Google Chrome is now encouraging uBlock Origin users who have updated to the latest version to switch to other ad blockers before Manifest v2 extensions are disabled.
Google Chrome reminds uBlock Origin users to switch to Firefox.
There’s never been a better time to switch to Firefox, just saying.
Or one of its many forks
Even better! I’m using Floorp atm.
Not as good of a choice
Sorry. Well it works well for me. I Iike the interface. The developer did make everything open source again. I believe it’s a fine choice. And always better than Mozilla Firefox at the moment.
Holds hole saw menacingly to own boat
Google reminds people to disable Google Chrome
Firefox and Librewolf have problems. However, they are somehow better than Chrome.
Don’t forget other alternatives as well like Floorp and Waterfox.
Not as private and Floorp includes proprietary components. I am not sure about waterfox.
Floorp includes proprietary components
That’s out of date, they made everything open-source again recently as announced on their subreddit.
That is not true indeed. As Onihikage pointed out the developer released all source code.
Luckily the one webapp that I have to use chrome for doesn’t even have ads or tracking on it. I use Firefox for everything else, so uBlock will continue working fine for me.
I have a hypothetical question on this.
If say, I had a crypto wallet via extension in chrome.
And unlock origin goes away.
I then visit a site I used to visit where pop ups were blocked
Malware gets installed. Crypto wallet gets drained.
Can I sue Google ?
I ask because I do have a tiny wallet that is via extension. Curious how someone with a much larger one on there would go…
Terms of service you agreed to when installing it protects them from all liability.
While I agree.
Part of me thinks it’s like “we removed the seatbelts from the rollercoaster. It’s now your responsibility to hold on”…
That’s why laws that mandate safety are important. Seatbelts on rollercoasters are mandatory, while tech companies can pretty much put anything in terms of service since they have enough of the politicians in their pocket that nobody outlaws it.
Don’t think Google would be at fault there, at most it would be the fault of the website that served you the ad or the service that website used to serve you the ad. (Which could be Google but they wouldn’t be at fault for not letting you block ads, they would be at fault for serving you a malicious ad)
Excellent news. Google needs to think up more creative ways to punish people for using Chrome.
