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Firefox has a lot of issues, but maybe we don't have any other option. (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled

Google Chrome is now encouraging uBlock Origin users who have updated to the latest version to switch to other ad blockers before Manifest v2 extensions are disabled.

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[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 43 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's exactly what happens if we lose Firefox - Chrome (and those based on it) now have all the power to disable all ad blocking - enabling Google's horrific privacy-less future

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

There’s still WebKit, which doesn’t suck anymore! (At least from my end-user standpoint)

At least for mobile—I cannot attest to the desktop version.

[–] astro_ray@lemdro.id 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Which webkit based browser are you talking about?

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I suppose anything on the iPhone cuz it’s all WebKit under the hood hahahah

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -1 points 3 months ago

Because iphones are good for privacy...

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

web kit doesn't suck

I wouldn't go that far. Gnome web is coming along but it has a ways to go