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.

    • Boomkop3@reddthat.com
      75·
      2 months ago

      Mozilla is mostly funded by google. With the current cookie laws from the eu to try and stop user tracking, they developed a new solution together.

      Both chrome and firefox analyze your behaviour on your pc/phone/device. Then instead of giving websites the right ads, your browser tells every website you visit (with such ads) about you. You can google “privacy sandbox” if you’d like to know more.

      So you better not be gay in a place like iraq, and be in need of using your school’s website on a personal computer.

    • babybusEnglish
      87·
      2 months ago

      Mozilla is now focusing on the advertising business.

      • BonerMan@ani.social
        223·
        2 months ago

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

        • babybusEnglish
          146·
          2 months ago

          It’s not my browser’s job to report to advertisers, period.

          • BonerMan@ani.social
            89·
            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
                42·
                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
                  22·
                  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.

                  • dan@upvote.au
                    31·
                    2 months ago

                    The advertiser doesn’t get your data directly. The data is aggregated using differential privacy so it’s impossible for them to see any individual’s data.

              • BonerMan@ani.social
                22·
                2 months ago

                Good luck using the internet without having that data harvested by waaaaaay worse people. Again, just opt out.

            • babybusEnglish
              612·
              2 months ago

              Why are you talking about things you don’t fully understand?