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About Google Chrome's "This extension may soon no longer be supported" (2024)

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Re: About Google Chrome's "This extension may soon no longer be supported" (2024)

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Post by TheSpiceIsLife »

AndrewDavis wrote: post #10
deanc wrote: post #2

I see people reporting that the extension has already been forcefully removed (or disabled in some cases) from their Chrome. This hasn't happened to me (v133 on MacOS). I have primarily been using Chrome up until this point as I was under the impression that performance (and therefore battery life) is bad with FF on MacOS. Recent results seem to indicate that Chrome is in fact the worst offender [1]. Yesterday I unin…

It is a shame that Orion is Mac and iOS only. I found this statement[1] in response to a request for it on other platforms > We are getting a lot of repeat questions about windows/linux/android version and sometimes it appears that users think that the team is choosing not to work on these platforms. The situation is quite different and simpler - we do not have the resources to hire a new team to do any of these plat…

Also remember Apple users are much more lucrative, they tend to be way more willing to pay for software than Windows users.

Re: About Google Chrome's "This extension may soon no longer be supported" (2024)

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Post by prox »

AndrewDavis wrote: post #10
deanc wrote: post #2

I see people reporting that the extension has already been forcefully removed (or disabled in some cases) from their Chrome. This hasn't happened to me (v133 on MacOS). I have primarily been using Chrome up until this point as I was under the impression that performance (and therefore battery life) is bad with FF on MacOS. Recent results seem to indicate that Chrome is in fact the worst offender [1]. Yesterday I unin…

It is a shame that Orion is Mac and iOS only. I found this statement[1] in response to a request for it on other platforms > We are getting a lot of repeat questions about windows/linux/android version and sometimes it appears that users think that the team is choosing not to work on these platforms. The situation is quite different and simpler - we do not have the resources to hire a new team to do any of these plat…

Maybe do a crowdfunding effort?

Re: About Google Chrome's "This extension may soon no longer be supported" (2024)

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Post by qyckudnefDi5 »

Angostura wrote: post #22
deanc wrote: post #2

I see people reporting that the extension has already been forcefully removed (or disabled in some cases) from their Chrome. This hasn't happened to me (v133 on MacOS). I have primarily been using Chrome up until this point as I was under the impression that performance (and therefore battery life) is bad with FF on MacOS. Recent results seem to indicate that Chrome is in fact the worst offender [1]. Yesterday I unin…

I'm happy with 1Blocker in Safari

I like Wipr. Simpler design IMHO.

Re: About Google Chrome's "This extension may soon no longer be supported" (2024)

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Post by robin_reala »

stavros wrote: post #13
haunter wrote: post #5

Google and Cloudflare basically owns the internet

At least Cloudflare has no network effects. They offer good services that I can migrate off of if I need to. Google owns my life and it's really hard to go elsewhere, even if I want to.

It’s not that difficult to migrate from Google, there are plenty of good alternatives in every area. You just will probably not find everything integrated into one system, and you might have to pay for parts (but that’s OK, as you’re no longer the product). The trick is to start with the easy areas and gradually migrate bit by bit.

Re: About Google Chrome's "This extension may soon no longer be supported" (2024)

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Post by aqueueaqueue »

Liquix wrote: post #20
stavros wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At least Cloudflare has no network effects. They offer good services that I can migrate off of if I need to. Google owns my life and it's really hard to go elsewhere, even if I want to.

if cloudflare flags your IP/VPN/fingerprint/useragent/haircut good luck accessing 60% of the internet. their invisible turnstyles and captchas are everywhere

But could you access that internet from within a CF worker as a workaround?

Re: About Google Chrome's "This extension may soon no longer be supported" (2024)

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Post by deanc »

a1371 wrote: post #12

Right now uBlock Origin Lite is "featured" on Chrome web store and so far navigation has been ok in the "complete" mode. Funnily enough, it made me review the block lists of the extension and I realized that I could select more of them. Too early to jump to conclusions.

The main issue is going to be around the corner. As more and more people use CNAME cloaking to do server-side tracking using GTM (etc.), it will be a cat and mouse game to block it (and other networks). uBlock Lite cannot uncloak these CNAMES and you're going to see a pretty bad experience in due course.

Re: About Google Chrome's "This extension may soon no longer be supported" (2024)

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Post by skinkestek »

AndrewDavis wrote: post #10
deanc wrote: post #2

I see people reporting that the extension has already been forcefully removed (or disabled in some cases) from their Chrome. This hasn't happened to me (v133 on MacOS). I have primarily been using Chrome up until this point as I was under the impression that performance (and therefore battery life) is bad with FF on MacOS. Recent results seem to indicate that Chrome is in fact the worst offender [1]. Yesterday I unin…

It is a shame that Orion is Mac and iOS only. I found this statement[1] in response to a request for it on other platforms > We are getting a lot of repeat questions about windows/linux/android version and sometimes it appears that users think that the team is choosing not to work on these platforms. The situation is quite different and simpler - we do not have the resources to hire a new team to do any of these plat…

I happen to be in the target audience:

Orion user on Mac (but I think of it as a better Safari if anyone saw me writing I only use Safari and Firefox), but would like to have it available on my non Mac machines as well.

Re: About Google Chrome's "This extension may soon no longer be supported" (2024)

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Post by orphea »

a1371 wrote: post #12

Right now uBlock Origin Lite is "featured" on Chrome web store and so far navigation has been ok in the "complete" mode. Funnily enough, it made me review the block lists of the extension and I realized that I could select more of them. Too early to jump to conclusions.

Does it block YouTube ads?

Re: About Google Chrome's "This extension may soon no longer be supported" (2024)

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Post by xattt »

cpach wrote: post #18

I tried uBlock Origin Lite for a very short time. Then I realized that in Lite, the user can’t add custom rules[0]. That’s when I had enough. So now I’m using Firefox instead, where I can use uBlock Origin. [0] See https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1in2ls4/ubloc...

It’s only a matter of time before the modern Phoebus cartel starts blocking Firefox.
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