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A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store

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Re: A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store

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Post by scarface74 »

cookie_monsta wrote: post #198
scarface74 wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That IE didn’t set the standards anymore by 2010. By then, you had to be compatible with iPhones and by the end of the year iPads. And it wasn’t big daddy government that killed IE’s stranglehold....

There was a brief time when IE and FF were about even. Around the time when a lot of developers just gave up and stopped supporting IE6 and IE's reputation never really recovered (and rightfully so). Shortly after, Chrome hit the lead and never looked back. Flash was already falling out of favour as html5 emerged, making it irrelevant. iPads and iPhones were influential in the birth of the mobile-first philosophy but…

Flash was all the rage until people started browsing more on mobile. Not only was Flash “not out of favor” when the iPhone was introduced, it was a big talking point that Flash didn’t run on iPhones and later iPads. It was a marketing point that Android could run Flash (badly) until everyone just gave up.

Re: A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store

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Post by dTal »

torben-friis wrote: post #18

I wonder if it's been on purpose or just, as always, their automatic algorithms being imposible to contest when they're wrong. Honestly, Google's (and general tech giants') willingness to let people's lives be caught in the cracks of their algorithms in their pursue for scalability scares me more than any ideology they could push. More and more, we're seeing developers and content creators being banned or demonetised…

Once again sci-fi proves astonishingly prescient - this kind of world was predicted as early as 1965, in Gordon Dickson's darkly humorous short story "Computers Don't Argue" (which you can find on Google if you're interested).

Re: A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store

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Post by floatingatoll »

fishtacos wrote: post #14
radicalbyte wrote: post #6

It's time to switch to Firefox as my main web browser. It's faster and generally more efficient than Chrome plus it has the most important extensions. The most surprising thing is that the Android version of Firefox is excellent. So good that I switched from Chrome a few months ago when this expected news first dropped. No ads on mobile is awesome.

Odd - my experience is the opposite. FF is noticeably slower than Chrome, and my Chrome installation is loaded with extensions, unlike Firefox. Phoronix's tests seem to back my experience as well. From 4 days ago: "As for the Firefox vs. Chrome performance, Google's web browser continues generally delivering better performance." https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=firefox6...

Have you tried a fresh profile as a test? It’s possible you have about:config settings or other random hacker detritus that may be leading to slowness.

Re: A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store

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Post by prashnts »

I have had similar rejections because my extension was asking for “broad host permissions”, however, the “https://*. api domain>” was the only url we needed permission for, simply because that’s required for extension.

The “single purpose” extension part makes no sense to be honest. If the extension wants to provide a complete offline experience, you can’t do that. You need to split it into n different extensions and glue them together somehow.

And I won’t even start about the documentation which is basically 5 years in past. Some pages describe apis available, give you examples and then you realise it’s all deprecated!

Completely understand why uBlock maintainers aren’t keen to retry the submission.

I’ve switched to firefox for all the development flow, and treat Chrome as Second-Class citizen in this case by using “web-ext-polyfill” (thanks Firefox!) to get chrome extension work.

Re: A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store

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Post by scarface74 »

zaarn wrote: post #194
scarface74 wrote: post #166

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And that’s fine. But anytime HN users start whining “monopoly” the next thing they start screaming is for government to intervene every time that Google/Apple/Amazon doesn’t something that they don’t like.

Oh, don't worry, the government, or atleast the EU, should intervene and force Google to split Chrome into an independent organization.

And when has the EU successfully come to the rescue of geeks who don’t like the way a software company runs?

Re: A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store

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Post by floatingatoll »

tomrod wrote: post #128
me551ah wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is your firefox using Webrender? Vanilla firefox is slower than chrome but WebRender is noticeably faster than chrome. Chrome on a 4K monitor slows down to a crawl, but WebRender handles it like a champ. It can be easily enabled with a flag.

If any firefox devs are reading this - Can you please make this a default? - Can you please fix text rendering on mobile? Sites like reddit render at desktop resolution on mobile screen, and there is no clear text sizing that works. With Chrome I just set my size option and move on with life.

I have webrender testing enabled and three days ago I opened Firefox Nightly and the UI was completely wrecked due some unexpected WebRender bug that was fixed after updating. So I’m glad they’re testing it on expert users first :)

EDIT: Nope, I’m not one of the default-on “safe” configurations.

Re: A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store

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Post by helpPeople »

Barrin92 wrote: post #31

time to bring out the anti-trust hammer and separate chrome and other google entities from the search and ad business. It really seems like they're asking for it.

I don't understand.

Out of every company in tech, Google has made my life fantastic.

I don't understand the Google hate, I don't know where it comes from. People don't like getting relevant advertising, but they do like when Apple closes off their App store 'for safety'.

I don't know why the double standard. I personally think this is a massive advertising campaign from one of the FAANG companies and we are the tools that discuss it.

Re: A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store

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Post by mthoms »

14 wrote: post #19

I really hope this is Chrome shooting their selves in the foot. Like a fool I am using Chrome as I type this, my excuse is Chrome has my banking numbers saved and haven't taken the 2 seconds to enter it into firefox so it is ready and convenient. But if I can't use an adblocker and if I don't have control over what runs on my hardware then kiss me goodbye. I will finish the switch today and uninstall Chrome.

May I offer a suggestion? A third party password manager grants the freedom to switch browsers at will on mobile and desktop. It's a nice feeling.

Of course bookmarks and extensions are another important factor but it's nice to be liberated from at least one part of the chain.

Re: A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store

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Post by simias »

rahuldottech wrote: post #5

Is anyone really surprised? Google makes all its revenue from ads. A couple months ago there was an incident where if I recall correctly, someone published a browser on the play store which allowed users to install desktop browser extensions, one of which was an adblocker for YouTube, and it was removed with vague reasons? Google has been taking steps for a long time to make it harder for adblockers to work on Chrome…

>someone published a browser on the play store which allowed users to install desktop browser extensions, one of which was an adblocker for YouTube

Firefox lets you do that on Android and obviously it hasn't been removed from the Play Store. Do you remember any specifics?

Re: A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store

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Post by seanwilson »

troydavis wrote: post #202
seanwilson wrote: post #122

Wow, this scares me a lot. So if you upload an update to an existing extension that has many users, if a human reviewer arbitrarily decides to reject the update, the entire extension is removed from the store? Or just the recent update? If the entire extension is removed that makes updating an existing app a terrifying process. Do they apply the same standards to top paid extensions like LastPass and Grammarly? I run…

> Wow, this scares me a lot. So if you upload an update to an existing extension that has many users, if a human reviewer arbitrarily decides to reject the update, the entire extension is removed from the store? Or just the recent update? I've had an extension in the Chrome Web Store for 5 years and it's been unilaterally un-published with no warning at least 3 times. This is an extension that has many thousands of a…

Which extension? Did you ever get a hint of or suspect what the reasons might have been?
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