uBlock Origin will soon stop functioning in Chrome as Google transitions to new browser extension rules.

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      3 months ago

      This coming down the line finally got me off of my incredibly lazy ass and forced me to switch a few months ago. It was easy, and I don’t know why I didn’t do it sooner.

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      3 months ago

      I wish I could for work. But stupid corporate policy demands otherwise, Google workspace is so shit.

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      3 months ago

      They’ll switch from Chrome to Cryptocurrency flavored Chrome and think all is well in the world.

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      3 months ago

      i did read somewhere that affected chrome users are being presented with alternatives from the chrome extension ‘store’ that are mv3-ready.

      whether or not they’re capable of clicking the right buttons on the right screens and windows to do it is another story.

      ubo, abp and adguard all have mv3 variants. there are others, but i think those are the ‘big three’. ublock origin lite is what i’ve been moving people to here, if not to firefox. so far, so good.

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        3 months ago

        I think the lite versions don’t allow scripted blocking, only static or something. So a whole lot of the adaptive blocks for persistent ads you encounter on facebook, instagram and other shitty socials that behave like viruses will be hard to impossible to kill.

        I’m glad I never had to deal with that as I have never used Chrome on desktop, but I’m pretty sure there will be many folks out there who don’t know how to switch.

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      3 months ago

      I use Firefox everywhere except work where my only options are Chrome or Edge (both chromium). Apparently uBlock lite is supposed to work on the new version of Chrome and hopefully still functions roughly the same. Apart from block web ads, I rely on it to block YouTube ads.