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Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

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Re: Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

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Post by rovr138 »

citizenpaul wrote: post #77
ews wrote: post #14

Moved to firefox and I am glad I did, I want to use a browser that respects my privacy choices

Errrr.... https://winaero.com/mozilla-has-removed-the-do-not-sell-user...

Did you look at the FAQ page they created afterwards?

'do not sell user data' is too broad legally. It's a challenge in some jurisdictions. So they removed that. But it's not because they sell the data. They do have partnerships (like they did Pocket for example). In this case, they have anonymous stats that they share with others and that, in some jurisdictions, could fall under 'selling user data'

Re: Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

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Post by rovr138 »

ziofill wrote: post #17
compootr wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Zen browser is pretty minimal in terms of bloat carried from FF https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41303974

How come Zen looks a lot like Arc? https://arc.net/

Inspired by arc, but still supported.

Re: Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

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Post by RandyOrion »

Not to defend chrome or chromium, there is a way for chrome users to use manifest v2 in version 138 and above. See the link below.

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/discussions/29...

For me, I choose not to manually update my ungoogled chromium to version 138 and above.

Re: Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

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Post by xaerise »

hardwaresofton wrote: post #29
ews wrote: post #14

Moved to firefox and I am glad I did, I want to use a browser that respects my privacy choices

This is the right answer, and more people (especially technical people like frequent HN) should be pointing this out. "What ads? Oh you must be running Chrome" needs to be the common refrain. Really hope this ends up being a surprising tide shift. Firefox has dipped really hard in marketshare, but there's no reason it can't start to gain again/grow steadily. It's really too bad the Firefox tent wasn't big enough for…

Sadly more than just ads. my ublock/pihole rules is mostly tracking ( +80% ) and very little ad rules.

Re: Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

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Post by 5555624 »

roshin wrote: post #64

I tried to move to brave, but I'm really disappointed in it. It frequently crashes, and it's slow to create new tabs/windows. The only reason I stick to it is due to the browser having ad block built in

What OS? I use it under Windows 10 and it's never crashed or been slow. I';ve never had more than six tabs open, though.

Re: Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

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Post by Sammi »

mkozlows wrote: post #43
chis wrote: post #32

Has anyone made the switch to firefox? I’d be sad to lose my nice google profile integration to chrome and the password manager. And whenever I try Firefox it feels a little bit jankier and slower, but that might just be in my head

You will lose the password manager, but switch to 1Password -- it's way better anyway. Also, if you use Android, Firefox Mobile, with ad-blocking there, is the real killer advantage of Firefox.

No, switch to something open source like bitwarden or you'll just end up locked into a bad situation again.

Re: Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

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Post by Sammi »

chis wrote: post #32

Has anyone made the switch to firefox? I’d be sad to lose my nice google profile integration to chrome and the password manager. And whenever I try Firefox it feels a little bit jankier and slower, but that might just be in my head

Switching from chrome password manager to bitwarden is as easy as clicking export and then import.

Re: Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

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Post by spwa4 »

No worries! We'd only ever be discussing this if governments hadn't provided a way to access their services, most of which are only available on the internet.

Can you imagine just how stupid it would be for governments not to provide another software for accessing it? If they didn't provide something, internet giants would be able to dictate their only means to communicate with citizens. Influence elections. Even lock out governments from their own countries. How moronic would a government need to be to risk that happening? Plus it would be unrealistically cruel as well, because it would of course deny access to the poor.

So no worries. Governments care about people. That's what they keep saying. So they have surely prevented something like this from happening, or provide an alternative.

Right?

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