PSA: uBlock/AdBlocks on Chrome to lose function thanks to Manifestv3 • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by Siira » Mon, Dec 13, 2021, 12:34 PM UTC

fhd2 wrote: post #237

1vuio0pswjnm7 wrote: post #220

One of the interesing things about this story is that there appears to be no consideration of not "updating" to a new Chrome version. The idea of user choice in "updating" is completely absent. Why cannot a user say, "V3 sounds wonderful but I will stick with V2, thank you." A user has a version of a program that works for that user (e.g., with uBlock Origin), and Google can apparently forcibly stop that user from us…

When it comes to extensions, they can _only_ be installed and updated through the "Chrome Web Store", so even if you were to stay on an old Chrome version that still supports V2, Google wouldn't let you download any extensions using it. (There is a possibility to side load extensions for development purposes, but it's not a real option for end users. All other means of side loading has been killed by Google some year…

Why is it not an option for an end user? I have some local extensions installed, and there has not been any problems.

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

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Post by chinathrow » Mon, Dec 13, 2021, 3:11 PM UTC

kome wrote: post #231

chinathrow wrote: post #21

I come from the Mozilla Suite then Phoenix era of times and I am still glad I never switched to Chrome as my main browser.

same, i was using Mozilla, then Opera till version 12, and then Firefox. I never even installed Chrome, willingly at least. For one period google was using those very shady tactics of packaging chrome with unrelated software, literally like a malware. Do you remember?

Yes, I remember, it was bundled and you had to uncheck a checkbox everytime you wanted to download something...

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

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Post by rasz » Mon, Dec 13, 2021, 7:01 PM UTC

g8oz wrote: post #164

Like the EFF said, Chrome is a Google agent not a user agent. Switch to Firefox on desktop and mobile.

Firefox is also a Google agent since couple of years, backed by decisions of a 'great ceo' and $200Mil a year.

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

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Post by xxpor » Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 1:27 AM UTC

yissp wrote: post #60

xxpor wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FF gpu acceleration doesn't work with nvidia and xorg.

As of version 59, WebRender is enabled by default on NVIDIA. I've been using it for a while and haven't noticed any major issues.

It's still denylisted for me, maybe because I'm using PRIME?