PSA: uBlock/AdBlocks on Chrome to lose function thanks to Manifestv3

Post by agilob » Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 7:40 PM UTC

yogthos wrote: post #250

Firefox is absolutely fantastic nowadays, and I strongly encourage everyone to start using it as their primary browser. It's hard to overstate how important it is to have at least two independent browser implementations around. If Firefox dies then Chromium would become the de facto rendering engine, and we'll no longer have any meaningful specification for web standards. The web will simply be whatever Chromium does…

Post by 40four » Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 7:44 PM UTC

hetspookjee wrote: post #243

bloopernova wrote: post #126

*Off-topic:* I've experimented with a new layout in Firefox, and now I can't think of going back. I first installed Tree Style Tab. I then removed the tabs at the top of the window and added a permanent status bar to the bottom of the window using userChrome.css: https://i.imgur.com/PIONywj.png (edited to add, my userChrome.css: https://gist.github.com/anthonyclarka2/155c038de96e91894cbd4... ) (EDIT: I added some ext…

Weird to see an off topic post being number one in the thread. Good for you and your layout but the on topic comment is as cookie cutter as can be. No shit that tech minded folk like to block ads! I view this post as an attempt to distract from the actual topic.

Post by hellcow » Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 7:48 PM UTC

agilob wrote: post #261

yogthos wrote: post #250

Firefox is absolutely fantastic nowadays, and I strongly encourage everyone to start using it as their primary browser. It's hard to overstate how important it is to have at least two independent browser implementations around. If Firefox dies then Chromium would become the de facto rendering engine, and we'll no longer have any meaningful specification for web standards. The web will simply be whatever Chromium does…

I'm afraid Mozilla can't promise anything at this point: >After discussing this with several content blocking extension developers, we have decided to implement DNR and continue maintaining support for blocking webRequest Then they say blockingWebRequest will be eventually deprecated: >We’d like to note that it’s still very early to be talking about migrating extensions to Manifest v3. We have not yet set a deprecati…

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 7:49 PM UTC

tyingq wrote: post #244

staunch wrote: post #217

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And Chrome won't allow the extension block lists to include regexps/wildcards, they all have to be FQDNs? It seems reasonable to require a static list for privacy reasons. But not supporting pattern matching rules would seem to be an explicit attempt to stop ad blockers.

The block list rules can have regexes, yes: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/decla... I don't personally believe that solves anything. Domain names are cheap. If I don't want my ad to be blocked, I can just rotate through lots of them. Google has responded to some pressure by upping the max number of rules and allowing some amount of dynamically defined rules.

Post by NmAmDa » Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 7:51 PM UTC

perfectstorm wrote: post #249

zimmund wrote: post #207

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I've combined TST with 1) "Firefox Multi-Account Containers" (to have different "profiles" within the same browser, very useful for personal/work/shopping/etc), 2) "Simple Tab Groups" to be able to switch contexts (social networks time, research, free time reading and news... these are topical groups, different functionality from containers).

i love everything about multi-account containers except when it comes managing two google accounts (for work and personal). I can never get them to work proeprly with the number of redirects and whatnot. not sure who to blame here but i hope Firefox comes up with a fix soon.