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The uBlock maintainer specifically says that uBlock Origin and uMatrix use a different matching algorithm than the declarativeNetRequest. The title isn't at al
by bad_user 8y ago
The uBlock maintainer specifically says that uBlock Origin and uMatrix use a different matching algorithm than the declarativeNetRequest.
The title isn't at all hyperbolic. You don't deprecate such important functionality without laying out a full plan for replacement.
Unless there is no such plan and in reality you want to screw uBlock Origin, which I might say is the most aggressive ad blocker available, and isn't owned by a company in bed with the ads industry, like AdBlock Plus.
- codeflo 8y agoOh, the Google fanboys. “Didn’t you read the article? This is purely for privacy reasons.” Nevermind that this makes it harder to actually keep your privacy. Nevermind that this is exactly what people warned would happen in a browser monoculture controlled by an ad company. That’s just a coincidence. It must be, because Google are the good guys, am I right?
- B-Con 8y agoSupporting privacy would allow browsers to block requests, full stop. There's no way to spin this specific action as pro-privacy.
- londons_explore 8y agoThe design as presented isn't for addressing privacy concerns. It still allows extensions to get a list of URL's accessed
- tehduder9 8y agofirefox isn't that good with privacy either https://www.zdnet.com/article/firefox-tests-cliqz-engine-which-slurps-user-browsing-data/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/firefox-tests-cliqz-engine-whi...
- AsyncAwait 8y agoThis was a terrible mistake by Mozilla, but a test pilot for a limited number of users doesn't seem permanently worse than what Google does in regards to privacy. Moreover, this presumably didn't affect users who installed via a package manager, while with Chrome the installation method doesn't matter. However I wish Mozilla was publicly funded, so that they don't have to constantly search for alternative revenue sources.
- tinus_hn 8y agoIrrelevant whataboutism. It doesn’t matter what Firefox does, the article is about Google Chrome/Chromium.