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Ask HN: What are you replacing uBlock Origin with?

18 points by gtirloni 2y ago

Context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41757178

slater 2y ago
Firefox is right. there.
- thomassmith65 2y ago
  Yes. Whenever possible, I avoid Google products, but say I had been using Chrome and I read: "Chrome Canary just killed uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2 extensions" My takeaway would be: Google is against the way I use Chrome, and they will continue introducing ways to stop it. Personally, I would want the matter resolved once and for all. So I would either (a) give up on ad-blockers and privacy add-ons, or (b) switch to a browser I don't have to fight (eg: Firefox, or a Firefox-based offshoot)
cebert 2y ago
I use Firefox and don’t have any issues.
christophilus 2y ago
I use Firefox, and Brave is my backup.
tssva 2y ago
uBlock Origin Lite
anthk 2y ago
A hosts file from https://github.com/stevenblack/hosts https://github.com/stevenblack/hosts, not using JavaScript with LibreSJS + https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/workarounds-for-nonfree-js/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/workarounds-f... to browse on some pages which require JS. Also I use the News Waflle service from gemini://gemi.dev from Lagrange and Offpunk (a Gemini protocol client) which can cut down a web size to a 3% of the original. OFC no ads are shown. Before anyone jumps into me on the motto but news sites need money to run, blah, blah..., most newspaper sites in Spain have more than 700 tracking related cookies and tons of bloat in form of JS. I am not exxagerating. 700, FFS. Browse https://elindependiente.com https://elindependiente.com from a web browser. Then, paste the full URL into gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view and open any news. As a test under Lagrange or any Gemini client: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A%2F%2Felindependiente.com Open any link, don't worry if you don't understand Spanish. Just scroll down to the bottom, and read the line on the saved up size. It varies between 90% and 99%. And that with a web scrapper and converter into Gemini. If we compared the whole size of the webs against the cut-down Gemini site (but with the whole news), the percentage of saved data wound't be lower than 98% for sure.
itohihiyt 2y ago
Wrong question. Question should be: What are you replacing Chrome with?
- inquisitor27552 2y ago
  correct i went back to ff
- more_corn 2y ago
  ^ same
al_borland 2y ago
Interesting timing that my company just emailed me this week to tell me they will be removing Firefox from my system for “security reasons”. They suggest I move to Chrome, Edge, or Safari (with no App Store access). I had been using Firefox for years, as I try to avoid Chromium based browsers at all costs. It’s only a matter of time before they block Safari.
- itohihiyt 2y ago
  Did they specify what those security reasons were?
  - al_borland 2y ago
    No, and any time I’ve tried to question anything I’m met with shrugs. I’m not sure who makes these decisions. Funny enough, Firefox is still listed as software I can download and install through the company software portal, at the same time as I’m being told they are going to remove it.
- speedgoose 2y ago
  Time to download Firefox Developer Edition.
- ravshan 2y ago
  The reason might be the recent 0day exploit.
runjake 2y ago
I’m not. Despite Mozilla, I use Firefox.
SeanAnderson 2y ago
Going to Firefox
2024user 2y ago
Firefox
dotcoma 2y ago
Why should I replace Ublock Origin? Why not dump Chrome instead?
- 7373737373 2y ago
  Indeed - why keep something that doesn't want to be your (user) agent?
Timorthy 2y ago
vivo
washadjeffmad 2y ago
Why? It still works, arguably better than ever. I block meta and google adservices domains at the network level. I've never really used Chrome except on my Chromebook because of the obvious, and I'll probably end up filing an FTC complaint as soon as the v2 rollback hits it.
neilsimp1 2y ago
Google Chrome is malware.
thot_experiment 2y ago
I gave up on chrome 6 years ago and I haven't regretted it one bit. I think I'm in a similar boat with windows now, it's gotten so user hostile and I don't have the patience I once had for regedits etc to get it to a usable state. Once I can no longer use W10 I think it'll be time for Linux and proton
- fracus 2y ago
  I made the switch 3 years ago and haven't looked back. Fuck Chrome.
keernan 2y ago
uMatrix by author of uBlock Origin. I love uMatrix even though it takes work experimenting to with each site's settings. But it allows me to see the links to all 3rd party sites and control which I allow and disallow.
emmanueloga_ 2y ago
Works fine in Edge, afaict.
- bad_user 2y ago
  It will go away in Edge as well. Furthermore, Microsoft's Edge is sharing your data with the entire advertising industry.
mindcrash 2y ago
Brave has native support for uBlock Origin lists, you only need to activate them manually. Right now it's probably the best privacy-minding commercial browser out there.
gumboshoes 2y ago
I have several lifetime AdGuard licenses and went back to using them, which actually simplifies filtering for all of my browsers and virtual machines. It's so far been great, and it blocks YouTube ads on desktop (and mobile but less seamlessly).
paulcole 2y ago
I just don’t use an adblocker. Somehow life goes on.
gaws 2y ago
Just use Firefox.
aabiji 2y ago
You could setup a proxy server to block ads. This might be of interest to you: https://github.com/0xERR0R/blocky https://github.com/0xERR0R/blocky
- bad_user 2y ago
  DNS-level blocking is worse than the MV3-compatible uBO Lite. It can't block ads coming from 1st party domains, it can't do cosmetic filtering, it can't work with shims to prevent the breakage of websites, and it's easily detected and circumvented.
sergiotapia 2y ago
Brave Browser. Made by a solid dude with a proven track record.

