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uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store

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

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Post by iteratethis »

bdcravens wrote: post #32
freedomben wrote: post #16

I hope Mozilla realizes (and still cares) that they have a huge opportunity here to be the power-browser where you can get awesome extensions, unlike the locked-down and hobbled Chromium ecosystem. I suspect they do realize this because they've been really leaning into extensions recently, but over the years I've worried that Mozilla's committment to Firefox isn't as serious as I would like. Regardless, I'd love to s…

Part of what the DOJ is seeking against Google would severely impact Mozilla financially however, as they want to ban them from paying to be the default search engine.

This to me is the ultimate sign that Mozilla has zero values or principles.

They've long advocated that Big Tech is a problem, but as soon as somebody tries to actually address it and this coincidentally impacting Mozilla, they abandon any and all principles.

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

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Post by Vinnl »

dgacmu wrote: post #39

I've been running firefox on my laptop for the last year, with Chrome on my desktop, as a way to head-to-head them. For folks contemplating the switch, it hasn't been bad at all. Some better, some worse, but overall I rarely notice major differences except for a very small handful of sites that won't work with FF. And I still have all of my uBlock origin happiness. :)

Be sure to use "Report broken site" in the main menu on that handful of sites. Often there are things folks can do to fix it for you, if many people are running into it - but only if it's known.

More info: https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1de7bu1/were_the_f...

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

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Post by TZubiri »

klabb3 wrote: post #106
TZubiri wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Nobody could have possibly seen it coming that Google would abuse its market position to their own benefit..." That's some fatalistic wording. How about: Company that publishes a free product and business model relies on ads, stops distributing app that piggybacks on their free product while circumventing ads.

Also true. But it’s a charitable way of putting a fundamentally broken contract on the open web since it was invented: you are in control of your browser. If you want reading mode, large text, anti-fingerprinting, disable autoplaying video, heck even banning popups, the browser is your tool and does what you tell it to. If Google or any other company comes between you and your browser then one part of the open web is…

Sure. You are free to modify your browser.

But chrome is free to choose not to distribute that plugin. If you want you can download it elsewhere.

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

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Post by IshKebab »

pmdr wrote: post #467
IshKebab wrote: post #394

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not about you being able to do whatever you want on your machine. It's extension authors being able to. Malicious Chrome extensions are a huge problem.

Don't they have a vetting process for extensions? Even if they don't, you, the (power)user should be able to manually turn on whatever you want, should you so desire. What's stunning is that we're moving away from this, for our "security." And by then "use Firefox/something else" won't be helpful when entire websites will refuse to work on anything else but Chrome.

> Don't they have a vetting process for extensions?

No.

> Even if they don't, you, the (power)user should be able to manually turn on whatever you want, should you so desire.

It's not as simple as that. As long as it is possible for extensions to have no-holds-barred access to your browser then they'll make that a condition of use, and unsophisticated users (approximately everyone) will just say "eh ok".

Browser extensions are a particularly dangerous case because they auto-update by default. It is very common for popular extensions to get sold to bad actors who then update them to inject ads into everything you view, or worse.

If you make it impossible for extensions to do that, then they can no longer make it a condition of installation.

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

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Post by anjel »

knowitnone wrote: post #395
zdragnar wrote: post #257

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The trump admin got this ball rolling way back in 2017.

just pay $10 million to have a sit with him and all your troubles disappear

Be sure to wear your 100k Trump-Watch for the sitdown outside of the Pork Store.

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

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Post by TZubiri »

ndriscoll wrote: post #236
TZubiri wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Nobody could have possibly seen it coming that Google would abuse its market position to their own benefit..." That's some fatalistic wording. How about: Company that publishes a free product and business model relies on ads, stops distributing app that piggybacks on their free product while circumventing ads.

Right, and that's why ad and spying funded products should be illegal. They don't just distort but destroy markets. It's an extremely unfair business practice. That people claim it's impossible for a browser to survive without Google's funding demonstrates how broken the market is by ad money: of course people would pay for something like a web browser if it were illegal to make money by selling your users. The web i…

>Right, and that's why ad and spying funded products should be illegal. They don't just distort but destroy markets. It's an extremely unfair business practice.

Call your senator and propose a bill, otherwise we'll keep doing what's legal.

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

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Post by crazygringo »

MattSayar wrote: post #502
crazygringo wrote: post #115

Fortunately, at least so far, uBlock Origin Lite works perfectly fine on Chrome. I know people have made a lot of arguments as to why it might not be as good in theory, or why things might change in the future. But so far, ever since I was forced to switch, I have seen exactly zero difference. Lists are updated often enough that I haven't seen anything get through. Adblocking works on YouTube. If anything, pages seem…

My YouTube ad-blocking experience with uOL looks like a black/muted screen for 30s until the real video starts playing. No "Skip" button appears. I disabled the extension for YouTube so I can at least skip the video after 5s. Is it better for everyone else?

Are you using the "complete" filtering mode?

For certain sites, you need to click the extension and change it from "basic" to "complete". This seems to be a performance thing, so it's not doing slower more complete adblocking on sites that don't need it. I've only had to do it on a couple of sites.

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