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

Post by soulofmischief » Sat, Aug 15, 2026, 4:36 PM UTC

scared_together wrote: post #348

windowliker wrote: post #154

I often forget how browsing the web looks for most people. Can't understand why they put up with it, or do they just think that it's part and parcel of the internet to have every page look like a slot machine from hell?

I currently don’t use ad blockers. The only time I used ad blockers was when a previous employer specifically asked me to, when using a company machine. > Can't understand why they put up with it To see which (rare) sites don’t put up a million ads and actually care about the reading experience. A lot of the top-listed sites on HN are small blogs without ads (or in the case of danluu.com or lwn.net - without almost a…

Post by thisislife2 » Sat, Aug 15, 2026, 4:40 PM UTC

elabajaba wrote: post #387

swed420 wrote: post #58

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> Firefox is also the only browser that vets uBlock's code on every update to make sure the developer hasn't inserted spyware or malware into the extension. They could save themselves the trouble if Firefox simply baked in its own ad-blocking, but since Google basically owns them, we all know that will never happen. Ladybird browser is going to be awesome.

Firefox started shipping adblock-rust in March (Brave's built in adblocker). It's not properly wired up in the UI yet but you can enable it and add filter lists in about:config.

Post by thisislife2 » Sat, Aug 15, 2026, 4:41 PM UTC

firefax wrote: post #176

swed420 wrote: post #58

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> Firefox is also the only browser that vets uBlock's code on every update to make sure the developer hasn't inserted spyware or malware into the extension. They could save themselves the trouble if Firefox simply baked in its own ad-blocking, but since Google basically owns them, we all know that will never happen. Ladybird browser is going to be awesome.

>since Google basically owns them Google has been trying to kill them since they moved the Chrome team into the same building as the now defunct SF office. (Apparently they offered people a lot of money? There are some words I could use to describe people who do things they think are unethical for cash I'll leave unsaid.)

Post by thisislife2 » Sat, Aug 15, 2026, 4:45 PM UTC

stubish wrote: post #159

swed420 wrote: post #58

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> Firefox is also the only browser that vets uBlock's code on every update to make sure the developer hasn't inserted spyware or malware into the extension. They could save themselves the trouble if Firefox simply baked in its own ad-blocking, but since Google basically owns them, we all know that will never happen. Ladybird browser is going to be awesome.

If Firefox baked in ad blocking, they would have to then deal with the financial incentive to make it worse. Sponsored ads, 'good' ads, government announcements, election propaganda... there is a slippery slope they are better off not getting on. A trusted 3rd party from the wider community seems a better option in many ways. The alternative is starting a web browser with a manifesto welded on that essentially states…

Post by AstralSerenity » Sat, Aug 15, 2026, 4:47 PM UTC

fragmede wrote: post #54

AstralSerenity wrote: post #29

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Peter Theil was an angel investor in Brave. That alone is all the reason privacy-minded users need to avoid it.

Because Peter Thiel gave them some money, there's some secret backdoor code that's sending all your information to Palantir?