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Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads (www.windowscentral.com)

submitted 3 months ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Stop using Chrome, it is adware at this point. Use Firefox or if that's too different, use ~~Brave~~ or Edge or a different chromium offshoot that isn't going to support manifest v3.

[–] zewm@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Weird that you tell people not to use Chrome because it’s adware but suggest Brave which is a crypto miner.

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Brave has built-in wallet support and such, but I don't think it does any mining, does it? It just has its own opt-in ad system to pays out in crypto and is also owned by a turd.

[–] Peffse@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I dumped Brave when it decided to install its VPN as a service without my consent. I had so much trouble ripping out all the traces of that.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I completely forgot about that. Yeah, it's fucked.

Imagine if you bought a Microsoft game, say Forza, and it installed a bunch of candy crush games alongside it without asking you.

It's scummy as fuck.

[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Being owned by a turd is reason enough not to use it.

[–] LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I use tons of software developed by people with whom I would probably disagree on politics.

Rejecting a program because one of the developers said something you didn't like is just childish.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That entirely depends on if there's an equivalent developed by not an asshole.

[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

It's not childish it's acting according to principles and being consistent.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Vivaldi is similar but nicer.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Man I just tried to throw out a Chromium fork that didn't use Manifest v3, I didn't realize Brave went off the deep end. Personally I use Firefox and Edge when I need to use Chromium and for work just because I find it's dev tools nicer.