Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users
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Re: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users
#2Google never wanted to have these adblock extensions on their store in the first place, it just turns out that when chrome was released and had zero market share they had to make this huge compromise to gain territory in the browser arena and eventually overthrow Firefox and the competition. And when (not if, when – it will eventually happen) they do that I will jump off from the Chrome bandwagon.
Re: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users
#3Chromium / Blink is open source, we should be doing everything we can to get as many users using non-Google Chromium browsers. We really shouldn't be having to worry so much about Google's conflicts of interests. Brave and Blink-based Edge are looking to be better and better options.
Another is UnGoogled-Chromium: https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium
Would love to see this latter option becoming something that appeals to a very large, mainstream market rather than just a few techies.
Re: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users
#4Chromium / Blink is open source, we should be doing everything we can to get as many users using non-Google Chromium browsers. We really shouldn't be having to worry so much about Google's conflicts of interests. Brave and Blink-based Edge are looking to be better and better options. Another is UnGoogled-Chromium: https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium Would love to see this latter option becoming something th…
Another excellent browser that users should be switching to:
Re: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users
#5Here are browsers that aren't just 'not Chrome,' they are better.
Brave: https://brave.com/
Re: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users
#6This is not entirely surprising. There is a reason why mobile Chrome, unlike mobile Firefox, never allowed extensions in the first place.
Re: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users
#7Modern firefox is an awesome experience. The only reason I use Chrome is because the dev tools are that good.
Re: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users
#8Going as planned I presume.
Step 1: Enable "Built-In Ad-Blocker"
Step 2: Disable all other ad-blocks from store for some reason
Step 3: Allow only ads from Google ad-network
Re: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users
#9Google never wanted to have these adblock extensions on their store in the first place, it just turns out that when chrome was released and had zero market share they had to make this huge compromise to gain territory in the browser arena and eventually overthrow Firefox and the competition. And when (not if, when – it will eventually happen) they do that I will jump off from the Chrome bandwagon.
"When" they do that, it will be because they have judged that they have, by then, thoroughly extinguished all competition. If you (the royal "you") want there to exist an alternative browser to which to jump to when the time comes, then consider making the jump today, when your influence might still make some small contribution to the competitiveness of the browser market.
Re: Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users
#10I'm glad I already made the switch to FireFox. I only use Chrome to access Google apps, because for some strange reason they work a lot better in Chrome...
The only thing I miss is a Session Buddy equivalent. When my computer crashes, it's nice to be able to restore all my tabs and windows, and also it's nice to be able to close a bunch of windows when I travel and then go back to my tab state from three weeks ago.