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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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 30 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Who thought it was a good idea to let an internet ad company control our internet client?

In other news:

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I wonder if the web itself may bifurcate. Corporate, government, and most NGO websites will only respond to corporate browsers that run sanctioned DRM binary blobs to “verify” their “safety”. And then there is us, with our websites and our web clients.

[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Who thought it was a good idea to let an internet ad company control our internet client?

It seemed a lot more reasonable 15 years ago. The default on Windows at the time of Chrome's rise was Internet Explorer.

I am watching Ladybird with great interest. The world needs a new-from-the-ground-up browser.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Either ground-up or a hard fork. Or both. Both is good.

[–] Nexy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

librewolf

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Librewolf is fine for now, but it is small tweaks tracking FF’s codebase. I think that given Mozilla’s trajectory, at some point someone will have to do a hard fork.

Someone could do a hard fork of Chromium now, for that matter, but I’m not aware of any so far.

[–] Soluna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 weeks ago

Here's hoping this pushes more people to Firefox

[–] N4CHEM@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago

Google is not killing uBlock Origin, it is making its Chrome browser even less user friendly. Just use Firefox or a Firefox fork.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 weeks ago

The www has already gone to shit anyway thanks to SEO bullshit websites and AI generated garbage. Most of my online interactions are via applications these days. The more these companies ruin the www the less I find myself using a web browser.

[–] Fuzzy_Red_Panda@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

Upvoted for the adorable photo of a red panda :)

[–] ElPussyKangaroo@lemdro.id 2 points 2 weeks ago

What does this mean for other chromium browsers like Vivaldi? I like Vivaldi.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

What is this "chrome" thing I keep reading about? Be right back, my wolf needs to be fed.

[–] yoz@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I know people who don't care about ublock so I guess it's not relevant. People who care about ad blockers should just move to Firefox or brave

[–] Nexy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Brave is chromium

[–] yoz@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yea but someone brave is doing exceptional work. They still got a good Adblocker

[–] Emeraldlink25@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Brave has a built-in adblock. No extensions required.

[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

is Brave's ad blocker as good as UO?

[–] yoz@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

Can't complain. Been using it for ages now and I am happy with the experience