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> I wish Chrome and Firefox would adopt a content blocking system similar to Safari, where the author of the ad blocker can essentially tell the browser what co
by mullingitover 6y ago
> I wish Chrome and Firefox would adopt a content blocking system similar to Safari, where the author of the ad blocker can essentially tell the browser what content to block, but the ad blocker itself doesn't get any information about user activity.
Please, no. This is exactly what makes Safari all-around worthless, despite all the hard work they put into it.
Chrome will get forked the minute they do this, and the forked version will restore that functionality, and I will immediately install that fork and uninstall Chrome.
- spideymans 6y ago>Please, no. This is exactly what makes Safari all-around worthless, despite all the hard work they put into it. Keep in mind that I said that the legacy extension system should remain in place, for people such as yourself that wish to utilize it. That said, I wouldn't characterize Safari's content blockers as worthless. It's not as effective as Firefox's ad blockers, but I still rarely see ads. If I had to guess, I'd say under five ads per month manage to sneak through.
- hobs 6y agoIn my mind that just means switching over the big boy browser to that approach just means giving an incentive for more of those types of ads that slip through.