Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone • Hacker News Board

Re: Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

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Post by mparramon » Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 4:08 AM UTC

ranger_danger wrote: post #5

I think uBO Lite works just fine for 99% of users.

It’s the principle. When they’ve shown they’ll jank one extension because it doesn’t align with their business model, they’ve shown they’ll jank any extension in the future as they see fit.

I’m voting with my feet.

Re: Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

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Post by rasz » Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 4:13 AM UTC

p_ing wrote: post #18

xanth wrote: post #9

Is edge also following suit?

In the past Microsoft said they would. It would be a large engineering effort to preserve Manifestv2

For microsoft its a joke to support. We are talking about _one hook_ into Chrome internals for declarativeNetRequest to work.

Re: Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

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Post by tlavoie » Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 4:19 AM UTC

chis wrote: post #32

Has anyone made the switch to firefox? I’d be sad to lose my nice google profile integration to chrome and the password manager. And whenever I try Firefox it feels a little bit jankier and slower, but that might just be in my head

Sure, years ago, and it's been great. I do keep Vivaldi around as a Chrome-variant for those sites that need it, and appreciate their general approach. However, Firefox has the things I need, e.g.:

- Various integrations, such as password managers. - uBlock Origin - Temporary containers - so even those sites that save cookies, are really saving them ephemerally until that container closes.

Re: Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

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Post by b0ner_t0ner » Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 4:25 AM UTC

ews wrote: post #14

Moved to firefox and I am glad I did, I want to use a browser that respects my privacy choices

Highly recommend Zen Browser: https://github.com/zen-browser

Re: Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

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Post by const_cast » Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 4:25 AM UTC

bigbuppo wrote: post #12

Advertising company forcibly disables software that stops the spread of malware. Why would they do that?

The plausible deniability reason is that Manifest V2 gave way too much power to extensions, which is true.

... except that we already execute remote JavaScript on our browsers constantly. And we do it, usually, unconsentually. Versus extensions, which are a deliberate thing you need to install.

Re: Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

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Post by const_cast » Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 4:27 AM UTC

chis wrote: post #32

Has anyone made the switch to firefox? I’d be sad to lose my nice google profile integration to chrome and the password manager. And whenever I try Firefox it feels a little bit jankier and slower, but that might just be in my head

You can export your passwords from chrome as a CSV and then import them into Firefox's password manager. Although, best would be using an external password manager that always keeps your passwords encrypted, like bitwarden. Remember to delete the file (shred even) and reboot so your passwords aren't hanging around in disk/memory. Same goes for bookmarks, although those are less sensitive.

Re: Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

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Post by eviks » Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 4:33 AM UTC

And unfortunately not a single great alternative as the better chromium forks don't plan to support it either...

Re: Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

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Post by GuinansEyebrows » Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 4:33 AM UTC

ranger_danger wrote: post #42

Madmallard wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently no one remembers when Firefox changed their terms of service literally this year to become adversarial toward their own users. Librewolf is the way to go now.

No thanks. Their own devs have gladly called the project "very woke", and a "certainly quite political project".

You’ll find that has absolutely nothing to do with the way you choose to use the free software they produce for your benefit.

Re: Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

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Post by funksta » Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 4:37 AM UTC

ziofill wrote: post #17

compootr wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Zen browser is pretty minimal in terms of bloat carried from FF https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41303974

How come Zen looks a lot like Arc? https://arc.net/

It's heavily inspired by Arc

Re: Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

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Post by jacknews » Sat, Jul 12, 2025, 4:38 AM UTC

ranger_danger wrote: post #42

Madmallard wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently no one remembers when Firefox changed their terms of service literally this year to become adversarial toward their own users. Librewolf is the way to go now.

No thanks. Their own devs have gladly called the project "very woke", and a "certainly quite political project".

so? is the browser any good?