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Fixed: https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/dgoymg/warning_ubo_ublock_origin_will_possibly_be/f3fwlto/ https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/dgoymg/warni

by joshka 7y ago

Fixed: https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/dgoymg/warning_ubo_ublock_origin_will_possibly_be/f3fwlto/ https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/dgoymg/warning_ubo_... > Hey all, I'm Simeon, the developer advocate for Chrome extensions. This morning I heard from the review team; they've approved the current draft so next publish should go through. Unfortunately it's the weekend, so most folks are out, but I'm planning to follow up with u/gorhill4 with more details once I have them.

neonate 7y ago
Seven minutes between that comment there and this one here. Arbitrage.
- rvnx 7y ago
  even less, I posted it earlier if you extend in More :)
dependenttypes 7y ago
The only reason that this was resolved was because ublock is a popular project. The other projects linked there did not have as much luck. Just the fact that they reply in this way on issues is disgusting: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/745#issuecomment-539962215 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/745#iss... https://github.com/dessant/search-by-image/issues/57#issuecomment-511465393 https://github.com/dessant/search-by-image/issues/57#issueco...
- dessant 7y ago
  Armin here, the developer of Search by Image. After that experience I felt it's necessary to share the entire discussion. That is how Google treats developers in exchange for enriching their platform, with a list of nonsense allegations, and if you speak up, retaliation. This practice is well documented at this point, and the best way out for those targeted is to hold your head down and maybe plead for help on social media. So yes, Google will eventually be forced to open up Chrome to third-party extension stores. Google will not get to decide what software the majority of humans can install in their browsers, the same way Microsoft is not allowed to block you for arbitrary reasons from installing software on your Windows devices.
  - lend000 7y ago
    On the other hand, blindly accepting browser extension upgrades is a huge security vulnerability. There was a post some time ago about how popular extension projects often get bought by adware/spyware companies and they were able to publish malicious changes directly to user's browsers without any validation.
    - dessant 7y ago
      > On the other hand, blindly accepting browser extension upgrades is a huge security vulnerability. That argument can be applied to any software, being allowed to run code on your devices comes not just with the freedom, but also the risks. I don't think restricting people's freedoms is the right way to somewhat reduce the occurrence of malware. > There was a post some time ago about how popular extension projects often get bought by adware/spyware companies and they were able to publish malicious changes directly to user's browsers without any validation. I think you're referring to one of my blog posts. :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20587440 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20587440 https://armin.dev/blog/2019/08/supporting-browser-extension-developers/ https://armin.dev/blog/2019/08/supporting-browser-extension-...
    - dependenttypes 7y ago
      The solution for that would be to subscribe to specific repositories, similar to how Debian does it for example. Anyway, even if they just let people to manually download and install unsigned extensions the risk would only fall on the people who chose to do that. These that wish to do so could still continue and use google's walled garden.
    - catalogia 7y ago
      This is the same company that operates the android 'Play Store', host to half a million spyware "flashlight" apps. I find it hard to take their expressed concern for my security seriously.
      - mav3rick 7y ago
        Right, if they don't try you blame them, if they do try you blame them. You clearly have a grudge to bury.
wayneftw 7y ago
That was fixed faster than I’ve ever seen Mozilla fix anything. Still, if MS Edge comes to Linux without the manifest v3 blocking restrictions, I’ll try switching to that first because I want a Chrome-based Chrome competitor supported by a major entity.
BuckRogers 7y ago
For those of us on Microsoft Edge, it's time to uninstall uBlock Origin[0] from the Chrome Store and install it from the Microsoft Store[1]. It's about time someone seriously challenges and smokes Google's boots. [0]https://i.imgur.com/ZGxI3xO.png https://i.imgur.com/ZGxI3xO.png [1]https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/insider-addons/detail/odfafepnkmbhccpbejgmiehpchacaeak https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/insider-addons/detail/od...
- ripdog 7y ago
  Or you could cease contributing to the Blink monopoly on the web and join us of Firefox. Microsoft is no longer challenging Google in this space.
  - BuckRogers 7y ago
    You could, unless you're like me and having never been on Blink. I've been using Firefox for almost 20 years straight, since it was Phoenix. Edge is my backup/secondary browser and it's great. If you want the benefits of Chrome without Google, Microsoft is the final boss that can't and won't be pushed around by Google.
    - wayneftw 7y ago
      I love how, despite even kowtowing to the pro-Mozilla brigade here with assurances that you’ve long been a faithful user of their product, the fact that you said anything good about MS Edge still caused your text to get disappeared. They must feel threatened by it. The second MS Edge is on Ubuntu or Arch, I’m installing it! And I’m absolutely certain that if MS keeps adblocking facilities in place while Chrome drops them, they’ll gain a ton more users like me. Maybe soon, Google will be paying Microsoft to make Google the default search engine! Funny thought, but I doubt it...
      - BuckRogers 7y ago
        I am a Firefox diehard, but I have been using and following Edge since MS put out the first canary. It's definitely my second choice. Firefox has enough exclusive features (like containers) that keep me from moving to a Chromium browser. For me, everything is chosen based on merit, not some belief system that a Blink-only world would be a terrible thing. I'm not sure that matters at all, and don't buy into that narrative that we need it for choice. There are still major players all building off it, and could diverge again. The Microsoft executive that suggested Firefox join them as a Chromium variant was correct. If anything ever pulled me away from FF it will be Edge for sure, and mostly because it is Chromium based. My intended audience with that original post was the legion of Chrome users, but I could see how the Firefox cult (which I've long been a part of, check my oldest HN posts) could see it as negative or the "wrong answer". I never found Chrome to be quite right in all the times I've kicked the tires over the years. But on Windows, Edge being the native browser will ensure it's optimized to get the absolute best battery life out of laptop, a huge perk, and is quite frankly on the merits just shaping up to be a great Chrome-alternative on all platforms. No reason to resist the right-answer just because Microsoft is the one that appears to be bringing it.
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by joshka 7y ago

neonate 7y ago

Seven minutes between that comment there and this one here. Arbitrage.

