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Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin

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Re: Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin

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Post by culi »

vovavili wrote: post #5

Thank God for the Brave browser. For those disliking their built-in adblocker, there is a Manifest v2 opt-out specifically for uBlock if you need it.

It's on a time limit. Chromium deprecated MV2 but still keeps the webRequest API in the codebase. Google could at any time decide to strip it entirely. Or it could just stop working due to lack of maintenance as Chromium grows.

Brave is relying on a fork that takes advantage of the fact that the webRequest API is still technically there

Re: Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin

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Post by paradox460 »

DavidPiper wrote: post #108

Remember when Firefox was the first browser to have "tabbed browsing"? Obviously UBO isn't a first party feature - but if only Firefox could generate as much traction about ad blocking as they did with tabs.

No, because Opera and SimulBrowse had it years before Firefox even existed

Re: Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin

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Post by culi »

iLoveOncall wrote: post #270
vovavili wrote: post #5

Thank God for the Brave browser. For those disliking their built-in adblocker, there is a Manifest v2 opt-out specifically for uBlock if you need it.

Brave is malware, I don't understand how anyone on HN can use it, baffles me every time. They've literally been caught MITMing web pages for their own financial gains.

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Re: Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin

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Post by culi »

matheusmoreira wrote: post #39
vovavili wrote: post #5

Thank God for the Brave browser. For those disliking their built-in adblocker, there is a Manifest v2 opt-out specifically for uBlock if you need it.

It's certainly better than stock Chrome but Firefox becoming relevant again is still the ideal option.

I think it's necessary for the future of the web. Ever since Opera gave up on Presto and Edge gave up on Trident, we've seen a massive and sudden consolidation towards Chromium. It's sad how quickly we forgot the lessons we learned from the days of IE's dominance

Re: Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin

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Post by grishka »

eahm wrote: post #76

Wtf, simply not true: Brave: chrome://flags/#brave-extensions-manifest-v2 > brave://settings/extensions/v2 > Enable uBlock Origin (Brave-hosted, even better). Helium comes with uBlock Origin pre-installed. Edge even still has it https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/ublock-ori... And I'm sure others ...I personally only use/test Brave, Brave Origin, Helium and Firefox.

I use Vivaldi and I recently installed an update that disabled my v2 extensions. Had to downgrade and disable update checking.

Re: Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin

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Post by Paradigm2020 »

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #266
socalgal2 wrote: post #161

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what permissions do you suggest?

I'd like a way to easily specify exactly what sites an extension can run on. There are extensions that I'd like to run on a subset - often just one or two sites - without giving them access do anything else. For that matter, a way to only activate an extension as a one-off when I click it and on no other tabs.

I'm using an extension that does exactly that¹, actually every update of the extension is mostly about then supporting more websites and asking permission to access those.

So maybe more developers could do a all sites and manually select sites option?

¹BPC extension

Re: Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin

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Post by culi »

system7rocks wrote: post #115

And we must protect it at all costs. I love Firefox. We need more browsers like Firefox - more open source, more open to standards that improve the web, that can improve our browsing experience.

I agree. The death of Edge's Trident and Opera's Presto has been really scary for the web. I know it's really far off but I truly hope Ladybird, Servo, and Flow succeed in building mature and competitive web engines
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