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Because Google is implementing changes to disable adblockers in the browser.

by l0ng1nu5 3y ago

INTPenis 3y ago
Are people that much in love with Chrome?
- polski-g 3y ago
  Use Brave, they have stated adblocking will continue to work.
- Forgeties79 3y ago
  A lot of people have to use it for work whether they like it or not.
  - 1231232131231 3y ago
    I doubt you could use something like this on a work device, anyways. Allowing users to install their own root certificates would be a major faux pas.
    - deleted 3y ago
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  - hnlmorg 3y ago
    If you have to use it for work “whether you like it or not” then you’re extremely unlikely to have the permissions to install your own root certificate, which is a lot more sensitive operation than running Firefox.
    - Forgeties79 3y ago
      Plenty of people use their personal computers for work, even if I strongly advise against it lol
      - hnlmorg 3y ago
        Well then they’re able to install and run Firefox. My point is the only situations where you have no control over browser installs are when the machine is locked down in such a way that you also cannot install root certificates.
        Forgeties79 3y ago
        Not necessarily. And there’s plenty of browser based software/services that do not work with Firefox or have a limited functionality with Firefox that are required for work. I know back when I did more freelancing with podcast clients this was a constant problem. The OS folks were using could reek havoc if it wasn’t safari, edge, or chrome 90% of the time.
        hnlmorg 3y ago
        But again, you’d then just use Chrome for work and Firefox for personal browsing. As it happens I lived through this in the early 00s with IE but back then I used Opera for personal browsing and IE for work. Even in the very remote possibility that you can somehow make changes to root certificates but cannot install a second browser (and I’m being charitable here because there are literally zero reasons that would ever happen), it would still make more sense to update your local hosts files with a pihole-list block list rather than installing your own root cert and using a 3rd party tool to MITM all your web traffic. I do get the appeal of this tool. I honestly do. But there are so many safer ways to solve this same problem.
- hollerith 3y ago
  I imagine it would be a chore for ChromeOS users to migrate to another OS and another browser, and ChromeOS has many attractive qualities.
  - koolba 3y ago
    In what world can you modify the OS to add something like this but you cannot modify the OS to install a better browser? (Or a better OS!)
    - hollerith 3y ago
      ChromeOS puts Chrome in a nice safe sandbox (in addition to the sandboxing of Chrome tabs that happens on all OSes) that used selinux and other technologies. This requires modifications to Chrome. Replicating that for another browser might be harder than modifying ChromeOS to add something like this.
- rdsubhas 3y ago
  Most people don't care.

Because Google is implementing changes to disable adblockers in the browser.

INTPenis 3y ago

Are people that much in love with Chrome?

polski-g 3y ago
Use Brave, they have stated adblocking will continue to work.
Forgeties79 3y ago
A lot of people have to use it for work whether they like it or not.
- 1231232131231 3y ago
  I doubt you could use something like this on a work device, anyways. Allowing users to install their own root certificates would be a major faux pas.
  - deleted 3y ago
    [deleted]
- hnlmorg 3y ago
  If you have to use it for work “whether you like it or not” then you’re extremely unlikely to have the permissions to install your own root certificate, which is a lot more sensitive operation than running Firefox.
  - Forgeties79 3y ago
    Plenty of people use their personal computers for work, even if I strongly advise against it lol
    - hnlmorg 3y ago
      Well then they’re able to install and run Firefox. My point is the only situations where you have no control over browser installs are when the machine is locked down in such a way that you also cannot install root certificates.
      - Forgeties79 3y ago
        Not necessarily. And there’s plenty of browser based software/services that do not work with Firefox or have a limited functionality with Firefox that are required for work. I know back when I did more freelancing with podcast clients this was a constant problem. The OS folks were using could reek havoc if it wasn’t safari, edge, or chrome 90% of the time.
        hnlmorg 3y ago
        But again, you’d then just use Chrome for work and Firefox for personal browsing. As it happens I lived through this in the early 00s with IE but back then I used Opera for personal browsing and IE for work. Even in the very remote possibility that you can somehow make changes to root certificates but cannot install a second browser (and I’m being charitable here because there are literally zero reasons that would ever happen), it would still make more sense to update your local hosts files with a pihole-list block list rather than installing your own root cert and using a 3rd party tool to MITM all your web traffic. I do get the appeal of this tool. I honestly do. But there are so many safer ways to solve this same problem.
hollerith 3y ago
I imagine it would be a chore for ChromeOS users to migrate to another OS and another browser, and ChromeOS has many attractive qualities.
- koolba 3y ago
  In what world can you modify the OS to add something like this but you cannot modify the OS to install a better browser? (Or a better OS!)
  - hollerith 3y ago
    ChromeOS puts Chrome in a nice safe sandbox (in addition to the sandboxing of Chrome tabs that happens on all OSes) that used selinux and other technologies. This requires modifications to Chrome. Replicating that for another browser might be harder than modifying ChromeOS to add something like this.
rdsubhas 3y ago
Most people don't care.