Google is weakening ad blockers as part of their MV3 extension standard and this will trickle down into all Chromium browsers. Built in ad blockers lack features compared to uBlock Origin as well.

  • JTskulk@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Google is not killing uBlock Origin. It’s changing how Chrome works. uBlock Origin will continue to work in my Firefox and other browsers.

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      1 month ago

      They’re changing how chrome works… …in a way that just coincidentally makes ad blockers a lot less functional.

      They’re an advertising company, no conflict of interest there at all

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      1 month ago

      This is a shit take. Manifest v3 is like activex. As of right now, it shuts down extensions they don’t want. Going forward, it sets up a system for extensions that are publisher-approved. When internet explorer took over the market I could still use Netscape until I couldn’t. I’m hoping Firefox doesn’t reach the same end