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I expected some kind of fallout from Google nuking uBo. I've heard pretty much nothing so far.
That change came after Google's changes around MV3 were released. I actively campaign against using Google anything at my job as well.
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The author of both appears to disagree.
His opinion is irrelevant. User experience is all that matters. As a developer I've often built "inferior" versions of products for specific user groups. The product worked perfectly for those users, they saw no difference. Yet, when asked, I'd maintain that it's inferior because . And you know what? We are both right.
[1] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/wiki/Frequently-as...
uBlock Origin Lite works just as well. I don't see any ads anywhere. My experience has not changed one yota. People just like to rage against Google. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/... It's even available on iOS, I have it running in Safari
[1] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/wiki/Frequently-as...
Earlier quoted context omitted.
The author of both appears to disagree.
His opinion is irrelevant. User experience is all that matters. As a developer I've often built "inferior" versions of products for specific user groups. The product worked perfectly for those users, they saw no difference. Yet, when asked, I'd maintain that it's inferior because . And you know what? We are both right.
Consider manifest v3 has a fixed block list that can only be updated with the extension and only with permission of the browser.
Good! Give everyone the push they need to break the web homogeny of Chrome everywhere. I'm tired of all the (mostly technical) people whining that they need Chrome, and only Chrome can browse the internet. Then you ask them for a site that doesn't work and conveniently "it was some time back and I don't remember the details". I've been using FF since before it was called Firefox. In the last 10 years I've not come ac…
I now daily drive firefox, there are unfortunately plently of broken sites. Nebula's video player is broken in widescreen for example.
I expected some kind of fallout from Google nuking uBo. I've heard pretty much nothing so far.
I'm only one person but that was the straw that broke the camels back for me. I no longer use any google software/services other than gmail and even that is just a spam folder at this point. That change came after Google's changes around MV3 were released. I actively campaign against using Google anything at my job as well.
PM of Orion here. Orion ( https://orionbrowser.com ) is a WebKit-based browser for Mac, Linux, iPadOS and iOS that supports both Chrome and Firefox extensions natively ⟩ including uBlock Origin. We have no plans to drop extension support. Content blocking is a feature, not a loophole, and we think users should have full control over what runs in their browser.
Look, we're having a good time on Firefox since November 9, 2004. Come join us!