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Google Chrome’s plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week (arstechnica.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Reminder to switch browsers if you haven't already!

Google Chrome is starting to phase out older, more capable ad blocking extensions in favor of the more limited Manifest V3 system.
The Manifest V3 system has been criticized by groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation for restricting the capabilities of web extensions.
Google has made concessions to Manifest V3, but limitations on content filtering remain a source of skepticism and concern.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

netscape was the standard back then when expolorer was crap.....fast forward today,firefox(netscape's successor) is still the standard when other browsers are still crap.

edit: spelling firefox and netscape....god damn butter fingers...

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 8 months ago (7 children)

It's weird that I've been on firefox for the vast majority of my life and I always had this perception that "everyone" was using it. Here in lemmy you hear about it all the time, my friends use it, I see it on my newsfeeds etc

But when you check the market share it around 2.8% while chrome is 65.1% https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I was at my parents house last week because i had to help them with their laptop. I told my mom about firefox and she was very confused because she doesn't seem to understand that google chrome is a browser and that every browser can access google search or their banking site.

It took a bit of effort to explain that firefox works the exact same but is safer and faster.

She is now using firefox on her phone because i showed her ublock origin works with it to block ads.

A lot of people don't seem to understand that google chrome isn't the internet and what exactly a browser is.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I guess average user cares mostly about how fast and smooth the browsing is. Chrome definitely has the edge on that over firefox.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’m forced to use Chrome quite a bit (workplace silliness) and exclusively use Firefox at home. I seriously cannot see this edge that you claim Chrome has. Do you mean in loading speed? Scrolling speed?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I second you, I don't see any advantage on using Chrome over Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

same for me. no noticeable difference

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