Firefox says it will keep supporting uBlock Origin even as Microsoft Edge and other Chromium browsers phase it out under Manifest V3.

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    25 days ago

    I can’t imagine using the web without firefox and ublock. Even the cookie consent popups are awful.

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      25 days ago

      Ublock Lite still works in Chrome (and it still blocks YouTube ads, not sure about cookie popups), but you get no control over the filters. Just a slider with some presets to choose from. So while better than nothing, just stick with Firefox.

      • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus
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        25 days ago

        Now that MV2 is dead in chrome, i wouldn’t bet on YouTube ads being able to be blocked by UBlock Lite for much longer.

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    25 days ago

    If they ever stop supporting it I will continue to use the last version to support it, any website that breaks compatibility with this Firefox version can get fucked.

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      25 days ago

      That’s a significant security risk, unfortunately.

      If that happens, I’d suggest a fork with a built in blocker, one that still gets security patches from upstream Firefox.

      • St.Elsewhere@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
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        25 days ago

        Exactly. Ublock origin is notable only for being part of 0 ad companies and 100% trustworthy. The blocking lists are universal. If it’s built into the browser, you’re golden

    • anon_8675309@lemmy.world
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      25 days ago

      I’ll just spend my reading time reading more books than I do now. Forcing me to look at ads will not work.

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        24 days ago

        librewolf does not have much developer capacity to maintain such heavy patches. you may remember some chromium forks telling they will maintain a patch when google completely removes this API from chromium, but it seems none of them will follow through. I can’t really fault them because it is likely a gargantuan task. but I’ll fault them for claiming something they (should) have known they can’t deliver. but my point is if vivaldi and others can’t keep it, how could librewolf?

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    25 days ago

    For everyone using Firefox, are you using it with microG or some type of sandbox? Even when going private, you can’t download it unless you have Google Play services on mobile. Ive tried to see if it works without google and unfortunately it dosent. If that’s the case for mobile, then technically we really shouldn’t be using it either.

      • Bazoogle@lemmy.world
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        25 days ago

        What is mediocre about it? What would be an example of a good browser, and what are the differences?

        • Carl@anarchist.nexus
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          25 days ago

          Nothing is mediocre about it. All of the “best” browsers are based on FF’s Gecko engine. Maybe they have complaints about Mozilla or the weird stuff they’ve been doing with FF recently. But the actual Gecko engine is solid, and it’s what all the best browsers are based on.

        • Deep@sh.itjust.works
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          25 days ago

          im an old web dev and im stuck in my shitty ways which includes not liking how ff is the only effing browser that takes extra effort to make the front-end look and function correctly. tbh, i do use ff on android 99% of the time, but ff on desktop breaks too many sites if you have any inkling of ff’s security turned on.

          im not wrong, you all are just fanboys