dropped chrome long ago, actively remove it from anywhere I'm authorized to. recommend you do the same, it's crossed the malware threshold long ago.
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
#582Earlier quoted context omitted.
The uBlock maintainer specifically says that uBlock Origin and uMatrix use a different matching algorithm than the declarativeNetRequest. The title isn't at all hyperbolic. You don't deprecate such important functionality without laying out a full plan for replacement. Unless there is no such plan and in reality you want to screw uBlock Origin, which I might say is the most aggressive ad blocker available, and isn't…
Oh, the Google fanboys. “Didn’t you read the article? This is purely for privacy reasons.” Nevermind that this makes it harder to actually keep your privacy. Nevermind that this is exactly what people warned would happen in a browser monoculture controlled by an ad company. That’s just a coincidence. It must be, because Google are the good guys, am I right?
The design as presented isn't for addressing privacy concerns.
It still allows extensions to get a list of URL's accessed
Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
#583Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's plenty to like about Firefox, like the Awesome Bar, has better bookmarking, is able to handle a huge number of tabs, has the "Multi-Account Containers" extension (with its offspring, e.g. "Facebook Container"), or the "Tree Style Tab" extension, just to name a few. Also that it's not Chrome or based on Chromium is reason alone to like Firefox, because we need diversity for healthy web standards. That Chromium…
...and that's why I don't take part in the discussion about browsers. It's gotten political. You advertise shit to me, when I didn't ask you to. I tried Firefox for a month. I didn't like it. I went back to a Chromium fork. Now go away.
A person politely making some points in favour of Firefox in a discussion about browsers does not merit a rude response.
Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
#584Beautiful. Will be great to see Firefox share increasing.
Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
#585Why would Google be given any benefit of a doubt in the case of ad/resource blocking? They are a behemoth ad-based corporation that is becoming a monopoly in many areas of computing. In yet more areas, they are becoming an effective monopoly through size: they may not be the only company offering a type of service, but they are the only one able to offer it at scale and/or with a certain level of sophistication, give…
I think you overestimate the level of strategy here. This is simply an engineer spotting a performance bottleneck in Chrome and posting a design to resolve it. There is zero chance that Google's top brass told the engineer to deliberately cripple ublock.
Hmm. Google very closely tracks ad-blocker usage.
Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
#586Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's plenty to like about Firefox, like the Awesome Bar, has better bookmarking, is able to handle a huge number of tabs, has the "Multi-Account Containers" extension (with its offspring, e.g. "Facebook Container"), or the "Tree Style Tab" extension, just to name a few. Also that it's not Chrome or based on Chromium is reason alone to like Firefox, because we need diversity for healthy web standards. That Chromium…
...and that's why I don't take part in the discussion about browsers. It's gotten political. You advertise shit to me, when I didn't ask you to. I tried Firefox for a month. I didn't like it. I went back to a Chromium fork. Now go away.
No, please, you go away instead.
Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
#587Loving my decision to switch to firefox this year more and more.
Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
#588Earlier quoted context omitted.
With the news that Edge would switch to chromium, Firefox is really the only thing preventing a complete web browser monoculture. Support Firefox if you can!
> Firefox is really the only thing preventing a complete web browser monoculture WebKit?
well sure, but I mean they lag behind a lot in regards to web standards, and they already crippled extensions like chrome plans to
Re: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin
#589Another reason to be glad that Firefox is still standing.
I find it rather odd that Googling "uBlock Origin" from Firefox does not return links to addons.mozilla.org - at all. The top result is of course the Chrome addon. The third result is the website for "uBlock" which is the unmaintained fork. Three pages in and you're getting dubious-looking repackaging sites, but no official addon.
How on Earth does "Comorbidities Associated with Plaque Psoriasis | Dermatology Times" on page 10 have a higher PageRank and relevance for the search query "uBlock Origin" than https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin... ?