Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by queenkjuul » Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 4:41 PM UTC

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

It's a little bit slower, but I've been using Firefox on all my personal machines for ten years and finally switched my work web dev machine when Firefox introduced tab groups recently.

It's fine. My issues with it are few and far between. It's a little worse on android but small price to pay for ublock and dark reader imo

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

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Post by queenkjuul » Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 4:42 PM UTC

thatsnotmepls wrote: post #62

Strange, still enabled and working for me. Chrome 138.0.7204.101 uBlock Origin 1.65.0

It dies in 139

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

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Post by queenkjuul » Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 4:43 PM UTC

TiredOfLife wrote: post #71

mparramon wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s the principle. When they’ve shown they’ll jank one extension because it doesn’t align with their business model, they’ve shown they’ll jank any extension in the future as they see fit. I’m voting with my feet.

They didn't yank an extension.

They yanked many, technically

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

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Post by comprev » Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 5:23 PM UTC

OptionOfT wrote: post #115

ews wrote: post #14

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

I wish Firefox would at least implement a basic adblocker on iOS. Without it, browsing is unbearable. I wonder if they're not allowed to do so because of their contract with Google?

NextDNS [0] has proven very useful for me on iOS. Firefox is 99% ad-free. Only for YouTube do I switch to Brave Browser.

I use Firefox on other devices and use the sync functionality so prefer to use it where possible.

My home router (Draytek) is also configured to force any connected devices to use NextDNS too.

Definitely worth the €20 annual subscription.

[0] https://nextdns.io

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

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Post by kyleee » Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 5:28 PM UTC

5555624 wrote: post #86

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.

Yeah this report is a bit hard to believe, I have hundreds of tabs open in brave constantly and they have a native tab suspend/hibernate that works great for tabs you haven’t accessed in a while. And my favorite small feature ‘force paste’ for all those inputs with janky paste blocking “security” features

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

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Post by cassianoleal » Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 6:21 PM UTC

OptionOfT wrote: post #115

ews wrote: post #14

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

I wish Firefox would at least implement a basic adblocker on iOS. Without it, browsing is unbearable. I wonder if they're not allowed to do so because of their contract with Google?

Firefox Focus can be used as an ad-blocker.

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

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Post by DavideNL » Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 6:23 PM UTC

b0ner_t0ner wrote: post #54

ews wrote: post #14

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

Highly recommend Zen Browser: https://github.com/zen-browser

…yet another Chromium browser though - supporting the Google browser monopoly.

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

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Post by DavideNL » Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 6:24 PM UTC

OptionOfT wrote: post #115

ews wrote: post #14

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

I wish Firefox would at least implement a basic adblocker on iOS. Without it, browsing is unbearable. I wonder if they're not allowed to do so because of their contract with Google?

I agree; i use Firefox on all my Desktop devices. But on iOS it’s the worst. I never use it, except to quickly check for a (synced) bookmark.

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

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Post by DavideNL » Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 6:30 PM UTC

Madmallard wrote: post #35

ews wrote: post #14

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

Apparently no one remembers when Firefox changed their terms of service literally this year to become adversarial toward their own users. Librewolf is the way to go now.

The binaries aren't signed… :’(

Also, it seems quite vague to me exactly who/what company/entity is behind it.

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

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Post by wltr » Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 7:04 PM UTC

DavideNL wrote: post #128

OptionOfT wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wish Firefox would at least implement a basic adblocker on iOS. Without it, browsing is unbearable. I wonder if they're not allowed to do so because of their contract with Google?

I agree; i use Firefox on all my Desktop devices. But on iOS it’s the worst. I never use it, except to quickly check for a (synced) bookmark.

Ditto!