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Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 2 months ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Good thing I stopped using Chrome

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 0 points 2 months ago (14 children)

So, what they're saying is: Chrome will have severely decreased functionality and users will no longer be able to protect themselves from sketchy ads that contain scams, malware, and other nefarious bullshit (often hosted on Google's own ad networks)?

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

What are you expecting, a corp to... ah... uh... not be evil, or something? :-P

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[–] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Sounds like another reason not to use Chrome.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Very firefox, very legal very cool.

[–] Beaver@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago

There it is. Firefox and Librewolf will guide us out of this mess.

[–] drdalek@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Never a better a time to join Mozilla Gang.

-Message brought to you by Mozilla Gang

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Google Chrome warns of a drop of users. There, I corrected the title.

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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thank goodness there is more than one browser available.

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[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 0 points 2 months ago (45 children)

I'm warning Google that Google Chrome may soon be disabled on my devices.

[–] wazzupdog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 months ago (7 children)

It already is on mine, no trace of chromium or it's forks.

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[–] can@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago

Until you do more than warn they don't care.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 0 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Unfortunately for work I may have no choice:-(. Several of our daily work products I've tried on Firefox without success. Those also don't have ads.

I wish there were better alternatives. I may try out LibreWolf but I could not imagine it somehow being easier, though with enough effort put in the end result may be all that matters. Until the first update (possibly forced on the server end even if I don't on mine) that breaks everything and I cannot do my work for the day, in which case I will absolutely go crawling back to Chrome, bc they have us by the short hairs there.:-(

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I went through the same thing with MSIE. Corporate mandates and stuff. Businesses are sometimes wrong.

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[–] Beaver@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Linux Phones and Degoogled Phones surge in response.

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[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

And a hearty Rest In Piss to Chrome as well

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Daily plug for Cromite: https://github.com/uazo/cromite

Chrome, but it doesn't suck, doesn't track you, and it has good, fast native adblock.

Also in some linux repos now. I know its in CachyOS. And it's on Android, too.

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[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Safari is ok too…

[–] Beaver@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago

Apple Products get flak in these parts

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[–] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Yeah, we saw this coming. When Manifest v3 first talked about.

Google an ad company are killing ab blockers. Yeah, that sounds right.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Google an ad company are killing ~~ab blockers~~ Chrome browsers. Yeah, that sounds right.

FTFY

[–] DivineDev@kbin.run 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wish, but I don't see it happening. Most people are just content with seeing ads absolutely everywhere, I just don't get it.

[–] Rolder@reddthat.com 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I wouldn’t mind the basic shit like a banner here or a side bar there. But the fucking obnoxious mid page ads, auto playing videos, scam link shit can go die in a hole.

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