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Why does this extension even exist on AMO? The article says it's the "Lite/Manifest v3 version" - why would you ever install the inferior edition meant for legacy browsers, instead of the one that blocks ads properly that's meant for Firefox?
It can run with way less permission as opposed to UBO.
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Mozilla is not a single person in a basement with a 20 year old second hand computer. They spend hundreds of millions $ per year. uBlock origin has 8+ million installs. The second extension by install count has 4 (four) times less. If if anything to do with gorhill and their extensions is not priority one in their review system, then something is really wrong at Mozilla.
This was for uBlock lite, a much lesser used plugin
Sure, but it's published by the same developer and has existed for a while. It's not a brand new extension under his account, or published on a different developer account.
I've built review systems before, and you typically have safeguards in place to prevent mistakes that impact your biggest users. No matter how you cut it, this isn't a good look for Mozilla.
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This is about uBOL. I haven't seen much delays for the main extension. It is always more up to date on Firefox compared to Chrome/Edge.
OK? So you support Mozilla's actions or something? What is the purpose of your comment?
> perhaps they should at least make a carve out for one of the single most important extensions that exists.
uBOL is not an important extension on Firefox.
First came NetScape and all was good. Then came Internet Explorer, but apparently bundling a web browser with an operating system was bad, ok. Then came Google's Chrome trying to profit from a web browser with ads, and that was deemed 'bad' again. Then it was not sufficient for the browser manufacturers to push no ads, but the consumer demands that the browser block ads from websites. Now the browser developer and th…
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I think it’s reasonable to expect that one of Firefox’s most popular extension publishers gets a higher tier of review service. Gorhill (and other top extension devs) are providing real value to Firefox, and have demonstrated good behavior for years. This doesn’t mean they should get to publish whatever they want, but if a reviewer is about to reject a high profile plugin, they should get a second set of eyes on it.…
But this is not about a high profile plugin. The high profile plugin is "uBlock Origin", and this is about "uBlock Origin Lite", which is a big thing for Chrome, but not for Firefox. Why would anyone want to use uBOL, when they have the option to use uBO? Perhaps Mozilla does have a higher tier of review, but it's for specific plugins, not for specific authors.
And the specific extension in question being a popular ad/tracker blocker while Mozilla has been cozying up to the adtech industry lately and selling access to Firefox user data isn't a good look for Mozilla. Maybe Mozilla is just being grossly mismanaged but this is all getting noticeably suspicious.
If Raymond Hill endorsed a Firefox fork, I would switch to it immediately.
I manage a medium-sized browser extension at work. We also offer(ed) it on Firefox. But I have spent the past year struggling to get back into Mozilla store after a manual review. As far as I can tell, there are maybe two reviewers that are based in Europe (Romania?). The turn around time is long when I am in the US, and it has been rife with this same kind of "simple mistake" that takes 2 weeks to resolve. "You need…
Curious why Firefox doesn’t just start incorporating uBlock into the browser? Make it a standard feature that comes pre-installed… but maybe not automatically enabled? Thoughts?
Mozilla has been trying to become an ad company for a while now. A built-in ad blocker would mess that up for them.
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OK? So you support Mozilla's actions or something? What is the purpose of your comment?
The purpose of their comment is to correct your statement that: > perhaps they should at least make a carve out for one of the single most important extensions that exists. uBOL is not an important extension on Firefox.
Perhaps you should read some earlier comments then you wouldn't say such things?
Hints: Firefox mobile; range of privileges required.
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It can run with way less permission as opposed to UBO.
I don’t think people care about giving permissions to one of the most popular extensions ever. The advantages of giving that extension full access are quite clear and the dangers minimal.
I'm going to fail to go out on a limb and say that those people shouldn't use this version in order to avoid that, then. I suspect this extension been made available for others, like those you're replying to here.