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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 hombre_fatal »

gruez wrote: post #295
Fluorescence wrote: post #278

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People scratch their heads about how "just a default setting" can be worth an annual $20 billion payment from Google. It makes more sense if it's actually for a raft of wildly illegal under-the-table measures this. Imagine what it would cost Google's bottom line if Apple was truly user-focused and enabled ad-blocking on desktop, mobile and embedded safari views by default. Someone do the napkin math please!

This conspiracy theory doesn't make sense because safari's content blockers (ie. the nerfed version of adblock) block most ads just fine, especially from google ads. The only ads that get through are first party ads (eg. youtube), but as of a few years ago adblockers could block those as well, so it's a moot point.

You're downvoted so much that I can't even read your text without copy and pasting it.

But you're right. When I'm using Safari with 1Blocker, I don't even notice that I'm not using Chrome with uBlock Origin. And it accomplishes that with static rules instead of with an API that reads every request.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

intermerda wrote: post #645
odieldomanie wrote: post #319

On Firefox, I use a uBlock Origin script to block Twitch ads. (Normal filters don't work on Twitch.) Is it possible to block Twitch ads with uBO-Lite as well?

Do you mind sharing which uBlock Origin script you use for blocking ads on Twitch? I tried one a while ago but didn't get it to work.

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

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Post by fumufumu »

EA-3167 wrote: post #241
gruez wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Nobody could have possibly seen it coming that Google would abuse its market position to their own benefit... Doesn't Safari have the same restriction, also ostensibly for "security/privacy" reasons? The only difference is that Apple doesn't have a web advertising presence, so you can't make the accusation that they're "abuse its market position to their own benefit".

That's a BIG difference though, and makes the claim about security more believable, especially since it isn't a sole restriction. There are also a number of ad blockers available for Safari, although personally I'll stick with Firefox either way. Google is an ad company restriction use of the primary ad-blocker on its browser, it's blatant.

What ads are not blocked by other ad blockers though? I'm upset too that ublock origin is no longer usable. I tried ublock origin lite and it seems to be blocking most ads so it's still blocking google's ads and that's not banned. It seems kind of hard to argue that it's just about banning ads given plenty of ad blockers still block Google's ads.

I haven't tried others like Ad Blocker etc...

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

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Post by tourist2d »

zelphirkalt wrote: post #509
freedomben wrote: post #18

I blacklisted Chrome in dnf (the Fedora system update manager) once we hit near the last version to allow manifest v2, but apparently it wasn't enough. They reached in to my system and deactivated/deleted my manifest v2 extensions anyway regardless, even though my version still "supports" them. I'm quite displeased to say the least. Ultimately it's probably for the best though as now my "slow fade" plan has to be acc…

Spyware doing malware things. I guess it is unexpected in this case, but in hindsight just confirming its malware character.

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

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Post by maxglute »

OkayPhysicist wrote: post #184
maxglute wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm just hoping for AI coding to get competent enough in next few years to throw in deprecated chrome extensions code and get it converted to firefox.

The vast majority of Chrome extensions work on Firefox. Up until Manifest V2 being deprecated, the reverse was true, too.

Yes but Chrome has many niche extensions that prevents me from migrating, I've tried since the manifest v2 news.

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

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Post by fumufumu »

derkster wrote: post #532
gruez wrote: post #439

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not whataboutism. If the claim is that google's actions with manifest v3 is "abusing its market position to their own benefit", but Apple did the same thing when it didn't stand to benefit from it, then it severely undermines that claim. Sure, it doesn't rule out google was secretly intending on doing it, only internal memos or whatever can prove that definitively. But at the same time, to immediately conclude t…

You talk about Google as if it's a person. You should take a step back and think to yourself why the changes were made to Manifest V3 that broke backwards compatibility, weakening ability to ad-blocking. Rule set based modification is one of the first features I'd think of when developing a systems of extensibility in browser, and they removed it. The reasoning is obvious, and "plausible deniability" is not enough to…

Ad blockers still run in Chrome - just not ublock origin. Google's ads are still blocked by those blockers. If they really were motivated to stop ad blocking wouldn't they have blocked all ad blockers?

Note: I'm upset too that ublock origin stopped working. I switched to ublock origin lite and it's mostly working, though there are some ads sneaking through. I'm not sure if that just means

(1) it needs an update

(2) I should look for another blocker (IIUC ublock origin lite is not maintained much?)

(3) It's impossible in V3 to block these few things that are currently not blocked.

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

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Post by ethan_smith »

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…

Been using uBlock Origin for so long I forgot what the raw internet actually looks like. Spent 3 minutes without an ad blocker last week when setting up a new machine and nearly lost my mind. Google knows exactly what they're taking away from us - a usable web. They've just decided that our sanity is less valuable than their ad revenue.

https://programmerhumor.io/programming-memes/browsing-withou...

I feel really bad for less tech-savvy users who'll be stuck with this nightmare version of the internet.

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

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Post by e44858 »

haarolean wrote: post #466
eYrKEC2 wrote: post #128

Brave, fork of Chrome. https://brave.com/ Ignore the crypto; enjoy the integrated ad-blocking. Most seamless ad-blocking I've ever experienced.

Yeah, ignore the crypto and tons of other stuff about phoning home or doing malicious 'oopsies' things.

How were they phoning home?
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