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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 ...

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 33 minutes ago

Honestly I'd say the Internet isn't safe, and it's because of Google, fuck you Google. It's not just the wine I've been drinking, it's true dammit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 37 minutes ago

What date is is getting rid of mv2? Read the article couldn't find a date

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 hour ago

Also Firefox mobile has nearly all of the extensions as the desktop version so it's more similar across all of your devices. Personally, I use LibreWolf on desktop and Mull on mobile, but they're just tweaked versions of Firefox with some bloat and telemetry removed and preconfigured to be more private.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 hours ago

Welcome back to Firefox everyone! At least if you're as old or older than I. 😁

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I still hope as part of the antitrust ruling, they rip chrome from Google and undo this crap.

I've had good luck with uBlock Lite.

(Yes I could swap browsers but nah).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 hours ago

Just bite the bullet.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 hours ago

Even in Vivaldi???

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

I just use DNS or VPN for adblocking , no need for browser addons

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 hours ago

This isn't sufficient. I've been running DNS adblocking for a decade, advertisers have wised up to it and can easily sidestep it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 hours ago

To my knowledge, DNS blockers not only miss a ton of ads, they also trigger several false positives.

A better solution is to switch to something not chromium like Firefox or whatever alternative the next Linux person to read this comment recommends

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 hours ago

After i uninstalled chrome some time ago, i noticed it had been slowing down my entire system even when its not on. There is nothing of worth in using it or any other browser derived from it.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You can make a windows registry change to have Chrome let you keep using uBlock Origin, with the V2 manifest. It will buy you six more months, basically the enterprise support period.

There was a handy shortcut created by the Security Now podcast you can use as a one-click file to update the policy. The show notes also give a more detailed breakdown of what's going on.

The relevant section in the notes is page 10. The link to the file is page 12. https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-995-notes.pdf

[–] [email protected] 4 points 43 minutes ago

Or just use Firefox and deal with that.

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