Google is Killing uBlock Origin. No Chromium Browser is Safe.
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We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the extension will soon no longer be available because it “doesn’t follow the best practices for Chrome extensions”.2 Daly Barnett. “Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 is Deceitful and Threatening.” EFF, December 9, 2021. ↩ Lawrence Abrams. “Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon.” Bleeping Computer, October 13, 2024. ↩

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.

  • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
    36·
    26 days ago

    Maybe they like/need some parts of it, but not others.

    Eg - Firefox lacks native support for progressive web apps. Chrome has that, and it’s tremendously useful.

    For a regular everyday user, the perception is that Chrome works while Firefox does not.

    You’re not going to persuade people that Firefox is the better option by sneering at them and making them feel small or stupid for not having made the same choice as you.

    So sure, try to persuade people to at least try changing browsers. But don’t act like they’re idiots if they don’t, or haven’t yet.