Google is Killing uBlock Origin. No Chromium Browser is Safe.
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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. ↩

Google is weakening ad blockers as part of their MV3 extension standard and this will trickle down into all Chromium browsers. Built in ad blockers lack features compared to uBlock Origin as well.

      • BonerMan@ani.social
        1·
        2 months ago

        To reduce reliance on Google… With the goal to change how advertising works, less annoying, less asshole ads would benefit everyone.

          • BonerMan@ani.social
            1·
            2 months ago

            Its not doing that, you can use a fork if you want, or, and that would be the important part, put a condom over your internet cable before it enters the router, safety first.

              • dan@upvote.au
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                2 months ago

                The data doesn’t go to the advertiser - it’s anonymized, encrypted, and sent to an aggregation service. The data isn’t about you personally.

                This is a much better solution than what’s used for advertising today.

                • Cypher@lemmy.world
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                  2 months ago

                  Where’s it go after aggregation? To advertisers.

                  I don’t care if it is better than the creepy shit advertisers do today because it doesn’t stop advertisers from continuing to do creepy shit.

                  All it does it give advertisers MORE data. It isn’t a replacement it is an addition.