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Re: uBlock Origin is no longer available on Chrome web store

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Post by knowitnone »

0points wrote: post #39
tech234a wrote: post #33

My guess is that the user took the screenshot from a Chrome Beta/Dev/Canary build which is following an accelerated timeline for disabling Manifest V2 extensions [1]. Also, note that there is an enterprise policy that can enable Manifest V2 extensions through June 2025 [2]. [1]: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate... [2]: https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#ExtensionManifestV...

Still, time to swap brower rather than prolonging it.

I've used Firefox for the most part. Only use Chrome for dev. If Firefox has a better dev experience, I'm all in but not holding my breath.

Re: uBlock Origin is no longer available on Chrome web store

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Post by knowitnone »

KingOfCoders wrote: post #30
peutetre wrote: post #2

It works better in Firefox anyway. Use Firefox and be happy: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...

Firefox has a vested interest (money) now for people to watch (their network) ads. Expect to move Firefox to drop uBlock too (written in Firefox with uBlock)

If and when that happens, then I will move off Firefox

Re: uBlock Origin is no longer available on Chrome web store

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Post by Larrikin »

neves wrote: post #14
peutetre wrote: post #2

It works better in Firefox anyway. Use Firefox and be happy: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...

Another alternative is to use Brave Browser

Using any Chromium browser supports Google's goal of controlling all web standards

Re: uBlock Origin is no longer available on Chrome web store

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Post by soganess »

alphan0n wrote: post #38
KingOfCoders wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Firefox has a vested interest (money) now for people to watch (their network) ads. Expect to move Firefox to drop uBlock too (written in Firefox with uBlock)

Is this supposed to be an argument for Chrome? They had their chance and blew it. If Mozilla proves unviable we’ll move from Firefox to the next entity that isn’t hostile to their user base or make one that isn’t.

You say that like web rendering engines grow on trees...

At this point your (multi-platform) options are:

  - Chrome + its kin 
  - Firefox + its kin
There is one/two new "third" browsers/engines in the works that will be ready "who knows when".

The shift you'd make is from Firefox to something based on Firefox / Chrome... then you wait and hope that Ladybird actually gets somewhere or that the Servo engine doesn't take another forever to mature... and someone builds a browser around it. I'd call that mighty slim pickings. Especially considering how beholden the downstream browsers are to the upstream ones, particularly for smaller projects.

Re: uBlock Origin is no longer available on Chrome web store

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Post by treebeard901 »

Forcing advertisements on everyone is about so much more than money.

It is about money too obviously. I just think the general public is unaware what ads and ad network control over your online experience actually can accomplish.

After seeing aspects of it weaponized against me, the impact it has on someone unaware of the technology and psychology involved honestly seems like a danger to the public itself.

This may sound extreme if you have not experienced it.

Re: uBlock Origin is no longer available on Chrome web store

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Post by sunaookami »

eco wrote: post #54
danpalmer wrote: post #36

uBlock Origin Lite is available here: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/... It does the same basic content blocking with no permissions required. Then you can opt-in sites for it to do more blocking, including I believe opt-ing in all sites for what appears to be the same blocking as regular uBlock Origin. Positive side: faster, fewer permissions by default, more control over permissions. Ne…

Another negative is it can only update the filter rules with an extension update (which Google controls the speed of). As far as I know, it hasn't been a problem yet but the fact that YouTube ad blocking started requiring frequent filter list updates suggests Google will likely take advantage of this.

FYI Google recently introduced queue skipping when only the filter rules were updated. In theory, updates should then be available immediately: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/webstore/skip-review?hl=en

Re: uBlock Origin is no longer available on Chrome web store

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Post by DavideNL »

attentive wrote: post #46
ac130kz wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, it does not. Firefox still fully supports those manifest v2 handles.

My response was to a comment that it's still available on chrome store. I no longer see that comment. Assuming it was deleted, does HN change parent comments if parent was deleted? - that's misleading. I didn't comment on firefox at all.

> "My response was to a comment that it's still available on chrome store. I no longer see that comment.

> Assuming it was deleted, does HN change parent comments if parent was deleted? - that's misleading."

That's not possible as far as i know; What is possible, is that the original commenter EDITED their comment to a different text, soon after they posted it.

Re: uBlock Origin is no longer available on Chrome web store

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Post by KingOfCoders »

alphan0n wrote: post #38
KingOfCoders wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Firefox has a vested interest (money) now for people to watch (their network) ads. Expect to move Firefox to drop uBlock too (written in Firefox with uBlock)

Is this supposed to be an argument for Chrome? They had their chance and blew it. If Mozilla proves unviable we’ll move from Firefox to the next entity that isn’t hostile to their user base or make one that isn’t.

No it's an argument against the comment "It works better in Firefox anyway"

Re: uBlock Origin is no longer available on Chrome web store

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Post by KingOfCoders »

knowitnone wrote: post #62
KingOfCoders wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Firefox has a vested interest (money) now for people to watch (their network) ads. Expect to move Firefox to drop uBlock too (written in Firefox with uBlock)

If and when that happens, then I will move off Firefox

Where to? Sadly I'm on Windows and there are no more options that I can see. So it will be dual boot again in the future I guess + Ladybird.
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