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This is gonna be so bad because now there is only uBlock origin lite and "uBlock", if you couln't guess: the 2nd one is a scam that google never tried to remove(it's been up for some years IIRC) and i am sure that everyone will try to install this scam one because they can't find the original uBlock origin (and everyone just refers to uBlock origin as uBlock which makes it worse)
1 million users...
Install Firefox with https://adnauseam.io/, it's basically ublock origin but internally clicks on every add destroying your adds profile and damaging economics of adds and conversion.
Doesn't this just track the shit out of you? Does it also click malicious ad banners?
Step 2: install Privacy Badger
And Facebook Container is another useful one.
Ublock already does the job of privacy badger... Well as far as I know...
Ah, thank god I am using Zen (Firefox fork) now for 2 years already. I totally forgot about this manifest bs. Now that Chrome introduced vertical tabs I was thinking to myself "ah, I could give it a try, having less breaking things and so on". But thanks for this reminder I will gladly stay with Zen.
FWIW I do think you should give it a go.
Firefox is main browser, on desktop and mobile, and I'm not changing that.
Still, I do have Chromium installed for very specific usages, e.g. WebXR tests, WebBT and WebUSB devices, e.g. flashing keyboard firmware, controlling Lego bricks, etc. I'd rather only have Firefox to be clear but some things are not supported, marked as not planned, and I believe using Chromium on specific Websites, not for browsing, is perfectly fine when no alternative is available.
Switched to Zen as soon as I switched to Linux about a year and a half ago. Love it.
Another Zen user chiming in to say, all the other ones seem confusing and cluttered now.
Damn it.
Gotta use chrome at work.
Firefox "isn't secure and isn't supported" - my it director
isnt secure... tell you dont understand security without telling me you don't understand security.
Work at a larger organization and the only browser we’re allowed is fucking Edge. All other browsers are blocked as malicious processes.
LOL. from one data mining company to another data mining company.
Company hardware isn't checked by user agents but actual running processes
You're saying they have some sort of app that actively blocks firefox from running on their laptop? I fortunately never worked in a company that did something like this. I would say it's more likely that the web application simply checks user agent and blocks unsupported browsers.
Yes, companies have software running on company property usually that checks what you're running and installing. I can't even get admin perms on my work machine without asking IT with a good reason. They can also see your browser history and what websites you go to, as an fyi to not browse anything that you wouldn't feel comfortable talking to your boss and HR about on a work machine.
It's called Microsoft ~~Company Portal~~ and it's the worst
This guy?
firefox breaks some sites, more than likely it was meant for chrome.
Don't blame Firefox, some sites don't comply with industry standards.
Ublock Origin Lite still works on Ungoogled Chromium for me, at least.
Yep, the lite version
Google is all in on evil.
Time to degoogle
Sing it with me:
Chrome, huh, yeah.
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing, uhh….
and deployed manifestEVIL V2 Instead.
Anyone that uses Chrome doesn't know what a clean non ad infested website looks like so they won't notice the difference.
it seems alot of people are using brave as an alternative.
The Brave company is a far right hate group and Brave users are supporters of far right hate.
Fuck Brendan Eich and his henchman and all they stand for.
Vivaldi is quite nice as well
Every time I do IT work, I ask to install Firefox
I run a portable version from an external drive to avoid installing anything.
Given how long ago this was announced, anybody still using Chrome doesn't care.
