11mo ago

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 ...

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TL;DR for the TL;DR: Firefox + uBlock Origin
- Mozilla is going to kill it too. https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxsdmHepmqMNqWM0BmW2RHemnarYeQk0bk?feature=shared
  
  Wrong link. But Mozilla is not going to kill uBlock Origin too. Firefox supports the old MV2 and new MV3 version for extensions.
Too long to read? I get it. Here’s the summary. Download Firefox.
Yes. One option is to download it from here: https://librewolf.net/
- There's also @zenbrowser@fosstodon.org , it's firefox-based as well
  https://zen-browser.app/
- It's Firefox, with the Firefox branding and some questionable decisions like the AI chatbot sidebar and a few others removed
Hoping this could maybe help convince my friends who are just looking for a chromium alternative and won't even consider firefox
- The problem is they apparently really value having cross device syncing between desktop and phone, and dislike Firefox on mobile a bit due to speed. Idk I mean yeah I think chromium browsers on android are technically faster (seems to me at least) but with no ads it's way better
- It's like with Windows, most people don't know or think about an alternative. Or care about privacy and the advantages. It's just work and annoying to do any change.
- this is assuming that mozilla won't ruin firefox as usually by copying the bad parts of chromium
  seeing the latest 5 years, i don't have much hope
  
  Aren't they already enshittifying FF?
Just a heads up, you posted this 5 times here and 3 times on lemmy.ml
- I'm using Fedia - must be an issue with replication or something. I have no control over that, sorry.
  
  Ahh those bugs suck. Though I think you should still be able to delete the duplicates.
I really like chromes tab grouping features, I wish firefox had that. But adblock is more important than groups so the change wasn't too hard to deal with
- Maybe this helps?
  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/simple-tab-groups/
  
  Ohh this might! Thank you :)
- I never used those, but I have been using Winger for a while. Not a strong recommendation, but I am continuing to use it. I also heavily abuse tab searching and switching via the awesomebar.
  
  Hey thank you for the links! I'll check em out :D
Incorrect.
Vivaldi, which is Chromium-based, has a built-in ad blocker.

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