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Google never said they were blocking ad-blockers. It was the hyperbole Firefox crowd who used some post by Raymond Hill from the creator of uBlock Origin as a r
by techntoke 7y ago
Google never said they were blocking ad-blockers. It was the hyperbole Firefox crowd who used some post by Raymond Hill from the creator of uBlock Origin as a reason to start another "Switch to Firefox" campaign.
However, Hill admitted that adblockers aren't going away and it is just a proposed change in the WebRequest API to make things more akin to Safari to help adblockers operate in a standard in speedy way.
Mozilla on the other hand did expose a bunch of users to ads and malicious sites recently though when they didn't renew a certificate and didn't push out a fix for over 24 hours in which all addons were disabled in their browser and the configurations were lost as well.
- qtplatypus 7y agoCan you link to the site where he says this?
- techntoke 7y agohttps://www.howtogeek.com/fyi/chrome-may-get-faster-ad-blocking-while-breaking-ublock-origin/ https://www.howtogeek.com/fyi/chrome-may-get-faster-ad-block...
- gorhill 7y agoI said: > Ad blocker uBlock Origin “can no longer exist” if a proposed change to Chrome goes through. First, I never ever referred to uBlock Origin as an "ad blocker", so the article is wrong there. Second, I specifically point out that uBlock Origin can no longer exist, not that "ad blockers" can no longer exist.
- throwaway89403 7y agouBlock Origin isn't an ad blocker?
- gorhill 7y ago> Hill admitted that adblockers aren't going away I didn't "admit" anything -- I never made the statement "ad blockers are going away" in the first place. If you want to argue I did, please provide a specific source supporting this.