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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

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Post by johnsea »

pleasecalllater wrote: post #618
pojzon wrote: post #613

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sadly people who dont care about their privacy will keep on using Chrome. Same with folks who are not so "advanced" as we call it.

All the I-have-nothing-to-hide people, please publish your bank account, address, SSN, passwords and other information the bank can ask when trying to transfer the money. Yea, I know... so they really have something to hide, right? So why not to start caring about the privacy and start thinking?

It needs regulation. In other areas there is also, e.g. cigarettes, alcohol. 'We' don't allow people to e.g. freely consume drugs. The pressure is not (only) on the individual (your: 'start thinking'), The society as a whole has made rules what goes and what not.

There are comparable issues with Google and Facebook. Let economic instruments fix the problems. Tax advertisement. Heavily if necessary.

If I want to drink a Whisky there is a lot of tax (to 'help with my thinking'..;). The same needs to be done with advertisement, imho.

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

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Post by pleasecalllater »

jqt wrote: post #627
pojzon wrote: post #613

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sadly people who dont care about their privacy will keep on using Chrome. Same with folks who are not so "advanced" as we call it.

I care about my privacy, that's why I don't use Firefox, because the Mozilla Corporation was caught red-handed sending user data to an advertisement company, Cliqz.

So what do you use instead?

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

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Post by supuun »

ciex wrote: post #622
lettergram wrote: post #8

Well, highly recommend Firefox. Works great after the updates last year and even use it on mobile. It bothers me that iOS doesn’t support addons to Firefox mobile. But on Android you can even install ublock origin

In Firefox I really miss the ability to tab-search from the address bar in site-specific search engines. I.e. in order to search for something on Amazon: type "amaz", tab, then type a search term. I didn't find any extensions for Firefox that would provide this feature.

You can create keywords afak, but it's a manual process

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

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Post by jqt »

pleasecalllater wrote: post #632
jqt wrote: post #627

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I care about my privacy, that's why I don't use Firefox, because the Mozilla Corporation was caught red-handed sending user data to an advertisement company, Cliqz.

So what do you use instead?

I do use Chrome. I know my data stays with Google and won't be siphoned to a third party that I don't know. I don't trust Google much but I trust them more than I trust a random third party, "better the devil you know than the devil you don't"

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

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Post by pleasecalllater »

Krasnol wrote: post #624
pojzon wrote: post #613

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sadly people who dont care about their privacy will keep on using Chrome. Same with folks who are not so "advanced" as we call it.

Don't forget the people who had it installed because it was bundled with some other software during installation...

Yea, this is also quite terrifying that many companies trick people to install Chrome while installing their software. Trick - because the option is too often checked by default, and sometimes it's hidden in the text so it's hard to notice.

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

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Post by tripzilch »

aylmao wrote: post #473
joefkelley wrote: post #405

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When Google takes the approach you want, they are vilified for "letting third parties access your data" - as in the Gmail "scandal" a few months ago. If you let users do whatever they want, they will often shoot themselves in the foot. It's a tough balance.

Sorry for being behind in the news. What's this Gmail "scandal" you quote from a few months ago?

Not nearly as big a story as Google taking it out on the most efficient and effective browser protective filter, uBlock...

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

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Post by BuckRogers »

Lorkki wrote: post #599
mr_custard wrote: post #409

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I switched because Firefox has Multi-Account Containers, which was extremely compelling. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers

They're a nice feature, although after a long while of trying, I ended up using just the Facebook container. The main container extension felt like too much work in regular browsing, and the tracking protection seems otherwise adequate when combined with uBlock. Sadly, Mozilla also seem to promote containers as an alternative to user profiles, while they're nowhere near as full-featured - sharing saved logins and boo…

That's because you weren't properly setup with containers. I have 4 sessions going on right now, without any manual intervention. Facebook, work, Google and default. All interacting as intended with their assigned domains as isolated sessions.

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

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Post by sireat »

berbec wrote: post #382
awirth wrote: post #381

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Doesn't Chromium already lower their revenue from other lacks of integration that are included in Chrome?

Next to no one uses Chromium. The integrations usually start in Chrome, leaving Chromium pure, allowing Opera etc to forge their own path. This is a disturbing trend to change the course of the project, likely due to Edge being based on Chromium.

Sadly the only use of Chromium among regular non-tech people is in spyware/malware installations.

There is a quite a bit of adware which uses unsigned Chromium to push their wares.

That is the malware installs a modified Chromium with all the "extras".

So anecdotally, when I see Chromium on a users computer I assume the worst (that I have a cleanup task ahead).

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

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Post by jgtrosh »

jgtrosh wrote: post #575
mbrumlow wrote: post #384

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I was in your boat, it is a pain, but... I found that I actually like the UI in firefox after customizing it. For me it may have been easy because I use sway (i3 clone on wayland -- clone is the best, it is actually more / better than i3). But it really ended up looking nice[0]. I found I could customize more things that I could on chrome, including the start page. In any case, if you don't switch, I urge you to give…

I actually don't switch to Firefox because I'm on i3. I fell in love with surf-like browsing, and am able to somewhat get the same result with chrome in --app mode. There is however no way (to my knowledge) to get tab-less full-window browsing in Firefox.

edit: I just installed the tab-less extension, edited my userChrome.css, and I'm really happy with the results. I'm going to give Firefox a go from now on!

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

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Post by hannasanarion »

driverdan wrote: post #277
cheez wrote: post #195

If uBlock stops working... I stop using Chrome. Simple as that.

Don't threaten, don't wait, do it now.

Nope, not as long as Firefox randomly paints text boxes black (a bug report that is now old enough to vote) and hard refresh doesn't work. I expect to be able to do work on my browser, and Firefox just gets in the way.
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