Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

Post by galangalalgol » Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 11:52 PM UTC

nicoburns wrote: post #219

galangalalgol wrote: post #175

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Can you still get real Firefox on mac? I thought they forced chromium on there now too? The only time I got MacBook I put linux on it within a few months.

macOS isn't locked down like iOS. There are things like SIP which prevent some hacking/customising of the system, but: 1. These can all be disabled by advanced users (largely without consequence) 2. They dont prevent things like installing apps or even gaining root access in the first place. The very fact that you can install Linux is evidence of the different approach taken with macs (you can't easily install Linux…

Post by brookst » Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 11:56 PM UTC

pjmlp wrote: post #136

al_borland wrote: post #66

Even if bigs exists to work around what Google is doing, that isn’t the right way forward. If people don’t agree with Google move, the only correct course of action is to ditch Chrome (and all Chromium browsers). Hit them where it hurts and take away their monopoly over the future direction of the web.

A monopoly achieved thanks to everyone that forgot about IE lesson, and instead of learning Web standards, rather ships Chrome alongside their application.

Post by ekianjo » Sun, Jul 13, 2025, 12:00 AM UTC

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I switched to Firefox and it's been wonderful. I wonder why I didn't switch earlier. It's only been a couple of months, but I can't imagine going back to a browser without multi-account containers.

Multi-account containers are brilliant. I recommend the following extensions: * uBlock Origin * Privacy Badger * Multi-Account Containers * Flagfox * Cookie Autodelete

Post by encom » Sun, Jul 13, 2025, 12:01 AM UTC

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I'd be shocked if anyone actually believes them. This article starts with the obvious conflict of interest. Of course letting an extension know what websites you visit and what requests are made is an insecure lifestyle. But I still do it because I trust uBO more than I trust the ad companies and their data harvesters.

I believe them. The restrictions are reasonable and appropriate for nearly everyone. Extensions are untrusted code that should have as little access as possible. If restrictions can be bypassed, that's a security bug that should be fixed because it directly affects users. I also think uBlock Origin is so important and trusted it should not only be an exception to the whole thing but should also be given even more acc…

Post by mirekrusin » Sun, Jul 13, 2025, 12:09 AM UTC

tmnvix wrote: post #186

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The only time I've used anything but firefox for the last. Well probably since netscape honestly? I am so old. Is to get the in flight entertainment to work on american, but firefox has worked for that for a few years now. People say chrome is faster and in the early 2000s I might have agreed, but now I really don't understand why anyone not on a mac or iphone isn't using Firefox. It is great.

> I really don't understand why anyone not on a mac or iphone isn't using Firefox I'm on a mac and happily use Firefox. Have done for over a decade. It would take a lot to encourage me to move to a proprietary browser (Edge, Chrome, Safari). Maybe I'm out of touch, but the attachment to Chrome that some people seem to have (despite the outright privacy abuse) is baffling to me. I mean, ffs, are a couple of minor UI c…