Google Chrome has begun disabling uBlock Origin, the best ad-blocker and privacy & security extension across all browsers. If you're not already impacted, you're about to be thanks to manifest ...
  • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
    37·
    4 days ago

    This has been coming since they announced Manifest v3. Anyone paying any attention at all knew this was going to happen.

    • Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world
      22·
      5 days ago

      There was a time not too long ago where I would have just assumed a move this clearly douchey and against your customers’ desires would lead to nothing but a complete evacuation of those customers, but I’ve seen this movie play out enough times to know that somehow, someway, this will work out just fine for them. People will complain, swallow it whole, keep on using it, and finally just forget about it.

  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
    10·
    4 days ago

    Imagine using you power to "vote for "/support/give power to a company who says it’s gonna kill all ad-blockers to monopolise the ad market even further … and then complain about the exact thing happening.

    Using Chrome (or other Google products) is just supporting and enabling that.
    If people didn’t use it, none of it would have happened.

  • Fades@lemmy.world
    4·
    4 days ago

    The fuck you mean “new”? They have been trying to force chromium based browsers on everyone in part for this exact reason

  • cultsuperstar@lemmy.world
    3·
    4 days ago

    Okay, thanks. I remember reading quite a bit about this but in another thread a while back, several people were recommending Brave. I was using it for a while and I do like the speed, especially on Android. I was using Firefox on both desktop and Androis but I think uBlock Origin on Firefox causes a 2-5 pause when accessing some websites. It’s really weird and I haven’t been able to figure it out.

    Overall, I agree about Brave and the shady monetization stuff.

    • dev_null@lemmy.ml
      1·
      3 days ago

      Brave is malware that should never be used. If you need a Chromium based browser, Vivaldi is a good choice. Otherwise Firefox.

    • Fades@lemmy.world
      3·
      4 days ago

      Brave has plenty of problems and chromium base is only one of them, here’s some easy examples from recent history:

      https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/06/07/brave-browser-caught-adding-its-own-referral-codes-to-some-cryptcurrency-trading-sites/

      The issue came to widespread attention yesterday, when Twitter user @Cryptonator1337 pointed out that Brave Browser auto-filled a referral code to the end of the web address when “binance.us” is typed into the address bar. Binance is a cryptocurrency trading website, and with that referral code, Brave Software could earn 20% from trading fees for every account created using the link.

      https://cryptobriefing.com/basic-attention-token-rebounds-despite-brave-autofill-controversy/

      • Brave browser reportedly redirected its users to the company’s own referral links when navigating to different platforms such as Binance, Coinbase, and others.
      • Following the incident, the price of Basic Attention Token plummeted over 6%.
      • But over the last few hours, the bulls appear to have stepped in, signaling that BAT is poised for further gains.

      Best case scenario Brave is difficult to fully trust, why go out of your way to use a browser that tries to monetize your usage?

      While we’re at it fuck every chromium-based browser. Why help google conquer the internet that much faster? Because that’s how they attack unlock origin and such, that’s how they introduce lag and pauses for people visiting YouTube on non chromium browsers, etc.