rvnx 7y ago
even less, I posted it earlier if you extend in More :)

dependenttypes 7y ago

The only reason that this was resolved was because ublock is a popular project. The other projects linked there did not have as much luck. Just the fact that they reply in this way on issues is disgusting: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/745#issuecomment-539962215 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/745#iss... https://github.com/dessant/search-by-image/issues/57#issuecomment-511465393 https://github.com/dessant/search-by-image/issues/57#issueco...

dessant 7y ago
Armin here, the developer of Search by Image. After that experience I felt it's necessary to share the entire discussion. That is how Google treats developers in exchange for enriching their platform, with a list of nonsense allegations, and if you speak up, retaliation. This practice is well documented at this point, and the best way out for those targeted is to hold your head down and maybe plead for help on social media. So yes, Google will eventually be forced to open up Chrome to third-party extension stores. Google will not get to decide what software the majority of humans can install in their browsers, the same way Microsoft is not allowed to block you for arbitrary reasons from installing software on your Windows devices.
- lend000 7y ago
  On the other hand, blindly accepting browser extension upgrades is a huge security vulnerability. There was a post some time ago about how popular extension projects often get bought by adware/spyware companies and they were able to publish malicious changes directly to user's browsers without any validation.
  - dessant 7y ago
    > On the other hand, blindly accepting browser extension upgrades is a huge security vulnerability. That argument can be applied to any software, being allowed to run code on your devices comes not just with the freedom, but also the risks. I don't think restricting people's freedoms is the right way to somewhat reduce the occurrence of malware. > There was a post some time ago about how popular extension projects often get bought by adware/spyware companies and they were able to publish malicious changes directly to user's browsers without any validation. I think you're referring to one of my blog posts. :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20587440 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20587440 https://armin.dev/blog/2019/08/supporting-browser-extension-developers/ https://armin.dev/blog/2019/08/supporting-browser-extension-...
  - dependenttypes 7y ago
    The solution for that would be to subscribe to specific repositories, similar to how Debian does it for example. Anyway, even if they just let people to manually download and install unsigned extensions the risk would only fall on the people who chose to do that. These that wish to do so could still continue and use google's walled garden.
  - catalogia 7y ago
    This is the same company that operates the android 'Play Store', host to half a million spyware "flashlight" apps. I find it hard to take their expressed concern for my security seriously.
    - mav3rick 7y ago
      Right, if they don't try you blame them, if they do try you blame them. You clearly have a grudge to bury.

wayneftw 7y ago

That was fixed faster than I’ve ever seen Mozilla fix anything. Still, if MS Edge comes to Linux without the manifest v3 blocking restrictions, I’ll try switching to that first because I want a Chrome-based Chrome competitor supported by a major entity.

BuckRogers 7y ago

For those of us on Microsoft Edge, it's time to uninstall uBlock Origin[0] from the Chrome Store and install it from the Microsoft Store[1]. It's about time someone seriously challenges and smokes Google's boots. [0]https://i.imgur.com/ZGxI3xO.png https://i.imgur.com/ZGxI3xO.png [1]https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/insider-addons/detail/odfafepnkmbhccpbejgmiehpchacaeak https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/insider-addons/detail/od...

ripdog 7y ago
Or you could cease contributing to the Blink monopoly on the web and join us of Firefox. Microsoft is no longer challenging Google in this space.
- BuckRogers 7y ago
  You could, unless you're like me and having never been on Blink. I've been using Firefox for almost 20 years straight, since it was Phoenix. Edge is my backup/secondary browser and it's great. If you want the benefits of Chrome without Google, Microsoft is the final boss that can't and won't be pushed around by Google.
  - wayneftw 7y ago
    I love how, despite even kowtowing to the pro-Mozilla brigade here with assurances that you’ve long been a faithful user of their product, the fact that you said anything good about MS Edge still caused your text to get disappeared. They must feel threatened by it. The second MS Edge is on Ubuntu or Arch, I’m installing it! And I’m absolutely certain that if MS keeps adblocking facilities in place while Chrome drops them, they’ll gain a ton more users like me. Maybe soon, Google will be paying Microsoft to make Google the default search engine! Funny thought, but I doubt it...
    - BuckRogers 7y ago
      I am a Firefox diehard, but I have been using and following Edge since MS put out the first canary. It's definitely my second choice. Firefox has enough exclusive features (like containers) that keep me from moving to a Chromium browser. For me, everything is chosen based on merit, not some belief system that a Blink-only world would be a terrible thing. I'm not sure that matters at all, and don't buy into that narrative that we need it for choice. There are still major players all building off it, and could diverge again. The Microsoft executive that suggested Firefox join them as a Chromium variant was correct. If anything ever pulled me away from FF it will be Edge for sure, and mostly because it is Chromium based. My intended audience with that original post was the legion of Chrome users, but I could see how the Firefox cult (which I've long been a part of, check my oldest HN posts) could see it as negative or the "wrong answer". I never found Chrome to be quite right in all the times I've kicked the tires over the years. But on Windows, Edge being the native browser will ensure it's optimized to get the absolute best battery life out of laptop, a huge perk, and is quite frankly on the merits just shaping up to be a great Chrome-alternative on all platforms. No reason to resist the right-answer just because Microsoft is the one that appears to be bringing it.

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