If uBlock stops working... I stop using Chrome. Simple as that.
I doubt Google cares if they lose the 0.01% of users who will actually get upset about this.
Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
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Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
#392Another reason to be glad that Firefox is still standing.
Someone correct me, but can’t ad blockers just be installed through the OS and not be dependent on the browser? I recall this is what I had to do for Safari since there wasn’t a supported extension for the new browser yet. This would lessen our dependency on a browser for ad blocking in this ongoing browser war.
Congratulations, you have correctly identified the reason Google is pushing DNS-over-HTTPS via Chrome.
Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
#393I will stop using Chrome entirely if this change is made.
Those are hollow threats. If you really care, you all really ought to stop using Chrome now , regardless of whether they go through with this. Bitching on forums aren’t going to register on their metrics. Only actually stopping use will.
Counterpoint: "Hey, we released that new feature and lost 2% market share" sends a message.
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#394Earlier quoted context omitted.
Don't threaten, don't wait, do it now.
Not the person you're responding to, but no. Until uMatrix actually breaks for me, I'm not switching to Firefox. Switching is a pain, and I don't like Firefox's UI/UX. I'd switch if they did this because I value the extension very highly, but I wouldn't be happy about it.
Why not Brave? It uses Chromium. UI/UX also isn't as nice as Chrome but it's closer.
Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
#395So we have a browser with nearly 70% market share, made by an advertising company that's arguably the most powerful business on the internet, interfering with ad blocking. And of course there is no regulatory body that is able or willing to step in. Great.
there is no regulatory body that is able or willing to step in
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Can't remember the site, but uBO reported blocking over 1100 requests when I landed there the other day. I can't imagine browsing without it.
serious question - what sites are you visiting that you run into these issues? I use chrome without any adblock and have for as long as chrome has been around. I have NEVER once ran into this situation.
You probably run into hourly since you don't use adblocking, you just don't see it because trackers/analytics engines aren't usually visible.
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#397Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not the person you're responding to, but no. Until uMatrix actually breaks for me, I'm not switching to Firefox. Switching is a pain, and I don't like Firefox's UI/UX. I'd switch if they did this because I value the extension very highly, but I wouldn't be happy about it.
Why not Brave? It uses Chromium. UI/UX also isn't as nice as Chrome but it's closer.
Do we know that Brave will continue to be immune to this?
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Pi-hole covers you regardless of browser.
Network level ad-blocking doesn't work very well. Privoxy (and Proxomitron before it) were doing it 20 years ago, but never caught on because they're a PITA to setup and can't handle inline adverts. Pi-hole is new, but it's even more work to setup, and suffers the same limitations. And as ad-blocking has become more popular the problems only gotten worse. It's unusual that I see any ads any more, but when I do it's a…
I can’t speak for pi-hole, but Diversion on Asuswrt-Merlin works fantastic for me. No ads ever except for YouTube ads lately due to google’s changes to how they serve ads from the same servers they provide services on.
Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
#400To defend Google a bit, it looks like the change is being put in place so that users would have more privacy – by stopping extensions accessing all active URLs. In essence they are copying what Apple did with Safari and their content blocking APIs. In this model, content blockers provide the browser with a set of blocking rules and the browser executes them against pages during render & load. Ad blocking can occur an…
Your definition of privacy is misplaced, one extension can get more information about an user from having access to facebook.com, google.com, gmail.com and twitter.com than all the other sites combined; and I'm pretty sure Google know this so this change -and whatever Apple is doing- has clearly other goals in mind.