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

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Post by Suppafly »

spl757 wrote: post #286
RandyOrion wrote: post #203

Using ungoogled chromium for now. Ublock works without hassle. Note that it's MORE complicated to setup ungoogled chromium because it doesn't contain any basic syncing service and update service. You need to do the first time setup manually as said in its FAQ. You also need to setup your own or use existing account / bookmark syncing service as well as software update service for convenience, e.g., vaultwarden server…

not trying to convince you to switch, but is there a reason you need to use chrome and jump through a bunch of hoops instead of just using a browser like firefox?

>but is there a reason you need to use chrome and jump through a bunch of hoops instead of just using a browser like firefox?

Not the other guy, but chrome is just feels so much better to use. Sure you can use something else and eventually get used to it, but a lot of things just feel off in firefox. I used firefox years ago and the switch the chrome immediately felt better, anytime I've tried to go back the switch immediately worse. I don't begrudge anyone not wanting to do that.

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

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Post by Spivak »

satvikpendem wrote: post #281
Spivak wrote: post #278

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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.

I simply don't understand how you could think that about Brave yet in the same breath say that Firefox is worse, what exactly is worse about Firefox than hiding a literally cryptocurrency scam token in the browser itself?

Brave today: Here's a free browser with no ads, built-in adblock and user-respecting defaults. If you want there's also this crypto thing you can try. No pressure, most people don't. We also have an ad supported search engine as our default.

Firefox today: Here's a free browser with ads on the new tab page, ads in the url bar, ads in Pocket, ads for our VPN service, and we let advertisers collect your data same as Chrome with "privacy preservation ad measurement" and you have to turn all of that off. We have an ad supported search engine by default. We also redirect your DNS queries to a third party "for your privacy."

I think people want Firefox to be better than it is in practice because of the historical good will they've built up over the years. I wish they were better too.

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

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Post by asdff »

adregan wrote: post #265
asdff wrote: post #259

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Why not just use firefox and ublock origin while it works instead of a sub par experience just because you decided to impose it on yourself?

I find I am enjoying the syncing features of Safari (and iOS), and it's much less resource intensive on my 2019 MacBook Pro. Also, Safari seems to be the most fiddly when it comes to websites (either because it's stricter in some cases or has strange bugs in others), so I find I am catching more issues for web dev by using it.

Right on with safari not being used by webdevs. Safari is still my browser of choice when I want to hand someone my laptop for some purpose (like ordering food) and not have them complain about my tree style tabs. Some websites they clearly don’t test at all with safari. Big client websites too like tacobell.com, no safari testing at all. Menu images rendered with extra inch wide margins for some reason along with the usual broken fonts.

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

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Post by climb_stealth »

bitfilped wrote: post #244
shiroiushi wrote: post #227

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You don't have to ditch YouTube to avoid annoying commercial breaks. Any decent ad-blocker will skip the ads in YouTube videos, or you can even use an alternative viewer like SmartTube.

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

There are still plenty of advertisements placed by the channels themselves. Almost all the big ones I follow do so unfortunately. It's a bit of a shame.

Sincerely,

An otherwise happy youtube premium family customer

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

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Post by satvikpendem »

Spivak wrote: post #292
satvikpendem wrote: post #281

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I simply don't understand how you could think that about Brave yet in the same breath say that Firefox is worse, what exactly is worse about Firefox than hiding a literally cryptocurrency scam token in the browser itself?

Brave today: Here's a free browser with no ads, built-in adblock and user-respecting defaults. If you want there's also this crypto thing you can try. No pressure, most people don't. We also have an ad supported search engine as our default. Firefox today: Here's a free browser with ads on the new tab page, ads in the url bar, ads in Pocket, ads for our VPN service, and we let advertisers collect your data same as Ch…

Personally I'd much rather have a non-Chromium browser with some unintrusive ads than one with cryptocurrency, perhaps that is where our differences lie. And anyway, with Chromium being upstream with Manifest v3, who knows how long Brave can keep up its adblocking capabilities?

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

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Post by mdaniel »

youngtaff wrote: post #157
jldl805 wrote: post #14

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Firefox on ChromeOS sucks though. Just went through this, tried Canary, etc. Went back to Chrome.

A decent alternative to ChromeOS would be a great thing

pour one out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_OS

I don't know if this qualifies for your definition of alternative, but ChromiumOS does exist https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/

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

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Post by bdangubic »

dagurp wrote: post #298
KurtMueller wrote: post #58

Come join the Firefox revolution!

You could also use Vivaldi which has a built-in ad blocker

so many folk here on HN inexplicably are stuck on using Google Chrome which I honestly just do not understand at all…

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

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Post by 1vuio0pswjnm7 »

WeylandYutani wrote: post #201
ThrowawayR2 wrote: post #120

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FAANG engineers in general are remarkably well informed as to who is buttering their bread. You may assume that Google engineers are excruciatingly aware (particularly after several rounds of layoffs) that their continued paychecks and stock grant value depend on continuing to firehose advertising into the face of the general public from every possible angle.

The entire internet runs on ads unfortunately. I ditched YouTube entirely since this year because I got fed up with the commercial breaks but I am 41 I no longer need to know about the memes and trends.

"The entire internet runs on ads unfortunately."

I believe this is a hyperbolic statement, not a serious one. If so, pay no mind. If not, I can attest, with supporting evidence, that "the entire internet" does not "run on ads".

I know people am who are still paying fees for internet service. They have not been provided a choice to select a free internet subscription supported by ads.

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