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How about allowing us to install Adblock on Chrome for Android?

by billysielu 9y ago

purell_hack 9y ago
This is why I started using Firefox on Android. I need uBlock to browse the web safely.
- markdog12 9y ago
  Brave is pretty cool too, based on Chromium.
- lima 9y ago
  Same for me. The nightly build is much faster than the current stable too.
Filligree 9y ago
I'd recommend installing Firefox instead. The default version is a little slow, but Firefox Quantum is fast.
- jnordwick 9y ago
  Firefox beta on Android is slow, but wrorst is if you use Google's search tools (like time range) Google sends Firefox a search results page without that ability or many other things (plus side, there's no amp). How about some browse neutrality from Google?
  - falcolas 9y ago
    If not forced to by some external entity, why would they ever do that? It's not in their best interests for any sense of the word.
    - jnordwick 9y ago
      Google depends on external things too - especially the foss community. Eg, if github sees a connection coming from Google that is /not/ their indexing bot, give them a limited page.
    - simias 9y ago
      For the same reason that they expect websites not to display a different content when they see the googlebot UA for instance? It's pretty shady behavior IMO, that's not how the web is supposed to function. It's something I would've expected from Microsoft more than 10 years ago. I guess chrome really is the new IE. I also expect them to do the right thing because of "Don't Be Evil", but that doesn't really mean much anymore, right?
  - gruez 9y ago
    there's an extension to fix that: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chrome-ua-on-google-android/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chrome-ua-on-...
    - mnx 9y ago
      Oh, thanks for this.
    - jnordwick 9y ago
      There are a few of them, but i didn't want to keep fighting against Google and chrome is going to take up space on my phone regardless. I only have 16gb of internal storage so I'm often struggling with that. (Android seems to work their hardest to make the expandable micosd not very useful).
      - eitland 9y ago
        Reasonable in your case but I'll remind everyone here that we used to fight tooth and nail against Microsoft back in the days - and we won: I'm now free to use Linux at work. I think cloud computing as we know it happened as a result of the liberation of server class operating systems etc. So my suggestion is we continue to make noise until we get meaningful change. (And just like with MS back in the days I don't think everyone working for Google is evil, it just seems to be next to impossible to have that kind of power as a company and not abuse it.)
    - eitland 9y ago
      It's pretty amazing that Google can discriminate so obviously against competitors and not be punished like Microsoft rightfully was whem I was young...! Proof of monopoly abuse right here: no technical reason, just a wish to crush competition. Or am I missing something?
mtgx 9y ago
It's a shame the EC hasn't looked into this as part of its antitrust investigation against Google. And I'm talking about Google not allowing ad-blockers in the Play Store, not about Chrome not having an adblock extension. That's just their decision not to have extensions on the mobile Chrome, and I can respect that, even though I know it sucks. However, it should be illegal for Google to block adblockers in the store, considering its Android monopoly in the EU.

How about allowing us to install Adblock on Chrome for Android?

purell_hack 9y ago

This is why I started using Firefox on Android. I need uBlock to browse the web safely.

markdog12 9y ago
Brave is pretty cool too, based on Chromium.
lima 9y ago
Same for me. The nightly build is much faster than the current stable too.

Filligree 9y ago

I'd recommend installing Firefox instead. The default version is a little slow, but Firefox Quantum is fast.

jnordwick 9y ago
Firefox beta on Android is slow, but wrorst is if you use Google's search tools (like time range) Google sends Firefox a search results page without that ability or many other things (plus side, there's no amp). How about some browse neutrality from Google?
- falcolas 9y ago
  If not forced to by some external entity, why would they ever do that? It's not in their best interests for any sense of the word.
  - jnordwick 9y ago
    Google depends on external things too - especially the foss community. Eg, if github sees a connection coming from Google that is /not/ their indexing bot, give them a limited page.
  - simias 9y ago
    For the same reason that they expect websites not to display a different content when they see the googlebot UA for instance? It's pretty shady behavior IMO, that's not how the web is supposed to function. It's something I would've expected from Microsoft more than 10 years ago. I guess chrome really is the new IE. I also expect them to do the right thing because of "Don't Be Evil", but that doesn't really mean much anymore, right?
- gruez 9y ago
  there's an extension to fix that: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chrome-ua-on-google-android/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chrome-ua-on-...
  - mnx 9y ago
    Oh, thanks for this.
  - jnordwick 9y ago
    There are a few of them, but i didn't want to keep fighting against Google and chrome is going to take up space on my phone regardless. I only have 16gb of internal storage so I'm often struggling with that. (Android seems to work their hardest to make the expandable micosd not very useful).
    - eitland 9y ago
      Reasonable in your case but I'll remind everyone here that we used to fight tooth and nail against Microsoft back in the days - and we won: I'm now free to use Linux at work. I think cloud computing as we know it happened as a result of the liberation of server class operating systems etc. So my suggestion is we continue to make noise until we get meaningful change. (And just like with MS back in the days I don't think everyone working for Google is evil, it just seems to be next to impossible to have that kind of power as a company and not abuse it.)
  - eitland 9y ago
    It's pretty amazing that Google can discriminate so obviously against competitors and not be punished like Microsoft rightfully was whem I was young...! Proof of monopoly abuse right here: no technical reason, just a wish to crush competition. Or am I missing something?

mtgx 9y ago

It's a shame the EC hasn't looked into this as part of its antitrust investigation against Google. And I'm talking about Google not allowing ad-blockers in the Play Store, not about Chrome not having an adblock extension. That's just their decision not to have extensions on the mobile Chrome, and I can respect that, even though I know it sucks. However, it should be illegal for Google to block adblockers in the store, considering its Android monopoly in the EU.