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Google is Killing uBlock Origin. No Chromium Browser is Safe. (www.quippd.com)

submitted 9 months ago by yoasif@fedia.io to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] WolvenSpectre@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Vivaldi is including its own adblock outside of the manifest system that uses many of the same blocklists that uBlock does (although at this point you have to add them manually) and hopes to get near the same functionality by the time it is pulled and Mv3 is implemented. They originally had plans to offer a Mv2 compliant area but after seeing how Mv3 was going to be implemented, they changed there plans to many users dismay.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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[–] something_random_tho@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Brave itself is filled with ads. Crypto wallets, BAT, VPNs. I just want a browser.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't think many people use Vivaldi. Also it is mostly proprietary so that's a hard pass for me.

[–] theorangeninja@lemmy.today 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Roughly 92% of the browser’s code is open source coming from Chromium, 3% is open source coming from us, which leaves only 5% for our UI closed-source code.

https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/why-isnt-vivaldi-browser-open-source/

Only the UI part is not open source.

[–] tubbadu@lemmy.kde.social 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What's the point of keeping part of the UI closed source?

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I hope they end up killing Chrome.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think you're being optimistic about the number of people who both use adblockers and who care enough to switch browsers.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Not that many people use real computers any more. At work, you may need to use a computer, but you probably can’t change the browser. At home, you have the PCMR folks who use a computer and probably also care about browsers. Everyone else just uses a tablet or a phone for browsing the web.

Speaking of the web, most people interact with specific websites through an app and an API, so they don’t even launch the mobile browser until they have to visit a site that doesn’t have an app. The world has changed and browsers aren’t as relevant as they used to be.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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