Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin • Hacker News Board

Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin

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Post by decebalus1 » Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 11:09 PM UTC

I'm very happy about this change. Hopefully Firefox would gain a plethora of new users.

Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin

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Post by ctrlaltdev » Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 11:09 PM UTC

kabwj wrote: post #20

kiwijamo wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Recent versions have improved hugely. Have you tried them?

I don’t trust the Mozilla Corporation. Putting ads on my home page a few weeks ago was the last straw. But if Google does this, that’ll be almost worse. https://venturebeat.com/2018/12/31/mozilla-ad-on-firefoxs-ne... It’s funny when you think of it, now both browsers want to shove ads down my throat. I hate the modern internet.

You can deactivate the featured by pockets and the highlights sections. => about:preferences#home

Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin

#53

Post by yingw787 » Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 11:09 PM UTC

I'd like to use Chrome or be on the ecosystem for the developer tools and website compatibility but not have to...well...suffer through this. Maybe Brave or another maintained fork of Chromium fits the bill.

Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin

#54

Post by metalliqaz » Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 11:09 PM UTC

swypych wrote: post #37

You can read the spec here "In Manifest V3, we want activeTab-style host permissions to be the default, with a number of extra options. Instead of being granted access to all URLs on installation, extensions will be unable to request , and instead the user can choose to invoke the extension on certain websites, like they would with activeTab. Additional settings will be available to the user post-installation, to all…

Is that for security?

Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin

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Post by saagarjha » Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 11:09 PM UTC

I'm all for getting out the pitchforks when Google does something anticompetitive, but this seems to me to be very similar to WebKit's content blocking API. How does this differ from that, and are extensions that run JavaScript no longer allowed?

Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin

#56

Post by pnw_hazor » Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 11:09 PM UTC

darkpuma wrote: post #26

So 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.

"President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney general, William Barr, told lawmakers on Tuesday that he would focus attention on the “huge behemoths” in Silicon Valley at the center of a debate over antitrust enforcement. " https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-barr-antitrust/...

We can only hope.

Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin

#57

Post by metalliqaz » Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 11:09 PM UTC

xkapastel wrote: post #50

I don't think I can go back to the internet without uBO+uMatrix. On a related note, why doesn't Chrome for Android have extensions? I get the sense it's because it was more strategic to ban extensions entirely than to allow ad blocking on mobile.

I think you hit the nail on the head.

Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin

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Post by BadassFractal » Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 11:09 PM UTC

metalliqaz wrote: post #4

Another reason to be glad that Firefox is still standing.

I really want to like Firefox, but it has basic bugs that make it unusable for me. E.g. waking up macOS from sleep, or switching between two active users in macOS stalls Firefox regularly and requires restarting it.

Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin

#59

Post by ticmasta » Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 11:10 PM UTC

kabwj wrote: post #20

kiwijamo wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Recent versions have improved hugely. Have you tried them?

I don’t trust the Mozilla Corporation. Putting ads on my home page a few weeks ago was the last straw. But if Google does this, that’ll be almost worse. https://venturebeat.com/2018/12/31/mozilla-ad-on-firefoxs-ne... It’s funny when you think of it, now both browsers want to shove ads down my throat. I hate the modern internet.

>> But if Google does this, that’ll be almost worse.

Yes, google never shows you ads.

Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin

#60

Post by nyolfen » Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 11:10 PM UTC

lern_too_spel wrote: post #43

dwighttk wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

iOS might not support Firefox addons, but you can use a system wide ad block app with Firefox.

The "system wide adblock" on iOS has the same restrictions as this new Chrome extension system. It does not support the extension API that uBlock Origin uses. https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Ge...

there are dns rule-based adblockers for ios