they may feel it could hurt their relationship with Google, or they may think it's not worth t he trouble and investment for the relatively small number of users who care about this (of which a higher-than-average number probably use Linux and mistrust Microsoft anyway). It seems Microsoft would be in good company, but I can think of some reasons why they may choose to follow Google anyway, e.g. As it seems, they wouldn't be alone with that either, as Brave and Vivaldi have announced to do so and Opera seems to be considering it. Not all of those are going to switch, not all who switch are going to switch to the same browser, and in any case, uBlock Origin has "only" 10+ million users, according to the Chrome Web Store listing: This said, I agree that Microsoft should take a good look at the Manifest V3 controversy and at the very least take into consideration deviating from Google's line of action. IMHO, all they will do is make a fork famous, probably Brave has the most momentum.There is no way Edge is going to reach 2nd place simply from uBlock Origin users. The demand is too great for this to carry any weight. So in order for me, Pale Moon, in combination with a portable, feature freeze Chrome/Edge. I will not, under any circumstances, watch Youtube with ads. If indeed this gutting happens and Chrome and Edge cut off updates, I will probably pihole my network and just stop updating. And this list is where we counter YouTube. Lists are what determine whats blocked or not. I personally moved to Pale Moon, it's safe, but not the best compatibility out there and has a bit of a learning curve (forked off Firefox 3.5 UI, so more customizable, but most addons are legacy). Force an update of ONLY the uBlock filters Quick fixes list. They made all other changes in lockstep with Chrome and I'm afraid that all you're getting is a bit of time at the cost of a long migration process. This setup will give you the security of blocking ads and the flexibility to eliminate almost all of your false positives. Mozilla is telemetrying my pants size, pinky primise not to sell it, while hobbling their browser by making old extensions not work, redoing the UI and generally aping Chrome to the point that they are indistinguishable. Now, I block the most blatant ads at the network level and use uBlock Origin to block the remaining at the client level. I moved off recently because they are really, really not that good at it. Specially when said feature could save your ass if you accidentally clicked something you didn't want to download. You tell me if a feature being changed permanently (it is not toggable unless you mess with the ever 'will-be-removed-by-next-version' about:config settings) can be justified by an argument that uses the word "usually" in two sentences back to back. If you’re a fan of ad blockers, prepare for some change: Google is resuming a plan to phase out older Chrome extensions, including the one for uBlock Origin. Having to click a second time for a download to start is usually unnecessary. It is a potential security risk:įirefox no longer shows the dialog by default because downloads are usually intentional. It is not "just" a matter of "you will get used to it". A recent update (FF 98) changed dramatically how files downloaded are handled. Sadly firefox has its head up its own ass and listen to zero feedback when it comes to their "it isn't broken, but we fixed it regardless" updates.
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