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Re: Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

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Post by esskay »

moffkalast wrote: post #654
raydenvm wrote: post #537

I suppose that switching to Brave will be one of the best solutions after all. They have already comment this in June: https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3

What makes Brave trustworthy enough for us to run our entire life through it? For me it's irreparably forever tainted by crypto grifting.

The 'crypto grifting' is something you can turn off completely, it's there as a way to make the browser sustainable without accepting payments from Google to make it the default search engine.

I'd argue its far more trustworthy than modern day Firefox/Mozilla, they're not exactly the second coming these days.

What makes Firefox more trustworthy?

Re: Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

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Post by esskay »

barryvan wrote: post #674
raydenvm wrote: post #537

I suppose that switching to Brave will be one of the best solutions after all. They have already comment this in June: https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3

Or Firefox, which isn't just a reskinned Chrome...

If you think Braves just 'reskinned chrome' you've clearly not used it.

Re: Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

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Post by temporallobe »

zulban wrote: post #361

I don't "bypass" Chrome when they want to melt my brain with their business model, I use Firefox. I don't "bypass" Windows when they want to melt my brain with their business model, I use Linux. No idea why so many "hackers" doing "bypasses" can't instead take action that is simpler, long lasting, and easier. Do people need to jerked around 50 times for 20 years before realizing it will keep happening and their "bypa…

I get it, and mostly agree, but sometimes consumers don’t have much choice with browsers and OSs; moreover, most consumers are simply technologically ignorant or agnostic of those things. Many users don’t even know exactly what a browser or OS is, and they just want to live their lives scrolling through tiktok or getting work done.

Re: Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

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Post by gpvos »

aziaziazi wrote: post #606
breve wrote: post #159

The best bypass is to use Firefox. uBlock Origin works best in Firefox: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...

I can’t help seeing ad blockers as fairless content consumption, like choosing to download films, musics and books without paying the creator and the distributor (VOD, MOD, concerts, libraries…). Sounds great for you but how would that work if everyone would do the same? Although we all be happy to se more competition, using an ad blocker on Google sites (and G-add financed-sites) have no positive effect for the comp…

I wouldn't mind if Google et al. went bankrupt. Only Youtube would be somewhat of a loss.

Re: Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

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Post by esskay »

Kwpolska wrote: post #548
mumbisChungo wrote: post #420

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What makes firefox better than brave?

It doesn't do crypto bullshit, for example.

The "crypto bullshit" which is a notice on the start page with an option to permanently remove and turn it off.

I swear people slating Brave here haven't actually even installed it.

Oh and its opensource, not like theres anything hiding in the shadows here, you can go and look at the code behind how its all working for yourself if you're that paranoid.

Re: Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

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Post by internet2000 »

al_borland wrote: post #66

Even if bigs exists to work around what Google is doing, that isn’t the right way forward. If people don’t agree with Google move, the only correct course of action is to ditch Chrome (and all Chromium browsers). Hit them where it hurts and take away their monopoly over the future direction of the web.

Don't put this on the users. The blame is 50% on web developers, 25% on Mozilla for screwing the pooch, 25% on Google themselves for advertising it so strongly across their properties.

Re: Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

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Post by esskay »

pxoe wrote: post #660
pnw wrote: post #247

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do turn off the wallet, VPN, AI and other bloat, but it's a minor inconvenience for a better browser.

That's an absurd amount of tuning to make a browser acceptable to use. What you're saying is that it's unusable as is out of the box.

It takes less than a minute, one time. "tuning" really isn't the word here, it's literally flicking a couple of toggles and you're done.

Re: Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

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Post by esskay »

Etheryte wrote: post #97
pnw wrote: post #56

Haven't missed Chrome once since switching to https://brave.com/

Of all the browsers you could be using, giving your data away to sketchy crypto bros should really not be at the top of the list.

The crypto part is an optional thing, which takes a split second to turn off - thats it. Once its off you are basically running chrome without the google call home, and with a built in adblocker unaffected by manifest v3.

It's also opensource so it's not like theres anything being hidden here.

Re: Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

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Post by TechDebtDevin »

madaxe_again wrote: post #671
Aperocky wrote: post #270

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Never realized anything was happening as I was on Firefox, until I saw ads as my wife was browsing youtube despite installing ublock for her years ago.

My wife was pissed when I installed an adblocker for her - turns out she likes the ads.

There was a podcast I was listening to this week, and they were discussing the purpose of marketing emails, and they came to the conclusion that they're for women who actually open all of them lol. It was half sarcasm and pretty funny, not trying to by misogynist or something
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