Google sets burial date for legacy Chrome Extensions, fears for ad-blockers grow

Post by exmozilla » Fri, Oct 01, 2021, 10:16 PM UTC

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Really? Have any news regarding this?

It's not true. See my reply to their comment.

Post by BrendanEich » Sun, Oct 03, 2021, 1:01 AM UTC

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There are several things. 1) There is an integrated ad blocker. It's very convenient because I don't have to worry about adblocking plugin is bought out and is compromised, I don't have to figure out if my uBlock is supposed to be "origin" or not, or if I should go for adGuard or something else. There is no risk of adblocking breaking because of the changes in plugin API. 2) Integrated optional ad network that by def…

1) uBlock Origin has been around and without selling out for 6-7 years now. You don't have to worry that the plugin is bought out but you do have to worry that the browser is. You don't have to figure out which adblocker to use, because there is only one right answer. And it takes barely thirty seconds of effort. I have no opinion about 2. 3 is fair, but I have similar objections about Brendan Eich.