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

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here is an idea: take the power away from google and browsers and let's go back to a desktop/native solution of intercepting all network traffic. Browsers can't resist that, because corporate networks need to do TLS inspection (sometimes, they are legally required to do so).

Another idea is, for the filtering system to operate a shadow DOM or an entire browser (like a selenium driver) that renders everything unfiltered. But the browser the user is using only sees filtered content. That way, it would become significantly more difficult for advertisers to detect the AD is being blocked. This could be done in a local sandbox and optionally in a cloud sandbox. Outbound network requests from the user facing browser can be blocked or filtered.

Or, just use Firefox. but I doubt Mozilla can resist doing the same thing, given the anti-trust issues Google is facing.

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

#72
post #56

Google is really an awful company at this point. We need to build some viable competitor to the anchors they still have. Firefox and Brave are fine as chrome alternatives. Google search is dying a slow death. We need a viable alternative to YouTube. I dread Google getting a new lease on life through Waymo.

At this point? They have been for a very long time. We saw this first hand when they almost single-handedly crushed Windows phone by essentially keeping them out of their walled garden. That was back in about 2010.

That was when I swore off them as much as possible. Not because "poor Microsoft is hurt" but because they showed the kind of power they could flex on others. I only use them for the occasional youtube video, nothing else.

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

#74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Multi-profile support has been in FF since I started using it (at least 5 years ago?). The profile picker isn't as pretty as the Chrome window you get but its definitely there.

My biggest gripe with multi-profile support is that it mixes the taskbar icons in windows. There's a multi-step workaround that involves the registry and cloning programs files folders to fix this specific issue but you need to do it for each new profile and it breaks constantly with updates and doesn't work consistently even in between updates. Yes, containers solve some of the problems that chrome profiles attempt…

> My biggest gripe with multi-profile support is that it mixes the taskbar icons in windows.

edit: never mind, I wasn't awake, see reply.

FWIW on Windows this works fine for me. I run two different profiles. I get two separate taskbar icon groupings, they stay together and collapses independently.

Must admit I've not used multiple profiles on my KDE install yet.

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

#75

Apart from personal opinions, is there any evidence this is due to Google sabotaging uBlock rather than a legitimate technical concern (V2 vs V3 manifest)? Could uBlock implement V3 without losing its functionality?

> Apart from personal opinions, is there any evidence this is due to Google sabotaging uBlock rather than a legitimate technical concern (V2 vs V3 manifest)?

Google is an ads company. uBlock Origin is making them lose money...

> Could uBlock implement V3 without losing its functionality?

No, that's why everyone is angry and a ton of people switching to Firefox, to keep using uBlock Origin as it is, since Firefox still respects the V2.

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

#76
In my view there has been enough successful attacks which used ad networks to launch the attacks that I consider ad blocking primarily as my first line of defense.

For example, some years ago here in Norway a fairly popular site got their ad network exploited to serve an exploit which installed malware that hijacked the pages of the largest bank. When you think you sent money to your kids or paid a bill, you ended up sending the money somewhere else entirely.

So for me, it just isn't worth the risk, and I won't surf without an ad blocker.

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

#77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I have ADHD and I cannot use a product if there is ads. In any form they exist in, they take up time, energy, and attention, all of which I have precious little of compared to the average person.

Ensuring I still have PiHole or NextDNS to block ads at a DNS level, I'd use Safari with any adblock extension.

Failing that, I'd browse the compatible web with a TUI browse in terminal.

Failing that I'm reading books and taking notes on paper or in Vim. No internet for me.

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

#78

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 s…

Like CIA-funded propaganda for political outcomes?

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

#80

Apart from personal opinions, is there any evidence this is due to Google sabotaging uBlock rather than a legitimate technical concern (V2 vs V3 manifest)? Could uBlock implement V3 without losing its functionality?

> Could uBlock implement V3 without losing its functionality?

Yes, with some minor caveats. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/...

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