Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads - eviltoast
Google ramps up its campaign against ad blockers on Chrome.
  • Google is transitioning Chrome’s extension support from the Manifest V2 framework to the V3.
  • This means users won’t be able to use uBlock Origin to block ads on Google Chrome.
  • However, there’s a new iteration of the app — uBlock Origin Lite, which is Manifest V3 compliant but doesn’t boast the original version’s comprehensive ad-blocking features.
  • Voltage@sh.itjust.works
    30·
    4 months ago

    I know its everyone’s personal choice and all that but in my opinion people should stop using chromium engine browsers. It was a good engine however the fact that chromium has the majority users is the only thing holding lazy developers from porting websites to work with other browser engines gives google more control.

      • stetech@lemmy.world
        20·
        4 months ago

        Most “browsers” being marketed out there are based off of Google’s Chromium project. They are effectively re-skins of it (simplifying a little). Examples include Brave, Vivaldi, Opera I believe.

        Firefox is completely separate and independent from this ecosystem (which is also why there’s a separate extension store for Firefox).

        The third and last major (>a couple % market share) engine is WebKit, which is the basis of Apple’s Safari.

        There’s tons of cool stuff out there, but it’s either niche (platform/use case), unstable to use, and/or both. Examples: Servo, Ladybird, Orion

        To sum it up, if you’re a normal, average user:

        • If you have exclusively Apple devices, probably try Safari (for the synchronization & battery efficiency)
        • If not, Firefox!
        • If you need it because of some really messed up development/compatibility issues, the last resort is ungoogled/de-googled Chromium

        While on the topic, here’s some cool browser extensions:

        Edit: fixed a link