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When Chrome blocks ad-blockers as Google intends to do soon, I will entirely drop Chrome. And likely all of their services, as well: in for a penny, in for a po

When Chrome blocks ad-blockers as Google intends to do soon, I will entirely drop Chrome. And likely all of their services, as well: in for a penny, in for a pound.

muppetman 7y ago
Yup. I've already moved to Firefox, using containers, ublock origin and auto-cookie-clear. Also moved away from Google to DDG. I HATE the stupid name, it's slow, and sometimes I still have to use the !g thing, but overall it's decent.
- robin_reala 7y ago
  Google was a stupid name too (a deliberately misspelled googol) but hey, it stuck and people are used to it now.
  - alexanderdmitri 7y ago
    Not only are they used to it, it's been added into the English dictionary: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/google https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/googl...
  - lou1306 7y ago
    But DuckDuckGo just doesn't roll off your tongue, does it? Brand names are totally allowed to be stupid, as long as they're pronounceable.
    - kumarharsh 7y ago
      Why do you care what it's named? Set it as the default search engine, and just type your query in the address bar and you'll get the results. In fact whatever you typed in duckduckgo's search field can be typed directly in the browser address bar (including switches like !g or !im) Or if you use it frequently, just type 'd' and it'll be the first result. As for the name, I call it DDG, which is also what I call David de Gea :-)
  - johnnycab 7y ago
    Google was originally called 'BackRub'. I can only imagine the jokes and double entendres, which would have followed with that naming scheme. https://about.google/our-story/ https://about.google/our-story/ https://www.businessinsider.com/the-true-story-behind-googles-first-name-backrub-2015-10?r=US&IR=T https://www.businessinsider.com/the-true-story-behind-google...
jasonvorhe 7y ago
It doesn't. The amount of rules you can stick in a Chrome extension is sufficient to block the majority of spam. Current block lists are mostly redundant and unoptimized.
- bouk 7y ago
  This is true! Running extension JS on every request is a big performance penalty and rule based blocking is much better.
newsbinator 7y ago
I still can't find an alternative to Chrome's Dev console, especially for responsive design testing. Firefox's version is alright at the moment, but not nearly as polished.
- jsilence 7y ago
  Well yeah ok, if a couple of frontend developers use this as a valuable, okay, granted.
- dsenkus 7y ago
  I switched to Firefox once Quantum came out and never looked back, I do tend to use Chrome occasionally when developing web apps, but FF has been my main browser for a while now and I'm perfectly happy with it and the development features it provides. What I'm saying is you can still use Chrome for testing/development and FF for browsing (with respect to your privacy)
- larrysalibra 7y ago
  Safari is great for responsive design testing.
  - Garvey 7y ago
    Not on windows...
- nicoburns 7y ago
  The new Edge has an almost identical one...
- SE_Student 7y ago
  I mentioned this earlier, but you could try "Brave" (https://brave.com/ https://brave.com/) a web browser based on chrome. same features just less of the google-stickiness.
- agumonkey 7y ago
  Maybe this event will cause an inrush of new devs for firefox and more motivation from the core team ?
keyle 7y ago
I've been using 'ungoogled chrome' which is a chromium built with adblocker within it and I've been quite happy with it.
- dzhiurgis 7y ago
  Does it support macOS key/password store?
  - keyle 7y ago
    I think it does. It's chromium with all the google domains blocked/stripped within.
- haunter 7y ago
  I want to use that but sadly no Windows release for a long time https://ungoogled-software.github.io/ungoogled-chromium-binaries/ https://ungoogled-software.github.io/ungoogled-chromium-bina... I might need to compile on it my own Iridium looks outdated too https://iridiumbrowser.de/downloads/windows https://iridiumbrowser.de/downloads/windows
agumonkey 7y ago
I already uninstalled Chrome everywhere except my smartphone. It pains me because Chrome's UX suits me better than anything else. But I can't fathom their decision.
- foxhop 7y ago
  I use Firefox on my smart phone since quantum. It's worth a try, I don't even remember the differences, feels like a drop in replacement.
  - agumonkey 7y ago
    I use focus and nightly too. I don't know why I keep chrome still on my smartphone. They're both super nice... but really I liked chrome. I wonder if a fork will occur to keep chrome manifest open to adblockers .. in which case I would be super happy.
- TheArcane 7y ago
  You have a mobile browser without an ad blocker? Brave
DEADBEEFC0FFEE 7y ago
Why wait then.
- rendall 7y ago
  Inertia, tbh.

