yoasifOct 18, 2024

YSK: Google is Killing uBlock Origin. No Chromium Browser is Safe.

YSK: Google is Killing uBlock Origin. No Chromium Browser is...

https://www.quippd.com/writing/2024/10/16/google-is-killing-uBlock-origin-no-chromium-browser-is-safe.html

Google is Killing uBlock Origin. No Chromium Browser is Safe.

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 extension will soon no longer be available because it “doesn’t follow the best practices for Chrome extensions”.2 Daly Barnett. “Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 is Deceitful and Threatening.” EFF, December 9, 2021. ↩ Lawrence Abrams. “Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon.” Bleeping Computer, October 13, 2024. ↩

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Show threadJimmybanderOct 18, 2024
Duh, Firefox. This is not a problem.
Show threadnutsackOct 18, 2024
I have trouble displaying like 10% of the internet
Show threadorrkOct 19, 2024
the trick is to set Firefox to report as Chrome
Show threadnutsack
in case this isnt a joke, how the fuck would that help?
Oct 19, 2024 at 11:12amWeb
Show threadRouthinatorOct 19, 2024

Because many sites intentionally give you different code because you’re not in a chrome browser and that code is frequently tested with lower priority or not at all due to market share. And Firefox is able to run chrome code.

Additionally some sites actively tell you that your browser is not supported and downgrade the experience because you are not using Chrome.

But in reality the sites really only react to the user-agent, so doing this just makes them use the chrome code.

Show threadFlavoredButtHairOct 19, 2024
Change your default internet browser to Firefox. Uninstall Chrome and any chrome based browser.