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Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads

  • 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.
friend_of_satan ,

I’d just like to reassure everybody that you can quit using Google Chrome. I switched to Firefox a year ago. You can switch to something else too. Give it a try.

Wait, I don’t need to nudge anybody. After all the ads start invading their browsing experience I doubt anybody will need much prodding.

echo ,

Yep… when ublock quits working for me on Chrome then I will migrate.

Maestro ,

Why wait? Migrate now. There's even Firefox for mobile with ublock

chazwhiz ,
@chazwhiz@lemmy.world avatar

There is?

arin ,

Yes my main mobile browser

TachyonTele ,

Same here. Haven’t seen an ad in I don’t know how long.

chazwhiz ,
@chazwhiz@lemmy.world avatar

That doesn’t really answer my question. How does one get ublock origin on mobile?

RampageDon ,

You use Firefox as your mobile browser

ArgentRaven ,

And to add to that, set all your programs and links to open in Firefox by default, instead of the YouTube app, etc. then you’re blocking ads just like a desktop on every site you visit.

catloaf ,

Same as on desktop. You go to the Mozilla extension site or the author’s site and click add.

JohnSwanFromTheLough ,

There’s an extensions menu in the firefox app, uBlock is listed as one of the recommend ones, all you have to do is click the plus sign to add it.

Hobbes ,

Not in mobile

pipe01 ,

Yes in mobile

Makhno ,

Yes there is lol

Maestro ,

Yes. You can install extensions on firefox mobile just like you can on the desktop version. IIRC it's the only mobile browser that does this.

pennomi ,

Only on Firefox Android.

As far as I know, Safari is the only browser with Adblock on iOS.

harsh3466 ,

This is true, however, Firefox focus has a built in blocker that’s pretty good, and the Orion browser for iOS actually supports Firefox extensions (even though it’s built on top of safari), and is also pretty good. I run bothe Firefox focus and Orion with ublock on my iOS devices.

H4mi ,

I use Firefox Focus on iOS. It blocks quite a bit without addons.

skuzz ,

Also third party browsers on iOS are forced to use a janky slow WebKit WebView instead of the accelerated WebKit on Safari.

In the EU, things are different and third-party rendering engines have been forced upon Apple, so people there may have more options.

mp3 ,
@mp3@lemmy.ca avatar

On Android, Firefox for iOS doesn’t have addons because Apple.

maccentric ,

The Orion browser has rudimentary support for Firefox extensions. UBlock origin seems to work for me. Best I’ve found for iOS

webghost0101 ,

For real the votes here have so much “well it works on my machine so you must be wrong”-energy

ShepherdPie ,

Firefox mobile allows you to install extensions just like a PC version of the browser.

strawberry ,

low key that's why I switched. ads on mobile are so incredibly intrusive

Orbituary ,
@Orbituary@lemmy.world avatar

Mull is a Firefox fork with even more privacy features. There are others that I’m sure people will chime in with.

Mog_fanatic ,

I tried but for some reason certain websites can’t play any videos on Firefox without buffering every like 5 or 10 seconds for a few seconds. It happens on 100% of videos on YouTube and like 50% of videos on any other website. It’s super annoying, so back to chrome I went and I guess I’ll stay until ublock bites the dust and I have to move.

echo ,

Mostly inertia and other priorities…

Zahille7 ,

I personally enjoy Ecosia. They’re the ones who plant trees whenever you use their search engine, and while not the best, at least their mobile app has a built in ad-blocker that imo seems pretty decent.

Steve ,

Yup

_bcron ,

Firefox with NoScript is better than any adblocker I used. It blocks the ‘disable adblocker’ popups alongside ads and most sketchy shit in general

superkret ,

It also blocks everything else on the website.

Makeitstop ,

It’s definitely more of a hassle than most people will want to deal with. But I still prefer to have it and selectively enable things as needed, because quite frankly I’d rather deal with predictable hassles of my own making than be bombarded with new bullshit every day due to ever worsening trends in enshittification.

webghost0101 ,

Tip: its not better if you know its to much hassle for most people. But dont let that stop you from posting your ideas. The more power to those that such is not a hassle.

Makeitstop ,

Why not both?

ShepherdPie ,

Because it can ruin your browsing experience all together. It’d be like installing multiple anti-virus programs on your Windows PC

icosahedron ,

iirc some hardened firefox configs, including arkenfox, recommend using ublock ONLY. other privacy extensions like noscript aren’t worth using because ublock replicates all of their features plus more

Kalkaline ,
@Kalkaline@leminal.space avatar

Firefox reader mode is the champ, especially when combined with uBlock

fine_sandy_bottom ,

I don’t understand the inertia if I’m honest.

Jimmycakes ,

Nobody that cares about seeing ads is still on chrome. I bet they don’t lose more than 8-10% market share in a year even that is probably super high

grue ,

I’ve always used Firefox on every other device I own, but now I need to do something about my Chromebook.

megabat ,

I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that even the United States FBI recommended using ad blocking extensions to protect yourself online.

www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2022/PSA221221

TransplantedSconie ,

Firefox is the bomb.

perviouslyiner ,

It is… revolutionary.