18 points by gtirloni 2y ago

Context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41757178

slater 2y ago

Firefox is right. there.

thomassmith65 2y ago
Yes. Whenever possible, I avoid Google products, but say I had been using Chrome and I read: "Chrome Canary just killed uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2 extensions" My takeaway would be: Google is against the way I use Chrome, and they will continue introducing ways to stop it. Personally, I would want the matter resolved once and for all. So I would either (a) give up on ad-blockers and privacy add-ons, or (b) switch to a browser I don't have to fight (eg: Firefox, or a Firefox-based offshoot)

cebert 2y ago

I use Firefox and don’t have any issues.

christophilus 2y ago

I use Firefox, and Brave is my backup.

tssva 2y ago

uBlock Origin Lite

anthk 2y ago

A hosts file from https://github.com/stevenblack/hosts https://github.com/stevenblack/hosts, not using JavaScript with LibreSJS + https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/workarounds-for-nonfree-js/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/workarounds-f... to browse on some pages which require JS. Also I use the News Waflle service from gemini://gemi.dev from Lagrange and Offpunk (a Gemini protocol client) which can cut down a web size to a 3% of the original. OFC no ads are shown. Before anyone jumps into me on the motto but news sites need money to run, blah, blah..., most newspaper sites in Spain have more than 700 tracking related cookies and tons of bloat in form of JS. I am not exxagerating. 700, FFS. Browse https://elindependiente.com https://elindependiente.com from a web browser. Then, paste the full URL into gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view and open any news. As a test under Lagrange or any Gemini client: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A%2F%2Felindependiente.com Open any link, don't worry if you don't understand Spanish. Just scroll down to the bottom, and read the line on the saved up size. It varies between 90% and 99%. And that with a web scrapper and converter into Gemini. If we compared the whole size of the webs against the cut-down Gemini site (but with the whole news), the percentage of saved data wound't be lower than 98% for sure.

itohihiyt 2y ago

Wrong question. Question should be: What are you replacing Chrome with?

inquisitor27552 2y ago
correct i went back to ff
more_corn 2y ago
^ same

al_borland 2y ago

Interesting timing that my company just emailed me this week to tell me they will be removing Firefox from my system for “security reasons”. They suggest I move to Chrome, Edge, or Safari (with no App Store access). I had been using Firefox for years, as I try to avoid Chromium based browsers at all costs. It’s only a matter of time before they block Safari.

itohihiyt 2y ago
Did they specify what those security reasons were?
- al_borland 2y ago
  No, and any time I’ve tried to question anything I’m met with shrugs. I’m not sure who makes these decisions. Funny enough, Firefox is still listed as software I can download and install through the company software portal, at the same time as I’m being told they are going to remove it.
speedgoose 2y ago
Time to download Firefox Developer Edition.
ravshan 2y ago
The reason might be the recent 0day exploit.

runjake 2y ago

I’m not. Despite Mozilla, I use Firefox.

SeanAnderson 2y ago

Going to Firefox

2024user 2y ago

Firefox

dotcoma 2y ago

Why should I replace Ublock Origin? Why not dump Chrome instead?

7373737373 2y ago
Indeed - why keep something that doesn't want to be your (user) agent?

Timorthy 2y ago

vivo

washadjeffmad 2y ago

Why? It still works, arguably better than ever. I block meta and google adservices domains at the network level. I've never really used Chrome except on my Chromebook because of the obvious, and I'll probably end up filing an FTC complaint as soon as the v2 rollback hits it.

neilsimp1 2y ago

Google Chrome is malware.

thot_experiment 2y ago

I gave up on chrome 6 years ago and I haven't regretted it one bit. I think I'm in a similar boat with windows now, it's gotten so user hostile and I don't have the patience I once had for regedits etc to get it to a usable state. Once I can no longer use W10 I think it'll be time for Linux and proton

fracus 2y ago
I made the switch 3 years ago and haven't looked back. Fuck Chrome.

keernan 2y ago

uMatrix by author of uBlock Origin. I love uMatrix even though it takes work experimenting to with each site's settings. But it allows me to see the links to all 3rd party sites and control which I allow and disallow.

emmanueloga_ 2y ago

Works fine in Edge, afaict.

bad_user 2y ago
It will go away in Edge as well. Furthermore, Microsoft's Edge is sharing your data with the entire advertising industry.

mindcrash 2y ago

Brave has native support for uBlock Origin lists, you only need to activate them manually. Right now it's probably the best privacy-minding commercial browser out there.

gumboshoes 2y ago

I have several lifetime AdGuard licenses and went back to using them, which actually simplifies filtering for all of my browsers and virtual machines. It's so far been great, and it blocks YouTube ads on desktop (and mobile but less seamlessly).

paulcole 2y ago

I just don’t use an adblocker. Somehow life goes on.

gaws 2y ago

Just use Firefox.

aabiji 2y ago

You could setup a proxy server to block ads. This might be of interest to you: https://github.com/0xERR0R/blocky https://github.com/0xERR0R/blocky

bad_user 2y ago
DNS-level blocking is worse than the MV3-compatible uBO Lite. It can't block ads coming from 1st party domains, it can't do cosmetic filtering, it can't work with shims to prevent the breakage of websites, and it's easily detected and circumvented.

sergiotapia 2y ago

Brave Browser. Made by a solid dude with a proven track record.