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Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled

76 points by josephcsible 2y ago

bell-cot 2y ago
I haven't used Chrome in months, maybe years. Sounds like time to Uninstall it.
- lowkey 2y ago
  Personally I switched to Safari and Brave due to their superior approaches to privacy. I am curious what did you switch to and why?
  - bell-cot 2y ago
    Firefox, though I'm currently looking at alternatives.
    - ethagnawl 2y ago
      I've been experimenting with LibreWolf on one of my machines. I haven't pushed it too hard or gone through an update cycle (I'm aware of) yet and it's been a great experience thus far.
    - Zeik0s 2y ago
      You can use Waterfox.
  - efilife 2y ago
    Safari private?
marssaxman 2y ago
Of those two pieces of software, only one is essential.
- egberts1 2y ago
  Yes.
- more_corn 2y ago
  I concur.
gnabgib 2y ago
Discussion (113 points, 7 hours ago, 28 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41140185 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41140185
ChrisArchitect 2y ago
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41140185 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41140185
DiabloD3 2y ago
Google Chrome can warn that all it wants.... Microsoft Edge is now the most used member of the Chrome family, and Microsoft Edge is moving towards implementing their own equivalent of uBlock built into the browser (thus, not Javascript, runs much faster).
- tapoxi 2y ago
  Statcounter says 64% Chrome 13% Edge, on Desktop. Edge shrinks to 5% if you count mobile.
  - DiabloD3 2y ago
    Statcounter hasn't been legitimate for years, unfortunately. We don't have a good replacement either.
    - yesco 2y ago
      Then why are you confident that edge is more popular, what is the basis for this assertion?
      - wongogue 2y ago
        I think they mean installed base. Every Windows 10/11 has it installed and is automatically updated every month. So Edge is the most installed Chromium browser. If Chrome’s browsing experience dips below a threshold, people can just use what’s already there in their machines.
        gary_0 2y ago
        That would make sense, but they said most used, and I find that very hard to believe. For starters, all the Windows users I know — even the most tech-unsavvy ones — avoid Edge and stick with Chrome (or Firefox). On Android, Google Play Store says "50M+ downloads" for Edge, while Firefox (which is not a hugely popular browser on mobile) has "100M+ downloads". So it stands to reason that the vast majority of the 3 billion or so Android users stick with the default, Chrome.
ilrwbwrkhv 2y ago
Hopefully devs will switch to firefox now because even though many debs might be ethically short sighted, they do not like ads or to spend money.
jmprspret 2y ago
This fucking sucks. I recently just told someone to stop using ABP and to use uBO. "Normal people" don't want, nor care enough, to switch to Firefox.
- Am4TIfIsER0ppos 2y ago
  Don't worry. The same thing will happen to it on firefox eventually. They always copy everything chrome does.
  - wongogue 2y ago
    The issues at hand is Manifest V3. Firefox has already modified their implementation so that extensions like uBO will work.
    - Am4TIfIsER0ppos 2y ago
      I do not believe them or you. Firefox will copy chrome it is the only thing they know how to do.
      - ycombinatrix 2y ago
        Ok, don't believe him and don't browse the web.
      - jmprspret 2y ago
        Given their track record, I do believe you.
  - Krssst 2y ago
    They won't because they'll vanish if they do.
vyrotek 2y ago
Just switch to Brave. Comes with great YouTube ad blocking too.
- elforce002 2y ago
  hear, hear! I've been using Brave for 2 years now and I can't complain. I don't remember the last time I saw any ads. I have ublock installed too just to add to the formula (no ads whatsoever).
  - meiraleal 2y ago
    Brave asks me to allow their own ads every 10 minutes even if I say I dont want it.
- mystified5016 2y ago
  Don't like chrome, google, and their anti-user practices? Try Red chrome instead! Red chrome's advertising is too annoying? That's okay, you can try purple chrome! Or, for the Serious Business Person, we have Microsoft Blue chrome. Please stop recommending people replace chrome with chrome in a different color.
shreyshnaccount 2y ago
as shady as mozilla has been for a while now, im sticking to ff. hopefully they make ff a priority again, but doubt that will happen with all the big tech money flowing in.
rysertio 2y ago
can't we just put manifest v2 support patched over in every oss chromium fork by default.
- josephcsible 2y ago
  Wouldn't that effort be better spent on improving Firefox?
sdrinf 2y ago
For the moment, the best possible solution seems to me simply disabling auto-updates. On long-term, if supermium can port over the critical fixes from chromium, ubo v2 may still survive with chrome-ish packaging. For larger context, the ecosystem is fragmenting, and I have ~10 browser extensions that are critical to me. I don't think I will prioritize chrome's software cadence over my own preferences, thank you.
Yawrehto 2y ago
There's still uBO Lite. I tried it. It's not as good as uBO (it doesn't offer ad zapper, no Javascript, etc), but most of that stuff is probably stuff your typical user won't need, and of the community that does use uBO's more advanced features, most of them are probably on Firefox or Brave or whatever.
- ycombinatrix 2y ago
  The lite version can't block ads lmao. It just tries its best.
Terretta 2y ago
For those who like uBlock Origin, it runs in Kagi Orion while playing nicely with MacOS: https://kagi.com/orion/ https://kagi.com/orion/

