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Google's "Manifest V2" Chrome extension phaseout next month is expected to impact the original uBlock Origin extension, which still uses the V2 framework and has 37 million users (www.theregister.com)
submitted 5 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The new MV3 architecture reflects Google's avowed desire to make browser extensions more performant, private, and secure. But the internet giant's attempt to do so has been bitterly contested by makers of privacy-protecting and content-blocking extensions, who have argued that the Chocolate Factory's new software architecture will lead to less effective privacy and content-filtering extensions.

For users of uBlock Origin, which runs on Manifest V2, "options" means using the less capable uBlock Origin Lite, which supports Manifest V3.

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 234 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Switch to Firefox.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 82 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (14 children)

yeah the solution here is so simple, yet most people seem allergic to firefox.

[–] Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago (6 children)

I have serious video playing issues on Firefox. I thought it was ublock, so i tried turning it off but video and live streams still take forever to load they freeze, too. My computer is very powerful so that's not the issue. No idea what is.

[–] vonbaronhans@midwest.social 12 points 5 months ago

That's bizarre. I am also on Windows 10 and use Firefox as my primary browser, largely because I can stream DRM'd video sites (Netflix etc) to my friends on discord.

Sounds dumb, but have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling? I might suggest also removing or disabling all extensions to see if that does anything.

[–] Guest_User@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Running Linux? Graphic drivers all updated and is FF updated?

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[–] spyd3r@sh.itjust.works 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I never left, because I'm not a sucker that fell for chromes marketing wank.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (3 children)

it wasn't marketing wank. it was a significant performance difference. people forget Firefox 3.x but i remember. it was fireslug more like.

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[–] Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 months ago

And donate too!! We have to keep Firefox going to protect our privacy and security.

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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 70 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Now every public school that uses Chromebooks is going to have children get served ads on taxpayer dollars?

What could go wrong?

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

As if they didn't already?

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's a sad state of affairs modern schools have when an instructor tries to pull up a video on YouTube or other sites to use in class, and an entire classroom of children have to sit through the unskippable ads.

I guess I'll take that over the TV documentaries my teachers used to record on VHS that had commercials to fast forward through, but the modern internet truly sucks.

[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Yup and a significant portion of those ads are definatly not school appropriate... From the mobile game ads that show a mostly naked lady, alcohol, soft-porn (chatbot type stuff), jump scares and whatever other crap google exempts from their "guidelines" for a quick buck.

The only (official) way to have all kid firendly ads is to use YouTube Kids, which also blocks all the usefull educational videos for anyone older than 4.

[–] corvett@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Google's Admin Console has an option to continue enabling Manifest V2 extensions. Most schools would be wise to lock down which extensions they let users install anyway, and the zero trust approach is to just deploy what's needed for access to curriculum.

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[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 68 points 5 months ago

Good thing I've always used Firefox.

Chrome always seemed more of a curiosity than something I needed to use. I never saw the need to switch from Firefox when Firefox did everything I wanted.

[–] ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world 37 points 5 months ago (2 children)

For those looking to move beyond Chrome, there are alternatives that come pre-installed with uBlock Origin and are considered better than Firefox:

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.

The Mullvad Browser is developed – in collaboration between Mullvad VPN and the Tor Project – to minimize tracking and fingerprinting. It is designed to be used with a trustworthy VPN instead of the Tor Network. It does not require the use of Mullvad's VPN.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Looks up LibreWolf on AUR

Holy dependencies batman!

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean by that?
(I'm a filthy casual)

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (14 children)

It just has a crap load of software packages it depends on to work properly (though a number of them seem like fonts). I have reasonably fast computer, and it's been compiling for about 45 minutes at this point.

[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Use librewolf-bin or just use the flatpak

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago

Just did with librewolf-bin, thanks. I always forget to look for the binary packages specifically on AUR.

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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Anyone that's used Librewolf mind offering their opinion on it? That description sounds pretty sweet.

[–] AceSLS@ani.social 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

It's the best. Deletes all cookies and browsing data on exit by default. I changed it to keep history and cookies for a handful of sites

Turned up uBO to strict mode and installed JShelter to get rid of most clientside fingerprinting (this will cause some breakage on a site by site basis though, which is quick to be fixed. Mostly on sites that are dynamically managed by JS instead of the way it's meant to be)

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

It is pretty sweet. Used it as my main browser for a year. It comes pretty hardened. Try it out for sure its worth it.

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[–] JCreazy@midwest.social 30 points 5 months ago

I switched to Firefox the same time I switched to Linux and I switched to Linux with the reddit enshittification.

[–] Swarfega@lemm.ee 24 points 5 months ago (7 children)

I still prefer Chrome over Firefox but I've been running Firefox for over a year now and won't go back to Chrome because fuck Google. Also stopped using Google for searching and not being tracked is very very noticeable.

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[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Honestly this might be a good thing. It might push more users to Firefox causing more competition for Chrome/Chromium.

[–] picnic@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

In my +5000 workforce org only chrome and edge are allowed in mdm..

[–] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 20 points 5 months ago

Expect a bump in Firefox users.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Going to plug Cromite (a continuation of Bromite) for a great Chromium fork with built in adblocking, and no nonsense like Brave or whatever: https://github.com/uazo/cromite

Also great on Android (which it was originally developed for).

Forks maintained by a hero dev are less than ideal (and not sustainable TBH), but this is where we are...

[–] a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Does Cromite have support for auto-filling from 3rd party password managers? When I last used Bromite, it couldn't so I never ended up using it as my main browser

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[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Guess, I will need to stop using Chrome unless I have no other option (I mostly use Firefox, but I occasionally use Chrome).

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[–] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Google is such a greedy group of jackasses. Using their browser monopoly to shore up their ad monopoly should be a crime.

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