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> If this (quite limited) declarativeNetRequest API ends up being the only way content blockers can accomplish their duty, this essentially means that two conte

> If this (quite limited) declarativeNetRequest API ends up being the only way content blockers can accomplish their duty, this essentially means that two content blockers I have maintained for years, uBlock Origin ("uBO") and uMatrix, can no longer exist. It is; https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=896897#c23 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=896897....

Filligree 7y ago
There's a Firefox version of it, isn't there? You can rest assured that if I can't have adblocking in chrome, then I'll stop using chrome.
- signal11 7y ago
  I'm also quite interested in what the Chromium-powered Edge will do.
- tedivm 7y ago
  Yeah, this will kill my use of chrome as well. I wonder how Brave (which is based on Chromium) will end up handling this.
  - novok 7y ago
    They will turn it back on, make their own privacy extension store? I imagine it's some sort of compilation or configuration flag?
  - onyva 7y ago
    Why guess? We know brave’s business model is equally bad. There’s a company which its main objective is user privacy and safety, and that’s Mozilla. Current versions are exceptionally polished and speedy and you know what you’re getting.
- ooboe 7y ago
  Yes there are: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/?src=search https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/ublock-origin... https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/umatrix/?src=search https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/umatrix/?src=...
- shawnz 7y ago
  It's painful to think how they are about to single handedly destroy the best web browser that's ever existed (IMO). All that hard work over the last decade basically gone to waste.
  - breakingcups 7y ago
    The writing has been on the wall for a long time now.
- tracker1 7y ago
  Will probably migrate to Edge, Brave or Opera before Firefox... I just prefer the UI.

Filligree 7y ago

There's a Firefox version of it, isn't there? You can rest assured that if I can't have adblocking in chrome, then I'll stop using chrome.

signal11 7y ago
I'm also quite interested in what the Chromium-powered Edge will do.
tedivm 7y ago
Yeah, this will kill my use of chrome as well. I wonder how Brave (which is based on Chromium) will end up handling this.
- novok 7y ago
  They will turn it back on, make their own privacy extension store? I imagine it's some sort of compilation or configuration flag?
- onyva 7y ago
  Why guess? We know brave’s business model is equally bad. There’s a company which its main objective is user privacy and safety, and that’s Mozilla. Current versions are exceptionally polished and speedy and you know what you’re getting.
ooboe 7y ago
Yes there are: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/?src=search https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/ublock-origin... https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/umatrix/?src=search https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/umatrix/?src=...
shawnz 7y ago
It's painful to think how they are about to single handedly destroy the best web browser that's ever existed (IMO). All that hard work over the last decade basically gone to waste.
- breakingcups 7y ago
  The writing has been on the wall for a long time now.
tracker1 7y ago
Will probably migrate to Edge, Brave or Opera before Firefox... I just prefer the UI.