2001aCentenaryofFederation ,

see also: librewolf

parpol ,

If only there was a librewolf mobile…

DaddleDew ,

Fennec is a pace in the right direction for that

dukatos ,

Mull is better…

JetpackJackson ,

Mull is the closest

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Mull:

f-droid.org/packages/us.spotco.fennec_dos/

circuscritic , (edited )

I’m not saying to never use Firefox Android forks, but the reality is that Chromium forks are significantly more secure on Android, such as Mulch (same dev as Mull) and Chromite (Bromite fork).

Again, I am talking security, not privacy, and specifically for Android.

Here is a good write up on the topic from the developer of the Mull and Mulch browsers:

divestos.org/pages/browsers

For desktop there are a lot of good Firefox forks, such as Mullvad’s Browser, Librewolf, & Waterfox. If a website needs Chrome to work, I just use Vivaldi or Ungoogled Chromium.

Edit: I’ve made this point a few times, and always with lots of downvotes, just kind of funny. Especially when I provided a technical write-up from the developer of a security focused distro (DivestOS) as well as two popular security focused Android browsers (Mull and Mulch), but hey, maybe you all know better than he does.

JohnDClay ,

YouTube isn’t playing on Firefox with Ublock for me either. I’ll need to go through and reinstall my extensions, but I couldn’t find the root cause so far, I’d just been using chrome with ublock for YouTube and Firefox for everything else.

parpol ,

Use a redirect plugin to open all YouTube links in invidious.

On android, GrayJay is the best app for not only YouTube but all video and streaming platforms.

JohnDClay ,

But that wouldn’t have comments or updating recommendations, right?

JohnDClay ,

As for grey jay, I haven’t had time to compile it yet. ReVanced is working well for me.

Zier ,
@Zier@fedia.io avatar

Try NewPipe or a fork of that for YouTube on Android.

JohnDClay ,

It doesn’t have recommendations or ability to comment does it? And ReVanced is still working for me on Android.

Mog_fanatic ,

Saaaaame for me on PC. Such a bummer.

ogmios ,
@ogmios@sh.itjust.works avatar

Yea, I’m just waiting for the bomb to go off when Mozilla inevitably ends up following Google’s example.

Lemminary ,

Yep, I’m watching intently with the shit they’ve been doing.

sheogorath ,

Thankfully, Firefox is open-source, so we can just use one of the forks, or perhaps Ladybird will be ready for general release by that time.

ngwoo ,

Firefox already adopted manifest V3 but specifically kept the features needed for adblockers

mindlight ,

If you want to avoid ads it might be a good idea to not use products from a company which primary goal is to make money on ads…

But hey, what do I know…

echo ,

uBlock Origin Lite, which is Manifest V3 compliant but doesn’t boast the original version’s comprehensive ad-blocking features.

Then what is the purpose/value of it?

Quill7513 ,

Its able to block some ads. However, from a security perspective this basically means google chrome is no longer a web browser that should be used in a professional setting, let alone for your private and personal work

echo ,

I’ll let corporate worry about corporate… I don’t want the ads at home.

Quill7513 ,

100% don’t use it at home. I’m saying if you wouldn’t even use it at work (and you seriously shouldn’t anymore, its a total liability) you for sure shouldn’t use it at home

spaghettiwestern ,

Susceptible to intrusive ads and viruses.

My Windows computer was infected more than once by virus spreading ads on legitimate websites. The site owners denied any responsibility for the viruses saying it was the fault and responsibility of the ad companies. Never again.

ElectricAirship ,
@ElectricAirship@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Not trying to troll or anything, but what can Chrome do that Firefox cannot?

I’ve always felt like Firefox has more useful features like screenshotting, etc.

RubberElectrons ,
@RubberElectrons@lemmy.world avatar

Even if it didn’t have superior functionality, I’d still support & use firefox over chrome just because I don’t care how fast the sports car is: if it’s not going where I tell it to, I ain’t gettin’ in.

PassingThrough ,

I only break out Chrome(or Edge) for two reasons:

One is access to serial ports to flash ESP devices, or update the firmware on my XR glasses. Firefox can’t do that.

The other is to automate Twitch drop collection. The addon I found to reload broken streams and collect drops while I’m at work only has a Chrome version.

CameronDev ,

I really hope ff gets WebSerial support.

billiam0202 ,

The addon I found to reload broken streams and collect drops while I’m at work only has a Chrome version.

The question is, is it gonna have a Manifest V3 version?

bokherif ,

Some websites intentionally break Firefox for some reason. I’ve had numerous issues on Firefox which were resolved by switching to Chrome. These could potentially be fixed by a User-Agent string change, but instead of dealing with it I switched to a Chromium based browser.

Kethal ,

I used Firefox when it first came out. Google and Mozzila got into a hot race to make the best browser and they both did well. Somehow I ended up using Chrome a lot more even though I thought that by the time the race ended they were pretty even. Both were very fast and had great plugin libraries. Chrome looked nicer out of the box, but Firefox is highly customizable. Since the end of that race, Chrome has gotten worse and Firefox is about the same. I’ve switched back fully to Firefox, and the only thing I miss is the “Piss off publisher frames” plugin, that I haven’t found a replacement for. It’s a nice browser.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

I switched to chrome for several years. Back then I was using Gmail and google docs et cetera. I naively thought Google were the good guys.

