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> You can still find the ad blocker extension here. However, you will not be able to run it. Chrome made changes so that extensions cannot be side-loaded withou

> You can still find the ad blocker extension here. However, you will not be able to run it. Chrome made changes so that extensions cannot be side-loaded without an enterprise profile. You can currently sideload extensions in Chrome by turning on Developer Mode, right?

gray_-_wolf 6y ago
Which I think lasts only until you restart the browser? Hardly a good user experience..
- deleted 6y ago
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- cookiengineer 6y ago
  Why not use Ungoogled Chromium [1] instead? Developer Mode is active forever, and no Google-centric integrations. [1] https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium
  - tn890 6y ago
    > Why not use Ungoogled Chromium [1] instead? Why not use Firefox instead? Then you've solved the problem for good.
    - nvrspyx 6y ago
      The same restriction applies on Firefox. Sideloaded extensions disappear after every restart. Only Developer Edition allows sideloaded extensions to persist.
      - ffpip 6y ago
        > Sideloaded extensions disappear after every restart No. I have 2-3 extensions installed directly from Github. You can't do that on chrome.
  - StavrosK 6y ago
    That's a weird way to spell Firefox...
    - cookiengineer 6y ago
      Firefox has a shitload of tracking features integrated if you don't use the Librefox Profile template. If you don't believe this, add an MITM proxy to verify what's happening on the newtab page. Personal note: From google analytics in the about:addons view that can only be deleted with physical deletion of the profile folder, to digicert's OCSP service and Google Safebrowsing getting all your cookies, to detectportal.firefox.com tracking all your Geolocation data on every restart... these are all reasons for me to not use Firefox anymore. That is not privacy respecting. It's what I expect from Google, not Mozilla.
- eznzt 6y ago
  It works forever, but every time you launch the browser you get a popup asking you if you know what you are doing.
vaccinator 6y ago
The new Firefox mobile is really bad for extensions too... they block them all except about 20 of them... I switched back to Firefox v68/Fennec

gray_-_wolf 6y ago

Which I think lasts only until you restart the browser? Hardly a good user experience..

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cookiengineer 6y ago
Why not use Ungoogled Chromium [1] instead? Developer Mode is active forever, and no Google-centric integrations. [1] https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium
- tn890 6y ago
  > Why not use Ungoogled Chromium [1] instead? Why not use Firefox instead? Then you've solved the problem for good.
  - nvrspyx 6y ago
    The same restriction applies on Firefox. Sideloaded extensions disappear after every restart. Only Developer Edition allows sideloaded extensions to persist.
    - ffpip 6y ago
      > Sideloaded extensions disappear after every restart No. I have 2-3 extensions installed directly from Github. You can't do that on chrome.
- StavrosK 6y ago
  That's a weird way to spell Firefox...
  - cookiengineer 6y ago
    Firefox has a shitload of tracking features integrated if you don't use the Librefox Profile template. If you don't believe this, add an MITM proxy to verify what's happening on the newtab page. Personal note: From google analytics in the about:addons view that can only be deleted with physical deletion of the profile folder, to digicert's OCSP service and Google Safebrowsing getting all your cookies, to detectportal.firefox.com tracking all your Geolocation data on every restart... these are all reasons for me to not use Firefox anymore. That is not privacy respecting. It's what I expect from Google, not Mozilla.
eznzt 6y ago
It works forever, but every time you launch the browser you get a popup asking you if you know what you are doing.

vaccinator 6y ago

The new Firefox mobile is really bad for extensions too... they block them all except about 20 of them... I switched back to Firefox v68/Fennec