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The new uBlock Origin Lite is compatible with Manifest v3 and has the featured flag on the Chrome Web Store: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-ori
by caseyy 2y ago
The new uBlock Origin Lite is compatible with Manifest v3 and has the featured flag on the Chrome Web Store: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/...
- mrkramer 2y agoLite version works for me the same as the original. Blocks majority of ads.
- antisthenes 2y agoSlippery slope corporate apologism. It's like a corporation shrinking the package size of your food by 10%, keeping the price the same and then claiming you still get the "majority" of the food.
- crazygringo 2y agoOr just accurately describing reality? UBOL is still blocking all the ads for me. It hasn't gone from 100% to 90%. It's still at 100%.
- ycombinatrix 2y agoYou have no idea if it is blocking the trackers or not.
- crazygringo 2y agoYou didn't have any idea with uBlock Origin either. But since the very first blocklist UBOL uses is decribed as "Ads, trackers, miners, and more" I assume it's also blocking them just fine. The same way I assumed with UBO.
- mrkramer 2y agoAntisthenes I appreciate your "cynical" response but what I meant is I didn't yet notice any degradation of service compared to the original uBlock Origin.
- croes 2y agoBut is less capable than uBlock origin.
- creato 2y agoAnd also requires far less intrusive permissions.
- ycombinatrix 2y agoWhich is why it is far less effective
- caminante 2y agoNot really. 90% of users won't notice a difference. Here's the feature diff. [0] [0] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/wiki/Frequently-asked-questions-(FAQ) https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/wiki/Frequently-as...
- dhrm1k 2y agoi mean what's the breaking point? why is ublock no longer in the store whole the lite is?
- croes 2y agoublock is manifest v2, lite is v3. Manifest v3 removed access to certain APIs that where used to alter the websites to block ads
- FergusArgyll 2y agoI really really miss Zapper Mode
- ngomez 2y agoI've been trying uBO Lite myself for a few months, and anyone who uses YouTube will absolutely notice that it's worse at blocking. Lite tends to delay playback at the start of a video for as long as the blocked ads would've been, making the site feel slower, and once in a while an ad will slip past the blocker anyway.
- culi 2y agoThis is a trap. Extensions can still block elements in v3. If you use Lite you probably won't notice much of a difference. But in the background, it will no longer be able to modify network calls. That means you are no longer being protected from tracking AND your web browsing experience is once again being slowed down by the loading of ads (even if you don't see those ads)
- vachina 2y agoThe difference isn’t just in the network calls, it’s the relinquishing of the blocking to Chrome itself. The Lite extension is essentially reduced to just providing a blocklist to Chrome, and hopes that Chrome will honor the blocklist. Google is surgically trying to dismantle adblocking, first by removing all the tools from the users under the guise of “it’s dangerous”, and then shutting it down by rendering them so ineffective they’re useless.
- culi 2y agoA blocklist with a limited size. I believe its 50 rules it's also trivial for anti-adblockers to dynamically try alternative domains till they find one that isn't blocked.
- anticensor 2y ago50 lists, 330 thousand rules in total; not 50 rules
- lofaszvanitt 2y agoand its a resource hog, sadly