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No support for uBlock Origin and other tools that make the web sane

• WD-42 1y ago
  Orion is doing it somehow on iOS in a way I still don’t really understand.
  • lukashahnart 1y ago
    As far as I know, they just emulate the Chrome extension API right?
  • pavon 1y ago
    No they aren't? https://orionfeedback.org/d/9145-ublock-origin-not-existent-on-ios https://orionfeedback.org/d/9145-ublock-origin-not-existent-... https://orionfeedback.org/d/11882-ublock-origin-not-functioning-at-all-on-ios https://orionfeedback.org/d/11882-ublock-origin-not-function...
• GeekyBear 1y ago
  Chrome doesn't allow the full version of uBlock Origin on desktop, or any version of it on mobile. How does Chrome have so much market share?
  • bigyabai 1y ago
    Blink supports Windows, Android and Linux better than WebKit or Gecko does, to name at least one one reason. If it weren't for uBlock I'd probably be using a Chrome fork right now.
    • GeekyBear 1y ago
      Chrome on Android makes the web completely unusable without having access to uBlock, especially on resource constrained devices. Chrome on Windows doesn't allow the full version of uBlock Origin that still works on the YouTube website. It's just Google abusing its browser monopoly in the name of ad revenue.
      • bigyabai 1y ago
        Chrome on Android doesn't support extensions, but Blink does. One of the benefits to allowing modified browser engines.
        • GeekyBear 1y ago
          Google has already shown that they will slowly and methodically use every lever at their disposal to nerf ad blocking, regardless of what the user base thinks. It's the exact same playbook Microsoft is using to block users from logging onto their own computer without using an online Microsoft account. Given that Google has already started working to limit sideloading on Android, those days seem limited.
          • bigyabai 1y ago
            Blink is an open source project. If Google updates Chrome and Android to refuse sideloading at all, you can still fork both projects. Your entire argument relies on a hypothetical you can't prove and doesn't scare anyone. To Android users you sound more like Chicken Little than the Boy who Cried Wolf.
            • GeekyBear 1y ago
              Sure. This is fine. > Google’s Requirement For All Android Developers To Register And Be Verified Threatens To Close Down Open Source App Store F-Droid https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/07/googles-requirement-for-all-android-developers-to-register-and-be-verified-threatens-to-close-down-open-source-app-store-f-droid/ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/07/googles-requirement-for-...
• ezfe 1y ago
  Wipr and UserScripts on Safari prove to me that that's not a real issue...I understand compatibility problems are still issues, but ads/etc. are a fully solved one for Safari users.
• iruoy 1y ago
  uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44795825 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44795825