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Google Chrome’s uBlock Origin phaseout has begun (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 31 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Unfortunately I'm stuck with Chrome at work so having something like Ublock Lite available is somewhat helpful. I just hope it still blocks youtube ads because they're the worst.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You can't run firefox --profile /somewhere or (Windows) Firefox portable?

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I am running a portable LibreWolf on my work issued, locked-down-with-a-chastity-belt-and-thrown-the-keys-into-the-fires-of-Mount-Doom-in-Mordor laptop with uBlock extension installed.

    Try that and see if it works.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    clearly not that locked down if they’re allowing an external device access. cute story tho

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    Did they mention external device access? I only see a mention of portable LibreWolf which I assume is referring to the “can just be ran from a folder dropped anywhere on the filesystem” version of portable, not necessarily that it’s an external device.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    This sort of exaggeration is typically used for comedic effect. Sorry for trying to throw a smile on a random person’s face. You must be very fun to hang around at parties.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Contact the admin

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    ah you too work for a company that will let you install firefox but no extensions or addons??

    fml

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    My company enforces specific add-ons for Firefox so I installed and use LibreWolf which our admins don’t lock down - only Chrome and Firefox. I wanted a browser that I would use separately from my work that didn’t specifically need their add-ons which include traffic sniffing crap. I know that if I want to do any personal browsing and guarantee it’s personal, I should use my own device but I was honestly just annoyed by the additional CPU cycles the security add-ons were using.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    it seems to work on youtube so far, but that could also be due to the previous custom filters I installed months ago when yt ramped up their "no adblocker" campaign. UBO still works in the sense that all of the filters and lists you've installed are still there and functioning, you just can't update the extension. I'm still running UBO alongside UBO lite and it's working fine for now (knock on wood) until I can afford a new Windows machine.

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