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uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store

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Post by basisword »

igilism wrote: post #460
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…

What blocker do you use? I don’t have these problems with AdGuard in Safari

I’ve used Wipr for a long time. And Wipr 2. Will checkout AdGuard.

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

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Post by phatfish »

JasserInicide wrote: post #389
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…

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 Don't worry, they won't. They have more important endeavors like funding some new bullshit virtue signalling campaign and paying huge CEO bonuses.

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

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Post by gerash »

kolanos wrote: post #378
judge2020 wrote: post #237

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And ublock origin lite works just fine for me

Not working as well on YouTube. The ad is blocked, but you still need to skip it. You didn't need to do this with UBO.

Is all this “privacy” and “monopoly” outrage about a loud group of people wanting to watch YouTube videos without watching ads or paying a dime?

Do they also get outraged when Costco “abuses its monopoly” as soon as they stop providing free samples or cheap hotdogs?

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Post by mrkramer »

antisthenes wrote: post #613
mrkramer wrote: post #341

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Lite version works for me the same as the original. Blocks majority of ads.

Slippery slope corporate apologism. It's like a corporation shrinking the package size of your food by 10%, keeping the price the same and then claiming you still get the "majority" of the food.

Antisthenes I appreciate your "cynical" response but what I meant is I didn't yet notice any degradation of service compared to the original uBlock Origin.

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

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Post by jrflowers »

Spivak wrote: post #627
jrflowers wrote: post #406

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> He's opposed to […] government lockdowns during COVID > That is exactly who you want running your browser and search company Yes. “Does the CEO have strong opinions on public health? Are those opinions based more on public health fundamentals or is it vibes?” is the first line of inquiry I pursue when I am looking to download a program on the computer

I think it's a good sign when someone making a browser is so uncompromising on the principle of individual autonomy and lack of central control that they're still up there dying on that hill even when they're wrong. It gives me confidence that there will never be a situation where some issue is of such grave importance that they feel like they must leverage their position and compromise on it, for the safety of child…

I like that forums user hnpolicestate saw Brave mentioned and found opportunity to start talking about vaccine passports and within three posts we have gotten to how libertarians should be in charge of health care.

This is the vital, vibrant discourse necessary when selecting a web browser

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Post by bigtimesink »

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…

If this doesn't give FF a noticeable bounce, FF really is a lost cause.

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

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Post by firebot »

works fine here, though it says it "may soon no longer be supported"

Edge store doesn't even mention that, in fact it's featured.

I switched to edge canary on my phone because the dev options allow you to install extensions by id/crx, which I've used to get ublock origin, though it crashes sometimes, and doesn't work when you reload the whole browser, until you refresh the page or manually reactivate the extension....

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

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Post by RamRodification »

jhickok wrote: post #363
AstralSerenity wrote: post #198

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

Do you have thoughts about Kagi/Orion browser? I've been using it for a bit now and I've been pleased with the ad blocking capabilities and the ability to have ublock origin on my iPhone and iPad. The browser definitely has scales but it's usable for me at this point.

macOS only

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Post by iforgotpassword »

aucisson_masque wrote: post #642
iforgotpassword wrote: post #556

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Well, today mostly yes. But at the same time, I've been an Opera user (if not fanboy) for a good decade, until they ditched their own engine and basically started from scratch with chrome as a base. It lost 99% of its features overnight. I really struggled to switch to anything else. Firefox was definitely the most customizable, but finding extensions to replicate every feature of Opera, and properly at that, was a n…

i keep seeing some people pretend Vivaldi is the new opera, made from the same developer. did you give a try, is it even remotely comparable ?

I don't remember when I tried it for the first time, but I did like it much better than the new opera. At least they were adding new features much faster. It was still different enough and lacking (to me) important features from the old opera. I still have it installed today as the fallback for the exceedingly rare case that some site doesn't work in Firefox and I really need to access it. But I have to admit that I didn't really bother to evaluate it properly in a long time. An ex colleague doing webdev just recently told me it's his primary browser as it has some nice things to make his life easier that were just more cumbersome to set up in chrome. I just gave up and accepted that at least by using Firefox I'm fighting the engine-monopoly of chrome/blink. ;)

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Post by sedatk »

alluro2 wrote: post #376
fiatjaf wrote: post #136

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The hardest thing to replace was always search to me, because the usually alternatives (DuckDuckGo, Ecosia etc) always suck. But Kagi made that part so easy it's unbelievable.

I'm genuinely curious about why you find DDG sucking compared to Google Search? I've switched ~2 years ago, when I found DDG better in terms of less clutter and not showing ads as results - also, if there are no good results, it didn't push nonsense. But maybe GS improved in the meantime on the quality of results and I'm missing out?

For starters, they use a terrible custom font as default[1], and that tells me that they don't have their priorities straight in terms of product quality.

[1] https://bsky.app/profile/ssg.dev/post/3lhftw36rac2x

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