Last night I restarted Chrome and I got this message and just like that I'm a Firefox user again
@vaurora@mstdn.social You could try Chromium or another Chromium based browser. But Firefox with a little fine tuning is a good choice, of course.
@yoasif@mastodon.social Oh, wtf...thanks for the information. So, Brave etc. have no chance to keep it?
@gonzo They are building out their own ad blockers not built on WebExtensions tech.
I wrote a little about this here: https://www.quippd.com/writing/2024/10/16/google-is-killing-uBlock-origin-no-chromium-browser-is-safe.html#built-in-ad-blockers
Youssuff Quips · Google is Killing uBlock Origin. No Chromium Browser is Safe.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 extension will soon no longer be available because it “doesn’t follow the best practices for Chrome extensions”.2 Daly Barnett. “Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 is Deceitful and Threatening.” EFF, December 9, 2021. ↩ Lawrence Abrams. “Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon.” Bleeping Computer, October 13, 2024. ↩
@gonzo @yoasif Dump Brave. The company behind it is utterly untrustworthy. Founded because the dude behind it is a homophobic asshat who got ousted from Mozilla for big donations to take away gay folks' rights. Integrated shitcoin. Original idea was to make money by not *blocking* ads but *replacing* them with ads he gets paid for. It's an utter clowncar.