76 points by josephcsible 2y ago

bell-cot 2y ago

I haven't used Chrome in months, maybe years. Sounds like time to Uninstall it.

lowkey 2y ago
Personally I switched to Safari and Brave due to their superior approaches to privacy. I am curious what did you switch to and why?
- bell-cot 2y ago
  Firefox, though I'm currently looking at alternatives.
  - ethagnawl 2y ago
    I've been experimenting with LibreWolf on one of my machines. I haven't pushed it too hard or gone through an update cycle (I'm aware of) yet and it's been a great experience thus far.
  - Zeik0s 2y ago
    You can use Waterfox.
- efilife 2y ago
  Safari private?

marssaxman 2y ago

Of those two pieces of software, only one is essential.

egberts1 2y ago
Yes.
more_corn 2y ago
I concur.

gnabgib 2y ago

Discussion (113 points, 7 hours ago, 28 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41140185 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41140185

ChrisArchitect 2y ago

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41140185 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41140185

DiabloD3 2y ago

Google Chrome can warn that all it wants.... Microsoft Edge is now the most used member of the Chrome family, and Microsoft Edge is moving towards implementing their own equivalent of uBlock built into the browser (thus, not Javascript, runs much faster).

tapoxi 2y ago
Statcounter says 64% Chrome 13% Edge, on Desktop. Edge shrinks to 5% if you count mobile.
- DiabloD3 2y ago
  Statcounter hasn't been legitimate for years, unfortunately. We don't have a good replacement either.
  - yesco 2y ago
    Then why are you confident that edge is more popular, what is the basis for this assertion?
    - wongogue 2y ago
      I think they mean installed base. Every Windows 10/11 has it installed and is automatically updated every month. So Edge is the most installed Chromium browser. If Chrome’s browsing experience dips below a threshold, people can just use what’s already there in their machines.
      - gary_0 2y ago
        That would make sense, but they said most used, and I find that very hard to believe. For starters, all the Windows users I know — even the most tech-unsavvy ones — avoid Edge and stick with Chrome (or Firefox). On Android, Google Play Store says "50M+ downloads" for Edge, while Firefox (which is not a hugely popular browser on mobile) has "100M+ downloads". So it stands to reason that the vast majority of the 3 billion or so Android users stick with the default, Chrome.

ilrwbwrkhv 2y ago

Hopefully devs will switch to firefox now because even though many debs might be ethically short sighted, they do not like ads or to spend money.

jmprspret 2y ago

This fucking sucks. I recently just told someone to stop using ABP and to use uBO. "Normal people" don't want, nor care enough, to switch to Firefox.

Am4TIfIsER0ppos 2y ago
Don't worry. The same thing will happen to it on firefox eventually. They always copy everything chrome does.
- wongogue 2y ago
  The issues at hand is Manifest V3. Firefox has already modified their implementation so that extensions like uBO will work.
  - Am4TIfIsER0ppos 2y ago
    I do not believe them or you. Firefox will copy chrome it is the only thing they know how to do.
    - ycombinatrix 2y ago
      Ok, don't believe him and don't browse the web.
    - jmprspret 2y ago
      Given their track record, I do believe you.
- Krssst 2y ago
  They won't because they'll vanish if they do.

vyrotek 2y ago

Just switch to Brave. Comes with great YouTube ad blocking too.

elforce002 2y ago
hear, hear! I've been using Brave for 2 years now and I can't complain. I don't remember the last time I saw any ads. I have ublock installed too just to add to the formula (no ads whatsoever).
- meiraleal 2y ago
  Brave asks me to allow their own ads every 10 minutes even if I say I dont want it.
mystified5016 2y ago
Don't like chrome, google, and their anti-user practices? Try Red chrome instead! Red chrome's advertising is too annoying? That's okay, you can try purple chrome! Or, for the Serious Business Person, we have Microsoft Blue chrome. Please stop recommending people replace chrome with chrome in a different color.

shreyshnaccount 2y ago

as shady as mozilla has been for a while now, im sticking to ff. hopefully they make ff a priority again, but doubt that will happen with all the big tech money flowing in.

rysertio 2y ago

can't we just put manifest v2 support patched over in every oss chromium fork by default.

josephcsible 2y ago
Wouldn't that effort be better spent on improving Firefox?

sdrinf 2y ago

For the moment, the best possible solution seems to me simply disabling auto-updates. On long-term, if supermium can port over the critical fixes from chromium, ubo v2 may still survive with chrome-ish packaging. For larger context, the ecosystem is fragmenting, and I have ~10 browser extensions that are critical to me. I don't think I will prioritize chrome's software cadence over my own preferences, thank you.

Yawrehto 2y ago

There's still uBO Lite. I tried it. It's not as good as uBO (it doesn't offer ad zapper, no Javascript, etc), but most of that stuff is probably stuff your typical user won't need, and of the community that does use uBO's more advanced features, most of them are probably on Firefox or Brave or whatever.

ycombinatrix 2y ago
The lite version can't block ads lmao. It just tries its best.

Terretta 2y ago

For those who like uBlock Origin, it runs in Kagi Orion while playing nicely with MacOS: https://kagi.com/orion/ https://kagi.com/orion/