this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2024
63 points (94.4% liked)

Technology

34984 readers
301 users here now

This is the official technology community of Lemmy.ml for all news related to creation and use of technology, and to facilitate civil, meaningful discussion around it.


Ask in DM before posting product reviews or ads. All such posts otherwise are subject to removal.


Rules:

1: All Lemmy rules apply

2: Do not post low effort posts

3: NEVER post naziped*gore stuff

4: Always post article URLs or their archived version URLs as sources, NOT screenshots. Help the blind users.

5: personal rants of Big Tech CEOs like Elon Musk are unwelcome (does not include posts about their companies affecting wide range of people)

6: no advertisement posts unless verified as legitimate and non-exploitative/non-consumerist

7: crypto related posts, unless essential, are disallowed

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

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 ...

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They aren't killing it. They're just shuffling it off their platform. Move to Firefox, Ladybird, or Zen Browser. Theres plenty of alternatives. Hopefully Servo makes a comeback

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm fairly tech illiterate but I want Ladybird. Please tell me what to do with this.

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can look at it because it’s not available to use until 2026 according to their site.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Get the word out. I want a million browsers/engines so people are forced to adhere to standards

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Agreed. I had no idea there was a possible third option outside of Firefox and chromium based browsers. We need competition.

I just hope whatever they’re building works with all the webforms. I found once that a webform wouldn’t load on Firefox (some store’s checkout). I had to switch to chrome to check out.