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Post by creato »

chihuahua wrote: post #185
SpicyLemonZest wrote: post #151

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I don’t work for Google and genuinely think it’s better for users. It’s always bugged me that ad blockers request arbitrary read write permissions for all websites I visit, and it didn’t seem like that was ever going to change until Chrome forced the issue.

It's not ideal, but if that's what it takes to block ads as well as uBlock Origin does, then that's a price I'm willing to pay.

uBO Lite exists and I can't see any visible difference in how well it works. So, it's not a price you need to pay at all.
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