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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 nilslindemann »

kennysoona wrote: post #538
porker wrote: post #292

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751 tabs open right now and growing. Firefox copes fine. Me? Not so much (:

751 tabs open is just ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous. Use some kind of tab session manager addon, and start organizing things - no need to have them all open concurrently.

I use the Tab Groups Addon on Chrome.

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

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Post by lelandbatey »

masfuerte wrote: post #300
NoMoreNicksLeft wrote: post #137

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There is a "tab count" extension. Install it only if you want to learn some awful truths about yourself.

You don't need an extension. Right-click on a tab and "Select All Tabs". Right-click again and it has the option "Close 1,122 Tabs". Your number may be smaller.

That only works if you've got a single window open. For myself, I keep ~10+ windows open, with then ~8 tabs per window. Note this is only practical on a tiling window manager. Anyway, the tab count extension may still be the way to go.

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

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Post by neuralRiot »

nine_k wrote: post #569
basisword wrote: post #392

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Safari content blockers are awful compared to UBlock and I’m a Safari user. Not only does YouTube either get through or cause weird issues, YouTube now blocks you until you completely disable the extension. Content blockers often block cookie banners too which can often result in broken functionality - a nightmare when you’re trying to buy tickets to something and have to “reload without blockers” for the website to…

If I go to buy something, I switch off ad blocking on that page, at the very least, on the checkout page. Ads can even be actually relevant there. If the page is too ad-ridden to tolerate, I may consider to just close that page, and go search for other options. I use Firefox + uBlock Origin, because going to the wide commercial internet without some form of ad blocking is like going out without an umbrella when it's…

If I go buy something and it requires me to disable my adblocker or my VPN I just look for another place to buy.

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

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Post by ilrwbwrkhv »

grimblee wrote: post #559

Just stop using chrome, fight the monopoly, don't be a sheep. It's inconvenient ? Convenience is a trap, stop giving away your freedom and agency for convenience.

This. The fact that so called "hackers" would be using Chrome is the reason why the world is shit and tech is stagnant. They keep using Chrome and writing Javascript.

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

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Post by lelandbatey »

noname120 wrote: post #255
croes wrote: post #165

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But is less capable than uBlock origin.

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/wiki/Frequently-as...

Wow, the big one to my eyes is the 'removeparam=' which allowed uBlock to strip out parameters (e.g. tracking parameters) from the request, allowing you to visit e.g. affiliate links without being tracked as coming from a specific affiliate (if the affiliate info was in the query params at least). Stuff like that is really amazing, I'm glad that here on FireFox we've still got the full uBlock Origin.

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

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Post by kccqzy »

bhrlady wrote: post #568

There are only two business models on the web: either you pay for your browser, or someone else does. This is why Orion is entirely user-funded, and can continue serving users by prioritizing privacy, control, and features like powerful, built-in ad-blocking. Not third party deals, ads, or any other incentive to corrupt the user experience and overall quality. (Disclosure, I work for Kagi, creator of the Orion browse…

There are only two business models on the web: either you pay for your content, or someone else does. And that someone is usually advertisers. Blocking ads while consuming content upsets that business model. That's why Brave Browser's BAT is a fundamentally good idea marred by terrible execution. On the other hand I do not believe built-in ad-blocking in the browser can ever become mainstream for that same reason.

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

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Post by Yeul »

carlosjobim wrote: post #451
AstralSerenity wrote: post #198

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Firefox and its derivatives remain the only true alternative at this point.

It's easy to block ads on an entire system DNS level, instead of using browser plugins.

How does that work on a smartphone?

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

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Post by lelandbatey »

theteapot wrote: post #72
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. :)

What sites don't work with FF?

Bizzarely, Microsoft Word on web seems to be the only thing I've encountered which has FireFox problems, specifically it'll periodically "save" the document I'm typing and then delete the last sentence or two that I changed while it was saving. I think it's some kind of broken state management on the MS side (leave it to MS). That's the only site I've used though, and I've been a daily driver of FF for 10 years.
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