At that time the chrome ui was better. As an example, Firefox still had a separate search bar and address bar, although you could search in the address bar if you wished.

More recently I think the “nice ui” thing has tipped back towards Firefox. Chrome seems to have evolved some extra buttons.

Kethal ,

Yeah, it’s ironic that one of Google’s selling points was that Chrome didn’t have a lot of clutter. It’s even where the name comes from. Now it looks messy. It’s no Microsoft product yet, but it’s definitely one of the ways it used to be better.

billiam0202 ,

As an example, Firefox still had a separate search bar and address bar, although you could search in the address bar if you wished.

The advantages of that was you could set the URL bar and search bar to different search engines. I would do a Google search with the URL bar while keeping the search bar set to Wikipedia. Eventually this feature was removed, and then the search bar itself (since there was no reason to search from the URL bar and a dedicated search bar.) It’s a feature I missed for a while, but I got over it.

jay ,
@jay@mbin.zerojay.com avatar

I would be on Firefox myself except that I need Webassembly that functions at a decent speed and It's about 30-100 times slower on Firefox than it is on Chrome and hasn't changed in yeeeeears.

henfredemars ,

KilledByGoogle up next: Chrome. You mean they pulled the plug on Chrome.

A lot of momentum to dissipate but the ad blocker defines a bearable web experience.

Omgboom ,

Susceptible to malware even

fine_sandy_bottom ,

This is as good a place as any to challenge firefox users: what are you doing to support the project?

Using their software doesn’t support them, unless you search with Google and I doubt many users reading this do.

Mozilla may be deserving of criticism, but criticism alone does not support them.

I fear that one day we will lose firefox.

ikidd ,
@ikidd@lemmy.world avatar

What’s even worse is every time someone mentions Firefox, some chucklefuck has to go hardcore negative on everything Mozilla does that is 1/10th as shitty as Google. Just shut your piehole if you don’t like the only somewhat private open source browser.

Chozo ,

Let's be honest, Mozilla is only 1/10 as shitty as Google because they're 1/100 the size. If they had the resources, they'd be just as awful. They've already shown us how awful they can be at their current size, I can't imagine how bad they'd be if they were at Google's scale. Firing your employees and giving your execs bonuses is 100% a Google-like move, and the only reason they stopped at a few hundred employees was because they didn't have more to give.

Just because they make a good open source product doesn't make them immune from criticism.

riquisimo ,

Soooo you’re saying I should donate to the Mozilla foundation?

BakedCatboy ,

I pay for Mozilla VPN and relay throwaway email addresses. And I seldom use either it’s basically just a donation.

TwoBeeSan ,

My work has edge and chrome. Everything else locked.

Will be seeing ads at work now. Cool.

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BlameThePeacock ,

Switching back to Firefox in the next few weeks. Fuck you google

NateNate60 ,

What did the fact checker bot ever do to you?

Estebiu ,
@Estebiu@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Shh, we dont talk about that here…

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Fact checker bot is BS. It should be banned.

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

Just block it and you won’t have to see it any more.

catloaf ,

That doesn’t fix the problem. MBFC is firmly biased, and presenting it as unbiased is positively harmful.

NateNate60 ,

I wonder why you hate the fact-checkers.

saltesc ,

Aw man. I really like Vivaldi for its productivity and customisation. Guess I’ll have to go back to FF and try trick it out some.

ravhall ,

Does anyone still use chrome? lol.

Chozo ,

Nearly 3.5 billion people do.

"Does anybody still use [literally the most popular product in its industry]?"

ravhall ,

They deserve what they get.

Chozo ,

I deserve ads because Firefox won't render any of the web apps I use for work? Damn.

ravhall ,

What websites do you use for work that won’t work on Firefox?

Chozo ,

Firefox breaks Slack, Zoom, Salesforce, Jira, and several other internal/proprietary platforms I use. Many of our tools are integrated into each other (sometimes on the backend through the API, sometimes on the frontend through an iFrame), and Firefox really doesn't play nicely with these interactions. Either it doesn't like the fact that our apps are accessing multiple sites at a time and throws security errors, or it just doesn't render some parts of the page properly, making them unusable.

For instance, one ticketing tool we use is completely inaccessible in Firefox, because the page breaks after the header and loads the rest into a 10px-wide column that stretches for miles. Works fine in Chrome, Edge, and even Safari somehow.

Some of this could be fixed by using these platforms with their out-of-the-box software which may be more compatible with Firefox, without our modifications. But our mods are there because these integrations drastically improve our workflows, so that's unfortunately not a feasible option for our business.

A lot of this is due to Firefox having stricter standards, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Maybe our developers should make our tools more standard-compliant and that might be better in the long run. But until then, I gotta use what works.

pivot_root ,

Your elitism is showing.

ravhall ,

I’m so elite because I choose to use a browser that respects my privacy lol.

Thank you, I guess?

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