▲ 46 ▼ Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads (www.windowscentral.com) submitted 2 years ago by Fitik@fedia.io to c/google@lemdro.id 15 comments fedilink hide all child comments Google ramps up its campaign against ad blockers on Chrome.
[+] mloxton@med-mastodon.com -6 points 2 years ago (3 children) @BeAware I use several add-ons that are only available on chromium browsers. Going to another browser would be fine for just surfing, but a large part of my online work would not be practical with a non=chromium browser. I bet there are tons of people in the same boat. @Fitik permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] BeAware@social.beaware.live 3 points 2 years ago @mloxton @Fitik wow. A ton of extensions work without changes across the two, which is the case for the ones I used. The more you know...😬🤦♂️ permalink fedilink source parent [–] Talaraine@fedia.io 2 points 2 years ago I only use Chrome on my work computers for this reason. That being said, google steals the wrong information and it's from a company, I know they've got deeper pockets than me to make them rue the day. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, the lack of extensions/add-ons for FF has always been what's kept me from switching permanently. Hopefully more users on FF will mean more devs working on the add-ons. Losing chrome/chromium browsers is a major bummer At least we saw it coming I guess permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Do people really think there's not a lot of extensions for firefox? I've had no trouble finding tools that do even obscure things I need them to permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Sorry, I could've been clearer there. I wasn't saying there were few add-ons. What I mean is there are extensions on chrome that aren't on FF. I've looked for a specific type of add-on many times and not found it. I'm pretty dependent on some powerful extensions so it's always been something holding me back from switching to FF. I even started using edge at work since it was faster than chrome but I could still use my fav extensions permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BeAware@social.beaware.live 3 points 2 years ago @mloxton @Fitik wow. A ton of extensions work without changes across the two, which is the case for the ones I used. The more you know...😬🤦♂️ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Talaraine@fedia.io 2 points 2 years ago I only use Chrome on my work computers for this reason. That being said, google steals the wrong information and it's from a company, I know they've got deeper pockets than me to make them rue the day. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, the lack of extensions/add-ons for FF has always been what's kept me from switching permanently. Hopefully more users on FF will mean more devs working on the add-ons. Losing chrome/chromium browsers is a major bummer At least we saw it coming I guess permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Do people really think there's not a lot of extensions for firefox? I've had no trouble finding tools that do even obscure things I need them to permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Sorry, I could've been clearer there. I wasn't saying there were few add-ons. What I mean is there are extensions on chrome that aren't on FF. I've looked for a specific type of add-on many times and not found it. I'm pretty dependent on some powerful extensions so it's always been something holding me back from switching to FF. I even started using edge at work since it was faster than chrome but I could still use my fav extensions permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Do people really think there's not a lot of extensions for firefox? I've had no trouble finding tools that do even obscure things I need them to permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Sorry, I could've been clearer there. I wasn't saying there were few add-ons. What I mean is there are extensions on chrome that aren't on FF. I've looked for a specific type of add-on many times and not found it. I'm pretty dependent on some powerful extensions so it's always been something holding me back from switching to FF. I even started using edge at work since it was faster than chrome but I could still use my fav extensions permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Sorry, I could've been clearer there. I wasn't saying there were few add-ons. What I mean is there are extensions on chrome that aren't on FF. I've looked for a specific type of add-on many times and not found it. I'm pretty dependent on some powerful extensions so it's always been something holding me back from switching to FF. I even started using edge at work since it was faster than chrome but I could still use my fav extensions permalink fedilink source parent