When Chrome blocks ad-blockers as Google intends to do soon, I will entirely drop Chrome. And likely all of their services, as well: in for a penny, in for a pound.

muppetman 7y ago

Yup. I've already moved to Firefox, using containers, ublock origin and auto-cookie-clear. Also moved away from Google to DDG. I HATE the stupid name, it's slow, and sometimes I still have to use the !g thing, but overall it's decent.

robin_reala 7y ago
Google was a stupid name too (a deliberately misspelled googol) but hey, it stuck and people are used to it now.
- alexanderdmitri 7y ago
  Not only are they used to it, it's been added into the English dictionary: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/google https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/googl...
- lou1306 7y ago
  But DuckDuckGo just doesn't roll off your tongue, does it? Brand names are totally allowed to be stupid, as long as they're pronounceable.
  - kumarharsh 7y ago
    Why do you care what it's named? Set it as the default search engine, and just type your query in the address bar and you'll get the results. In fact whatever you typed in duckduckgo's search field can be typed directly in the browser address bar (including switches like !g or !im) Or if you use it frequently, just type 'd' and it'll be the first result. As for the name, I call it DDG, which is also what I call David de Gea :-)
- johnnycab 7y ago
  Google was originally called 'BackRub'. I can only imagine the jokes and double entendres, which would have followed with that naming scheme. https://about.google/our-story/ https://about.google/our-story/ https://www.businessinsider.com/the-true-story-behind-googles-first-name-backrub-2015-10?r=US&IR=T https://www.businessinsider.com/the-true-story-behind-google...

jasonvorhe 7y ago

It doesn't. The amount of rules you can stick in a Chrome extension is sufficient to block the majority of spam. Current block lists are mostly redundant and unoptimized.

bouk 7y ago
This is true! Running extension JS on every request is a big performance penalty and rule based blocking is much better.

newsbinator 7y ago

I still can't find an alternative to Chrome's Dev console, especially for responsive design testing. Firefox's version is alright at the moment, but not nearly as polished.

jsilence 7y ago
Well yeah ok, if a couple of frontend developers use this as a valuable, okay, granted.
dsenkus 7y ago
I switched to Firefox once Quantum came out and never looked back, I do tend to use Chrome occasionally when developing web apps, but FF has been my main browser for a while now and I'm perfectly happy with it and the development features it provides. What I'm saying is you can still use Chrome for testing/development and FF for browsing (with respect to your privacy)
larrysalibra 7y ago
Safari is great for responsive design testing.
- Garvey 7y ago
  Not on windows...
nicoburns 7y ago
The new Edge has an almost identical one...
SE_Student 7y ago
I mentioned this earlier, but you could try "Brave" (https://brave.com/ https://brave.com/) a web browser based on chrome. same features just less of the google-stickiness.
agumonkey 7y ago
Maybe this event will cause an inrush of new devs for firefox and more motivation from the core team ?

keyle 7y ago

I've been using 'ungoogled chrome' which is a chromium built with adblocker within it and I've been quite happy with it.

dzhiurgis 7y ago
Does it support macOS key/password store?
- keyle 7y ago
  I think it does. It's chromium with all the google domains blocked/stripped within.
haunter 7y ago
I want to use that but sadly no Windows release for a long time https://ungoogled-software.github.io/ungoogled-chromium-binaries/ https://ungoogled-software.github.io/ungoogled-chromium-bina... I might need to compile on it my own Iridium looks outdated too https://iridiumbrowser.de/downloads/windows https://iridiumbrowser.de/downloads/windows

agumonkey 7y ago

I already uninstalled Chrome everywhere except my smartphone. It pains me because Chrome's UX suits me better than anything else. But I can't fathom their decision.

foxhop 7y ago
I use Firefox on my smart phone since quantum. It's worth a try, I don't even remember the differences, feels like a drop in replacement.
- agumonkey 7y ago
  I use focus and nightly too. I don't know why I keep chrome still on my smartphone. They're both super nice... but really I liked chrome. I wonder if a fork will occur to keep chrome manifest open to adblockers .. in which case I would be super happy.
TheArcane 7y ago
You have a mobile browser without an ad blocker? Brave

DEADBEEFC0FFEE 7y ago

Why wait then.

rendall 7y ago
Inertia, tbh.