Tell HN: I just updated my wife's Chrome, and uBlock is no longer supported

Post by satvikpendem » Thu, Dec 26, 2024, 6:28 PM UTC

Spivak wrote: post #278

satvikpendem wrote: post #274

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Up near the top? It literally had a controversies section on Wikipedia due to all these shady things it did, with cryptocurrency and others, I am not sure how worse it can get [0]. I'll take URL ads any day of the week compared to the kinds of things Brave pulled over the years. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brave_(web_browse...

The list for Firefox over the years would warrant a whole page on Wikipedia. Browser choices are a who's who of who's debased themselves the fewest number of times trying to squeeze money out of a free product. The current state of Brave is better than the current state of Firefox right now.

Post by kbelder » Thu, Dec 26, 2024, 6:42 PM UTC

freehorse wrote: post #171

mynameyeff wrote: post #51

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What are your qualms with Brave Browser?

At the very least, I do not trust a browser that was putting affiliate links to unsuspecting users' urls [0]. Plus I tbh I am really sick of everything tending to be chromium-derivatives nowadays and I think it is good to have greater diversity, to exactly avoid situation susch as the one here. https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/10134

Post by Suppafly » Thu, Dec 26, 2024, 6:56 PM UTC

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dvogel wrote: post #266

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Unfortunately paying for these services to avoid ads will never work. It was first promised by cable TV when they first scaled out coaxial around the country. You paid for TV in part to not have ads. That worked great until the advertisers increased their bid. It was tried when VHS kicked off but eventually even tapes rented from Blockbuster had ads once the advertisers increased their bid. And now it is happening to…

You're on to something. I'm signed into my TV and whenever friends cast a video Google mysteriously forgets that it's not allowed to show me ads.

Post by Suppafly » Thu, Dec 26, 2024, 7:11 PM UTC

irobeth wrote: post #62

KurtMueller wrote: post #58

Come join the Firefox revolution!

It really is amazing how things have come full circle from the point where chrome positioned itself as a "Libre" alternative to the IE near-monopoly There was a point between IE and chrome when Mozilla was always in the near-foreground offering alternatives to every internet hegemony, right around web 2.0, kinda makes me optimistic for the internet to see a resurgence of recommendations

Post by scarface_74 » Thu, Dec 26, 2024, 7:18 PM UTC

dvogel wrote: post #266

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Or pay for it and support the people who's content you're watching and the company who's infrastructure is providing it.

Unfortunately paying for these services to avoid ads will never work. It was first promised by cable TV when they first scaled out coaxial around the country. You paid for TV in part to not have ads. That worked great until the advertisers increased their bid. It was tried when VHS kicked off but eventually even tapes rented from Blockbuster had ads once the advertisers increased their bid. And now it is happening to…