According to recent user reports, uBlock Origin is quickly disappearing from the Chrome Web Store. The official page for the ad-blocking extension now states that it is...

According to recent user reports, uBlock Origin is quickly disappearing from the Chrome Web Store. The official page for the ad-blocking extension now states that it is unavailable because it doesn’t comply with Chrome’s “best practices” for add-ons. However, we can confirm that the page is still accessible from our EU Windows client.

    • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
      18·
      2 months ago

      Problem solved, except for the sites that still refuse to work properly with established web standards.

      for most of these, using an extension to pretend you are using chrome fixes the “problem”

      • Dyskolos@lemmy.zipEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        … Which would sadly help to skew browser-usage-statistics to the dark side.

    • endofline@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      yes, i use mostly ff but still i keep chrome. Maybe ill install brave or vivaldii for the chrome engine purpose only

    • dev_null@lemmy.mlEnglish
      310·
      2 months ago

      I like Vivaldi. Best of both worlds: no Google bullshit, like Firefox, combined with the compatibility of WebKit.

    • 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      922·
      2 months ago

      Man… I switched a while back. Shits wild how many sites don’t work correctly

      Edit: my wife sends me tiktok videos which doesn’t work and then a random smattering of redirects.

      • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
        34·
        2 months ago

        I have not really found any…

        But also, if you find sites that won’t work in Firefox, keep using them with Firefox and get others to do the same, then start complaining to the company running the site.

        • 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          5·
          2 months ago

          I edited my initial comment.

          But it’s tiktok that my wife sends me and redirects. Which in absolutely not going to complain to tiktok because fuck that noise. IDC enough about that mess.

          The redirects are annoying… But I just work around that in most cases

        • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nzEnglish
          5·
          2 months ago

          I did email one site that had a message that it only worked with chrome, I said that switching my user agent fixed the “issue” and the site seemed to work with no issues on FF.

          A few months later, no more warning.

        • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          I’ve only found a couple of sites that don’t work. They need the Web Serial API, which the Firefox devs don’t want to implement.

        • vaionko@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          13·
          2 months ago

          Microsoft Teams comes up with an unknown error on Firefox, which gets magically fixed when changing user agent…

      • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
        10·
        2 months ago

        Which ones? I’ve used Firefox and Vivaldi (which is Chromium-based) interchangeably for the last couple of years, and I can’t remember noticing any difference in their ability to handle sites. The main difference I’ve noticed is that Firefox renders fonts more nicely in Linux.

  • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
    1041·
    2 months ago

    Soon, users will have to choose between accepting Chrome’s inferior ad-blocking technology or switching to a different browser.

    Doesn’t seem like a terribly difficult choice. Firefox it is.

      • Laurel Raven@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        I think it does, but only blocks competing advertisers

        (Note: I actually have no clue if they do and I’m talking out my ass; that said, I would absolutely not be surprised one bit if they did exactly that)

  • hitmyspotEnglish
    63·
    2 months ago

    I’ve already switched to Firefox. It makes me a little sad that I moved to chrome in the first place. Back then google seemed to care about improving the web experience and moving to open standards. Now they are so dominant, it’s the opposite. Its the death of an idealistic internet.

      • Billiam@lemmy.worldEnglish
        33·
        2 months ago

        We need to add the fourth E: Enshittify. Once you’ve eliminated all the competition, extract every last dollar out of your users by steadily degrading their experience while offering them the option to pay to restore some semblance of usability.

        • jaycifer@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          Not just the customers, but the “business partners” too! If you want your search results at the top of the list, pay up! Sometimes you even get to pay for your ad to be shown in a context that’s not relevant at all, despite all the data collected to personalize ads!

      • hitmyspotEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Yes, which existed at the time but was not a commonly used phrase. I dont know that it had even been coined by that point.

  • ArbiterXero@lemmy.worldEnglish
    413·
    2 months ago

    So THIS is why all the Firefox hit pieces have been surfacing recently….

    Suddenly the picture becomes clearer lol.

    I’m not surprised, they have been threatening this for awhile, put the timing of the hit pieces, and then this…… answers a lot of questions

    • FuzzyRedPanda@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      2 months ago

      To be fair, Mozilla is making some choices regarding Firefox that are pretty controversial; most of us don’t like many of the decisions being made and have legitimate frustrations.

      • ArbiterXero@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        2 months ago

        Sure, and that’s meaningful, but the problem is that many articles are getting major details and entire concepts wrong and publishing statements that are so inaccurate that it feels like bullshit.

        Like the advertising counter is nowhere near how it’s been represented over and over in various unknown blogs.

        Very much has the feel of a FUD campaign

    • FuzzyRedPanda@lemm.eeEnglish
      41·
      2 months ago

      No they don’t. When chrome first came out, every tech enthusiast and tech journalist praised it and encouraged every tech person to use it and to get their families to use it. Now millions of families still use Chrome and they don’t deserve to suffer.

      Let’s help all our loved ones move to a better browser and a better internet experience.

  • NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.comEnglish
    26·
    2 months ago

    Time for everyone to purge Google Chrome from their systems. Google needs to learn the hard way that people aren’t going to tolerate this kind of hostility and reminded that they aren’t the only browser.

    • quixotic120@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      The problem is proprietary systems that are mandatory to interface with. I have chrome installed for these stupid bullshit situations and as a result it’s constantly so far out of date that I just end up having to reinstall it the once or twice a year I am forced to use it.

      Government interfaces are the one I run into the most. I recently had to log into nppes, the us government database for updating information attached to the national provider identifier number for healthcare practitioners. Super important thing, literally necessary to bill every single insurance in America and to join basically any practice. Locked out of the site unless you use edge or chrome. Like scripting on the page that makes the page blanked out for any other browser (including older versions)

      Similarly I just had to pay the local tax bill in my county and their website had the same deal although they also supported safari. The website is blocked out with Firefox and brave. Could get past that but the website still didn’t work right even trying all 3 of their “supported browsers” on 2 different computers and a vm. lmao except I still have to figure out how to pay my taxes

      • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
        33·
        2 months ago

        Oh, we all have to have to deal with proprietary bullshit sometimes, specially when the subject is government BS.
        Just don’t daily drive Chrome and ya good 👍

  • Jure Repinc@lemmy.mlEnglish
    20·
    2 months ago

    Best to switch to Firefox anyways, or even better privacy enhanced LibreWolf

    This project is a custom and independent version of Firefox, with the primary goals of privacy, security and user freedom. LibreWolf is designed to increase protection against tracking and fingerprinting techniques, while also including a few security improvements. This is achieved through our privacy and security oriented settings and patches. LibreWolf also aims to remove all the telemetry, data collection and annoyances, as well as disabling anti-freedom features like DRM.

  • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
    20·
    2 months ago

    Using chrome is the same as not respecting human rights on the web, because it actively works against our best interests with tracking and spying.

  • TaleyaEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    They’ve already fucked up adguard on tablets

  • scsi@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    (x-posted comment) There’s a MV3 alternate (same dev!) “uBlock Origin Lite” which this article completely misses out on mentioning: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh

    There are certain websites and tools which need chrome/chromium making it a necessary evil; for example there’s a new trend in firmware flashing of devices like ESP32 boards and HAM/GMRS radios which are web based and use Chrome tech. This new MV3 fork isn’t as good as the original but it’s better than nothing and does stop some ad trash.