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Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by pmoriarty »

paul7986 wrote: post #6

Just read Microsoft will allow ad blocker extensions (May build one in) in their new Chromium browser. Looks like I’m going to rewind 13 years and use IE again(IE of today). Such a stupid move by the do no evil company! Now they do no stupid too. EDIT: Here is link... https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2019/06/16/micr...

The bright side of Google's anti-ad-blocking efforts is that ad-blocking is clearly no longer just an insignificant blip on their radar. There must be enough users of ad-blockers now to start to significantly affect their bottom line.

There might even be a critical mass of people who are against advertising to attempt to make some legal headway on this issue in Washington. Just as there has been legal action against telemarketers, there might be something on the legal front that can be done against online advertisers, who could be considered just as much or even more of a nuisance than telemarketers ever were. In addition, online advertising has repeatedly been a vector of malware, and perhaps companies which try to circumvent or forbid ad-blockers could have some legal consequences -- and, if not, perhaps laws could be introduced to make such consequences a reality.

IANAL, and this is just a pipe dream of mine at the moment -- but plenty of pro-consumer legislation has been made over the years. Perhaps the dawn of an unsolicited-advertising-free world is upon us.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by Marsymars »

mrsmee89 wrote: post #16

This is great! Any plans for Safari support?

The lack of support is in the other direction - Safari doesn't support uBlock Origin anymore. The only way to block ads is with Apple's Content Blocking API, which is fundamentally not how uBlock Origin works.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by finchisko »

paul7986 wrote: post #6

Just read Microsoft will allow ad blocker extensions (May build one in) in their new Chromium browser. Looks like I’m going to rewind 13 years and use IE again(IE of today). Such a stupid move by the do no evil company! Now they do no stupid too. EDIT: Here is link... https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2019/06/16/micr...

Isn't Microsoft selling ads too? I believe they do (that's why bing was created). If so, I don't trust their ad blocking initiative any more then google's. Maybe in short term, as they want to steal users from Chrome, but in longterm, they'll in same position as google is now.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by briandear »

lostgame wrote: post #26
mrsmee89 wrote: post #16

This is great! Any plans for Safari support?

I absolutely detest the way Extensions in Safari are handled in Mojave. Is there any way to install them without the App Store?

Part of the logic is that many extensions are very dangerous to users: the Grammarly extension, for example, vacuums up everything you type and sends your history to their servers. Most normal people don’t realize the trouble they can get into when installing extensions. Extensions can be as privacy destructive as anything on the web.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by apsdsm »

finchisko wrote: post #33
paul7986 wrote: post #6

Just read Microsoft will allow ad blocker extensions (May build one in) in their new Chromium browser. Looks like I’m going to rewind 13 years and use IE again(IE of today). Such a stupid move by the do no evil company! Now they do no stupid too. EDIT: Here is link... https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2019/06/16/micr...

Isn't Microsoft selling ads too? I believe they do (that's why bing was created). If so, I don't trust their ad blocking initiative any more then google's. Maybe in short term, as they want to steal users from Chrome, but in longterm, they'll in same position as google is now.

They probably do, but Microsoft isn’t an ad company like Google, so that danger is probably fairly existential to them.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by glyphist »

TimTheTinker wrote: post #19
taurath wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google has every incentive to believe ads and user surveillance is not evil

Agreed. The problem with a mission statement like “do no evil” is that in today’s pluralistic world (especially in the west), there’s no generally agreed-upon definition of evil. Philosophically, defining “evil” requires defining “good” first, and a definition of “good” depends entirely on one’s notions of origin, meaning, morality, and destiny — one’s worldview. In google’s case, it’s probably better business to sim…

And do they agree with you. Google actually dropped the motto sometimes in Q3 2018.

https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct/

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by nvrspyx »

vxNsr wrote: post #12
paul7986 wrote: post #6

Just read Microsoft will allow ad blocker extensions (May build one in) in their new Chromium browser. Looks like I’m going to rewind 13 years and use IE again(IE of today). Such a stupid move by the do no evil company! Now they do no stupid too. EDIT: Here is link... https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2019/06/16/micr...

Do you have a link to that? My only issue is that chrome is great bec I can have multiple profiles on the same windows user account, but that’s kinda anathema to the paradigm of how Microsoft wants us to use Edge. I use chrome profiles the same way ppl use Firefox containers, my only hope is that edge builds something similar. I’ve also been using Vivaldi, I love it but I’m worried about using duh a small project tha…

Chromium Edge allows multiple profiles just like Chrome.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by Proven »

paul7986 wrote: post #6

Just read Microsoft will allow ad blocker extensions (May build one in) in their new Chromium browser. Looks like I’m going to rewind 13 years and use IE again(IE of today). Such a stupid move by the do no evil company! Now they do no stupid too. EDIT: Here is link... https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2019/06/16/micr...

Ad blockers (including uBO, unofficial build) have been working on Edge Dev from day 1

Re: uBlock Origin 1.20

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Post by quickthrower2 »

bdcravens wrote: post #22
paul7986 wrote: post #6

Just read Microsoft will allow ad blocker extensions (May build one in) in their new Chromium browser. Looks like I’m going to rewind 13 years and use IE again(IE of today). Such a stupid move by the do no evil company! Now they do no stupid too. EDIT: Here is link... https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2019/06/16/micr...

> Looks like I’m going to rewind 13 years Well if you had asked your typical HN developer a few years ago whether they'd be using a Microsoft code editor ...

+ Microsoft tool for compiling to JS

+ Microsoft Public/Private Git Hosting :-)

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