According to recent user reports, uBlock Origin is quickly disappearing from the Chrome Web Store. The official page for the ad-blocking extension now states that it is...
  • Jure Repinc@lemmy.mlEnglish
    43·
    20 hours ago

    Best to switch to Firefox anyways, or even better privacy enhanced LibreWolf

    This project is a custom and independent version of Firefox, with the primary goals of privacy, security and user freedom. LibreWolf is designed to increase protection against tracking and fingerprinting techniques, while also including a few security improvements. This is achieved through our privacy and security oriented settings and patches. LibreWolf also aims to remove all the telemetry, data collection and annoyances, as well as disabling anti-freedom features like DRM.

        • FizzyOrange@programming.dev
          38·
          15 hours ago

          You obviously don’t need those to come up with a good name; just some taste. Signal is a great example. Ladybird and Servo are good browser names if you want to stick to that. LibreWolf? Jesus, come on guys. Forgejo is another terrible name I heard recently. Apparently it’s Esperanto, like that makes it ok somehow.

          • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝English
            1·
            25 minutes ago

            Apparently it’s Esperanto, like that makes it ok somehow.

            God forbid some non-anglophone culture enters our collective consciousness.

        • FizzyOrange@programming.dev
          311·
          15 hours ago

          You don’t have to use the exact same <element><animal> naming scheme. But even if you did it’s pretty trivial to come up with better names. I bet even ChatGPT can do it. Here’s the list it came up with for me:

          1. Thunderwolf
          2. Breezefalcon
          3. Stonehawk
          4. Blazeleopard
          5. Rainlynx
          6. Frostowl
          7. Lightningpanther
          8. Shadowraven
          9. Solarfox
          10. Cloudtiger

          Ok most are pretty trash but Stonehawk is good. Maybe Thunderwolf. Still better than LibreWolf.

  • scsi@lemm.ee
    221·
    20 hours ago

    There’s a MV3 alternate (same dev!) “uBlock Origin Lite” which this article completely misses out on mentioning: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh

    There are certain websites and tools which need chrome/chromium making it a necessary evil; for example there’s a new trend in firmware flashing of devices like ESP32 boards and HAM/GMRS radios which are web based and use Chrome tech. This new MV3 fork isn’t as good as the original but it’s better than nothing and does stop some ad trash.

    • Albbi@lemmy.ca
      1·
      10 hours ago

      Unless your firmware flasher is serving ads, and I really hope it isn’t, there’s no issue using chtome for things like that. Just use Firefox for everything else. It blocks more than just some ad trash. And you can have 2 browsers installed at the same time. They don’t fight each other.

    • kehet@suppo.fi
      13·
      18 hours ago

      Majority. Never underestimate the power of pre-installed software and default settings. There is a reason why Google is still paying Firefox big bucks to be the default search engine.

      • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip
        4·
        15 hours ago

        its also the reason why in the U.S, the default messaging app is the most used. people are lazy unless forced to be given the option at the start.