Doug Holland@lemmy.worldM to AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoGoogle pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive adsarchive.phexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up150arrow-down1external-linkGoogle pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive adsarchive.phDoug Holland@lemmy.worldM to AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoIt’s not necessarily straightforward to run Firefox on a Chromebook.
minus-squareSchwim Dandy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoYour point is taken but It would again beg the question why someone that wanted to block ads would buy a device designed by an ad company.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoBecause I needed a machine that could run my college’s anti-cheat spyware, and Windows or Mac were even worse (more proprietary) options. Besides, I’m pretty sure it’s old enough that “manifest v3” wasn’t a thing yet, so how was I supposed to know it was gonna be a problem?
It’s not necessarily straightforward to run Firefox on a Chromebook.
Your point is taken but It would again beg the question why someone that wanted to block ads would buy a device designed by an ad company.
Because I needed a machine that could run my college’s anti-cheat spyware, and Windows or Mac were even worse (more proprietary) options.
Besides, I’m pretty sure it’s old enough that “manifest v3” wasn’t a thing yet, so how was I supposed to know it was gonna be a problem?