> With such a limited [...], I am skeptical "user agent" will still be a proper category to classify Chromium.
epic burn
Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
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Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
#22Well, highly recommend Firefox. Works great after the updates last year and even use it on mobile. It bothers me that iOS doesn’t support addons to Firefox mobile. But on Android you can even install ublock origin
iOS might not support Firefox addons, but you can use a system wide ad block app with Firefox.
Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
#23... and yet another downside to Microsoft moving to Chromium.
Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
#24Well, it was nice mooching off the work they put into Chrome while it lasted.
Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
#25Google has shown some Chutzpah to sell their own ad blocker when they are the #1 advertising vendor.
If feel they have enough impunity to get away with that, then it is no surprise that they will try to put other ad blockers out of business too.
Other ad networks might be big enough to bring an antitrust lawsuit against Google (although they probably won't last long enough) but Ad Blocking is such a niche market that they couldn't possibly sue.
Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
#26So we have a browser with nearly 70% market share, made by an advertising company that's arguably the most powerful business on the internet, interfering with ad blocking. And of course there is no regulatory body that is able or willing to step in.
Great.
Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
#27No this is about killing content blocking, while not saying so explicitly...
> the 30,000 limit is not sufficient to enforce the famous EasyList alone).
Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
#28Right now, I still use Chrome. This change would end that use for all but a couple small niche cases. Installing Firefox on mobile today. Time to prep.
The nice thing about the mobile version is that you can add uBlock there too. I switched to Firefox a couple years ago and haven't looked back. Also have been DuckDuckGo for about a year and last year I switched my email over to Fastmail. Funny because I used to be the biggest Google Fanboy a few years back.
Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
#29Another reason to be glad that Firefox is still standing.
Yep, made the switch to Firefox with DuckDuckGo little less than a year ago. It was surprisingly fast to get used to and I haven't been more at ease since. I highly recommend trying this out for at least 1 week for everyone out here!
With the news that Edge would switch to chromium, Firefox is really the only thing preventing a complete web browser monoculture. Support Firefox if you can!
Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
#30I can't wait for the day Firefox stops killing my MacBook.