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Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers

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Re: Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers

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Post by ramijames »

esskay wrote: post #20
ramijames wrote: post #8

Use Firefox. It's an excellent browser and needs your support.

Just a shame its a tiny bit slower than chromium based browsers still (the ui, not the web page rendering), and you dont have to take my word for it, a web search for something like 'firefox sluggish compared to chrome' will back this up too as I've tried switching multiple times but always end up back on a chromium variant because the firefox ui just doesn't feel like an upgrade. Personally I've just given up trying…

Not using adware seems like a big upgrade to me.

Re: Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers

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Post by aleksandrm »

esskay wrote: post #20
ramijames wrote: post #8

Use Firefox. It's an excellent browser and needs your support.

Just a shame its a tiny bit slower than chromium based browsers still (the ui, not the web page rendering), and you dont have to take my word for it, a web search for something like 'firefox sluggish compared to chrome' will back this up too as I've tried switching multiple times but always end up back on a chromium variant because the firefox ui just doesn't feel like an upgrade. Personally I've just given up trying…

Not in my experience. Never had issues with FF feeling sluggish at all.

Re: Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers

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Post by Legend2440 »

whitepoplar wrote: post #18

A lot of people have been very vocal about this. I use uBlock Origin Lite and haven't noticed a difference between it and uBlock Origin. Am I missing something?

Same. I'm still not seeing ads.

I've realized over time that people on the internet love finding things to be mad about, because raging against evil is fun. They'll make up an injustice if they can't find one today.

Re: Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers

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Post by dawnerd »

aleksandrm wrote: post #22
esskay wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just a shame its a tiny bit slower than chromium based browsers still (the ui, not the web page rendering), and you dont have to take my word for it, a web search for something like 'firefox sluggish compared to chrome' will back this up too as I've tried switching multiple times but always end up back on a chromium variant because the firefox ui just doesn't feel like an upgrade. Personally I've just given up trying…

Not in my experience. Never had issues with FF feeling sluggish at all.

Only place I feel it slow is on Google Meet and clickup.

Re: Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers

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Post by skeeter2020 »

whitepoplar wrote: post #18

A lot of people have been very vocal about this. I use uBlock Origin Lite and haven't noticed a difference between it and uBlock Origin. Am I missing something?

it's not nearly as complete: You only get filter list updates when the extension updates, there's no custom element picker, no per-site switches, no strict-site blocking, no dynamic filtering and you can't import block lists. It's better than nothing (which is pretty much unbearable IME) but not as good.

Re: Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers

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Post by OsrsNeedsf2P »

whitepoplar wrote: post #18

A lot of people have been very vocal about this. I use uBlock Origin Lite and haven't noticed a difference between it and uBlock Origin. Am I missing something?

Origin Lite _can_ be beat by advertisers rotating the URLs they serve ads from. That doesn't mean advertisers are actively bypassing Lite, but they could

Re: Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers

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Post by mirashii »

everdrive wrote: post #15
Cider9986 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pretty sure Brave shields isn't based on an extension API so it shouldn't be affected. Have people actually noticed worse performance from uBlock Origin lite? This article isn't nuanced enough. Ad blockers will continue to work.

I'm still confused about what makes uBlock Origin Lite less powerful than uBlock Origin. I don't use it or Chrome in any case, but I would prefer to understand the difference.

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

Re: Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers

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Post by flohofwoe »

whitepoplar wrote: post #18

A lot of people have been very vocal about this. I use uBlock Origin Lite and haven't noticed a difference between it and uBlock Origin. Am I missing something?

+1, Lite is mostly fine. The main difference seems to be that YouTube videos sometimes start a couple seconds late. Not quite annoying enough yet to switch browsers (tbh though, Firefox is totally fine these days, main downside for me is that the WebGPU implementation lags quite a bit behind Chrome and Safari).

Re: Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers

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Post by catlikesshrimp »

whitepoplar wrote: post #18

A lot of people have been very vocal about this. I use uBlock Origin Lite and haven't noticed a difference between it and uBlock Origin. Am I missing something?

This is HN. The topic has been discussed so many times already. Please read the developer's post about it.

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

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