so i'm closer to script kiddie than programmer. haven't we been being told this with every update?
this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2026
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I used to manage software that needed to be tested in all 3 major browsers every time we had an issue, and that was the only reason Chrome was even in my work PC. I moved on from that position, so bye bye Chrome
And mark the end (actually a while ago) of my use of Google Chrome. What a xrap browser it has become.
You might not know, but you can say "crap" on the internet.
I HAVE REPORTED YOU TO THE INTERNET POLICE.
CONSEQUENCES... Will NEVER be the same!
You might not know, but you can say "crap" on the internet.
Nice!
- xrap!
- crat!
- crraaaab!
Well, I'll keep practicing.
crraaaab!
i have chosen. this is your fault. my wife blames youuuU!
It already has.
This is misleading.
UBlock has been deprecated on Chrome, for a long time. UBlock Lite is its replacement and will continue to function (albeit with more limited efficacy).
What they are talking about is a complicated series of command line flags to re-enable Manifest V2+installing UBlock from source… But who in their right mind would still be using vanilla Google Chrome and jumping through all those hoops?
It will be an issue for forks like Helium or Ungoogled Chromium. They’ll just have to patch in a native blocker, I suppose.
TL;DR: Headline is wrong.
Chrome users will notice nothing. The end happened a long time ago.
Chrome is the modern day IE. We use it for work, but not much else.
Firefox users:
This will hopefully move more people to use Firefox again.
Their absolute and stubborn refusal to implement PWA made me give up on Firefox recently.
I tried using Chrome for PWA only and using Firefox for my main browser for a while (to help their market share), but it made it very difficult because external links would open in Chrome.
I've found like 80% of sites I use are self hosted so I found it easier to just stop using websites with ads than dealing with Firefox 😞
PWA? Poopy Wet Ass? I know nothing about computing what is PWA
Progressive Web Apps, a crack-pipe idea that allows you to install websites as if they were computer applications. Desktop entries, shortcuts, opens as a single window with no URL bar, everything to make it look like a computer application, but it isn’t. It didn’t take off because it’s not a very good idea, with no very good implementations. In my opinion.
All this over running web sites as apps? Why would I ever want a website as an app?
If I understand what you are saying correctly.
Maybe 0,00001% of the user base will. People don’t care, us nerds need to come to term with this
The other thing people on Lemmy / Hackernews/ Reddit don't seem to get is that people are not using laptop or desktop computers anymore. More and more people only have a phone and maybe a tablet. People with phones and tablets do not know what a browser is. It's baked into the system. Everyone on Android is using Chrome and they very likely don't even know it.
You mean those people that were born in the digital age so that it's second nature to them?
I use Ecosia on my phone because it has a built-in ad blocker that actually works.
I use Revanced instead of YouTube/Music so I don't get ads and can listen to what I want (I had to change my phone's DNS, because on data it wouldn't let me watch or listen to anything that was marked "explicit").
I haven't updated my Discord app in the last couple years because I heard that one of those updates supposedly introduced ads and I said "hell no."
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So use Firefox! On Android its ad blockers work well too
The fact there's extentions on FF & it's forks for mobile makes me sooo blown away anyone ever choses anything else!
They still need tab groups.
Agree - I just don’t understand why you’d use anything else on a PC.
The IT equivalent of throwing a sabot onto the gears...
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The forks of Firefox are just as good or better, and largely lack the AI bullshit.
Firefox is my go-to browser, but don't trust Mozilla and be ready to switch to an alternative just in case Firefox gets enshittified too much.
"But my cousin told me the fox fire is used by hackers or something, and the Google one said it was faster."
okay sit down this one is going to take a lot of brain. if a lot of hackers use it, the people who are good at computers, right? why would you not use the one that hackers use?
I shit you not, I used to work for a company (with no IT dept btw) that refused to use Firefox because they said it was "a trojan virus."
What I think happened is one of their dipshit employees downloaded something they shouldn't have and got a virus and the bosses blamed the browser.
Our IT exclusively allows us to use Edge. So yay.
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They'll continue to work just fine in Firefox.
I think that the concern is whether a number of websites might stop working with Firefox if Chrome users consistently represent ad revenue and Firefox users generally don't.
I use Firefox, but it has relatively-limited marketshare in 2026. A lot of people just browse on mobile devices and on Android devices, and there Chrome's probably the default browser.
https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/
Chrome at 70.25%.
Safari at 15.72%.
Edge at 5.14%.
Firefox at 2.19%.
Just use an agent switcher. That will take care of non browser API checks at least.
That's going to change though with ad blocker not working on chrome, more people will install Firefox for android.
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And If sites start trying to block Firefox, we work around it. User-Agent is still malleable.
Bullshit, there are other, better browsers who do not intentionally break basic security features like ad blocking. Switch to Firefox and Ublock Origin or any of the many forks it has.
If you are using Chrome, Brave, or similar, you should stop using it and switch to something that isn't shit. Ads are a major attack vector for malware and scams. If you are not blocking them already , you need to start immediately!
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Spent the last couple weeks moving my stuff off Chrome. Not convenient but well worth the effort. If you're not on Chrome they're doing us a favor. Sites will be less likely to target ad blockers if the majority of users don't have them installed.
But the majority of users don't have them installed. Plus Google is pushing Manifest v3 with intent. They aren't content with most. They want everyone to stop using them.
What will all the chrome users do?
Continue to suck on the poisoned fruit.
Firefox. Zen Browser. Waterfox. Anything other fork! They’re all different flavors of perfectly fine alternatives.
Vivaldi even if you have a website that forces Chrome down your gullet.
Just keep telling your non-nerd friends that more and worse ads aren’t something they need to tolerate.
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