PSA: uBlock/AdBlocks on Chrome to lose function thanks to Manifestv3 • Hacker News Board

Re: PSA: uBlock/AdBlocks on Chrome to lose function thanks to Manifestv3

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Post by hnburnsy » Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 4:05 PM UTC

RealityVoid wrote: post #45

jqpabc123 wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't care if they have my data. You should. They're inventing new ways to use this data against you all the time. For example, there has been some effort to profile you based on the price you pay for goods on the internet. They assign you a "sucker score". Once you're classified as a sucker, the price you get offered is higher than what a "non-sucker" might receive. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/201…

Ok, what more can they do with it? Is that the worst scenario? Inequal pricing? Not really a _new_ ideea, and I doubt that make a large enough impact to make me care.

Expose to others that you are pregnant (reportedly)

Re: PSA: uBlock/AdBlocks on Chrome to lose function thanks to Manifestv3

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Post by bigyellow » Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 4:06 PM UTC

beervirus wrote: post #6

Color me shocked. Why does anyone use Chrome anymore? Firefox is better in every way, and it isn’t tied to the biggest data harvester the world has ever known.

Pretty much the only reason for me is security. I use Chrome when I need to access email, banking or other sensitive site, and I don't trust Firefox sandboxing or other security features nearly as much as Google.

Re: PSA: uBlock/AdBlocks on Chrome to lose function thanks to Manifestv3

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Post by ehutch79 » Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 4:06 PM UTC

jqpabc123 wrote: post #13

ehutch79 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, ads are a problem. when a sprint ad walks across your browser and starts talking while in front of content, that was it for me.

That is annoying ... but it could be much more detrimental than annoying if it is also reporting back to a global tracking network that sells your profile to be used against you by a multitude of other actors. The difference here is between you watching ads versus ads watching you.

Or both? It can do both.

Re: PSA: uBlock/AdBlocks on Chrome to lose function thanks to Manifestv3

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Post by Schinken_ » Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 4:06 PM UTC

miralize wrote: post #56

Time and time again I try to switch to Firefox. But it always seems to fall short (for me at least). I rely too much on separate profiles to disconnect work-related browsing from personal browsing. Separate bookmarks, sessions, browser plugins, sync preferences etc... A UI that's as powerful is literally all that is needed for me anyway. Its such a shame they've neglected the Profile Manager.

But Firefox has Tab Containers? They are (afaik) not fully fledged profiles but rather separated containers (cookies, history etc)

Re: PSA: uBlock/AdBlocks on Chrome to lose function thanks to Manifestv3

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Post by dandare » Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 4:06 PM UTC

Is Privacy Badger affected as well? (how is Privacy Badger different from uBlock?)

Re: PSA: uBlock/AdBlocks on Chrome to lose function thanks to Manifestv3

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Post by StreamBright » Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 4:07 PM UTC

This link is useless for people who do not know what manifest v3 is.

Here is a actual source: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv3/intro/

Much better article:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chrome-users-beware-ma...

Re: PSA: uBlock/AdBlocks on Chrome to lose function thanks to Manifestv3

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Post by Jiejeing » Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 4:07 PM UTC

miralize wrote: post #56

Time and time again I try to switch to Firefox. But it always seems to fall short (for me at least). I rely too much on separate profiles to disconnect work-related browsing from personal browsing. Separate bookmarks, sessions, browser plugins, sync preferences etc... A UI that's as powerful is literally all that is needed for me anyway. Its such a shame they've neglected the Profile Manager.

about:profiles is good enough for me, although as barebones as ever.

Re: PSA: uBlock/AdBlocks on Chrome to lose function thanks to Manifestv3

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Post by jlarocco » Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 4:07 PM UTC

beervirus wrote: post #6

Color me shocked. Why does anyone use Chrome anymore? Firefox is better in every way, and it isn’t tied to the biggest data harvester the world has ever known.

Firefox is better in every way for you.

I personally find the Firefox UI very annoying and slow. Every time I try it, I end up back at Chromium within a week.

That said, I'll take an annoying UI over broken ad-blocking...

Re: PSA: uBlock/AdBlocks on Chrome to lose function thanks to Manifestv3

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Post by freediver » Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 4:07 PM UTC

miralize wrote: post #56

Time and time again I try to switch to Firefox. But it always seems to fall short (for me at least). I rely too much on separate profiles to disconnect work-related browsing from personal browsing. Separate bookmarks, sessions, browser plugins, sync preferences etc... A UI that's as powerful is literally all that is needed for me anyway. Its such a shame they've neglected the Profile Manager.

Firefox has containers that achieve the same purpose. Have you tried using them?

Re: PSA: uBlock/AdBlocks on Chrome to lose function thanks to Manifestv3

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Post by detaro » Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 4:07 PM UTC

miralize wrote: post #56

Time and time again I try to switch to Firefox. But it always seems to fall short (for me at least). I rely too much on separate profiles to disconnect work-related browsing from personal browsing. Separate bookmarks, sessions, browser plugins, sync preferences etc... A UI that's as powerful is literally all that is needed for me anyway. Its such a shame they've neglected the Profile Manager.

What exactly are you missing from the profile feature in Firefox? It's barebones to setup, but I used it for similar purpose a while back and thought it was ok enough.