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This type of thinking is what doomed uBlock Origin. I strongly disagree.
by nightfly 1y ago
This type of thinking is what doomed uBlock Origin. I strongly disagree.
- jenadine 1y agoThe difference is that uBlock Origin is an extension you intentionally trust and install, while the JS API we talk about are something any websites (untrusted) can use.
- PaulDavisThe1st 1y agoHow is uBlock Origin "doomed" ?
- nightfly 1y agohttps://ublockorigin.com/#:~:text=Understanding%20Manifest%20V3%20and%20the%20Future%20of%20uBlock%20Origin https://ublockorigin.com/#:~:text=Understanding%20Manifest%2...
- PaulDavisThe1st 1y agoSo UBO isn't doomed, just UBO on Chrome. While that's significant given Chrome's market share, I and everyone else on the planet have the option to use something else, and will continue to do so.
- orlylol 1y ago[flagged]
- encom 1y agoAn advertising company controls the user agent everyone uses to access the internet, and wants to shove more ads into your eyeballs. uBlock exists as long as they allow it. Anyone who disagrees with this, works for them or own shares in the company.
- goku12 1y agoPerhaps the users should be given an option to opt out (enabled by default) for such APIs on a per-site basis. That way, users can intervene when they're abused, while their fair use will remain transparent.
- nightfly 1y agoThis seems like a good compromise. Similar to requesting location information, and/or denying popups after a few have been spawned
- matheusmoreira 1y agoTo be fair, uBlock Origin has always been a special case. It's so good and so important and so trusted that it should have access to browser internals that normal extensions can't access. Honestly, uBlock Origin shouldn't be an extension to begin with, it should be a literally built in feature of all browsers. Only reason it's not is we can't trust ad companies to maintain an ad blocker.