Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon (bleepingcomputer.com) 41 points by el_duderino 1y ago ↗ HN
[–] gnabgib 1y ago ↗ Discussion (109 points, 7 days ago, 55 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41757178 [–] fsflover 1y ago ↗ Another one"Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable" (chrome.com)514 points by freedomben 2 days ago | 441 commentshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41809698
[–] fsflover 1y ago ↗ Another one"Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable" (chrome.com)514 points by freedomben 2 days ago | 441 commentshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41809698
[–] more_corn 1y ago ↗ Pretty good reason to drop chrome immediately. [–] jqpabc123 1y ago ↗ Pretty good reason to drop Google immediately.
[–] akomtu 1y ago ↗ Google is choosing the dark side, as that's the only way to show the 25% YoY growth.
[–] hustwindmaple1 1y ago ↗ Just use Brave. You'll thank me later ... [–] 39896880 1y ago ↗ Are they still pushing their crypto? [–] ozgrakkurt 1y ago ↗ A lot better than pushing user data collection, ads and analytics no? [–] 39896880 1y ago ↗ Brave pushes ads. https://ads-help.brave.com/campaign-performance/targeting/ [–] [deleted] 1y ago ↗ (comment deleted) [–] jqpabc123 1y ago ↗ Ads in Brave are opt-in.In other words, ads are NOT "pushed" --- *unless* you choose to be paid to receive them.Even if you do so choose, your history and other personal info never leaves the browser. Any "personalization" is done locally.https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026648512-How... [–] dxxvi 1y ago ↗ Thank you. Your comment makes me check if there's anything like Brave for Firefox. And here it is: cachyos-v4/cachy-browser 130.0-2 (Firefox is at 131.0.2-1 now). [–] agiacalone 1y ago ↗ Nah. The real one to use is Librewolf.https://librewolf.net/ [–] jszymborski 1y ago ↗ LibreWolf is indeed very good. [–] dxxvi 1y ago ↗ Librewolf is too strict: for example, on slickdeals.net, a link there is like this https://slickdeals.net/click?pno=1011750&lno=1&sdtid=1783030... which leads me to https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-4485850-13804... with which ublock origin asks if I want to continue, I click on the Proceed button and I go the the page https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-4485850-13804171?url=https%253A...... and librewolf sometimes says that it's unable to connect (maybe librewolf doesn't like www.kqzyfj.com?).
[–] 39896880 1y ago ↗ Are they still pushing their crypto? [–] ozgrakkurt 1y ago ↗ A lot better than pushing user data collection, ads and analytics no? [–] 39896880 1y ago ↗ Brave pushes ads. https://ads-help.brave.com/campaign-performance/targeting/ [–] [deleted] 1y ago ↗ (comment deleted) [–] jqpabc123 1y ago ↗ Ads in Brave are opt-in.In other words, ads are NOT "pushed" --- *unless* you choose to be paid to receive them.Even if you do so choose, your history and other personal info never leaves the browser. Any "personalization" is done locally.https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026648512-How...
[–] ozgrakkurt 1y ago ↗ A lot better than pushing user data collection, ads and analytics no? [–] 39896880 1y ago ↗ Brave pushes ads. https://ads-help.brave.com/campaign-performance/targeting/ [–] [deleted] 1y ago ↗ (comment deleted) [–] jqpabc123 1y ago ↗ Ads in Brave are opt-in.In other words, ads are NOT "pushed" --- *unless* you choose to be paid to receive them.Even if you do so choose, your history and other personal info never leaves the browser. Any "personalization" is done locally.https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026648512-How...
[–] 39896880 1y ago ↗ Brave pushes ads. https://ads-help.brave.com/campaign-performance/targeting/ [–] [deleted] 1y ago ↗ (comment deleted) [–] jqpabc123 1y ago ↗ Ads in Brave are opt-in.In other words, ads are NOT "pushed" --- *unless* you choose to be paid to receive them.Even if you do so choose, your history and other personal info never leaves the browser. Any "personalization" is done locally.https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026648512-How...
[–] jqpabc123 1y ago ↗ Ads in Brave are opt-in.In other words, ads are NOT "pushed" --- *unless* you choose to be paid to receive them.Even if you do so choose, your history and other personal info never leaves the browser. Any "personalization" is done locally.https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026648512-How...
[–] dxxvi 1y ago ↗ Thank you. Your comment makes me check if there's anything like Brave for Firefox. And here it is: cachyos-v4/cachy-browser 130.0-2 (Firefox is at 131.0.2-1 now). [–] agiacalone 1y ago ↗ Nah. The real one to use is Librewolf.https://librewolf.net/ [–] jszymborski 1y ago ↗ LibreWolf is indeed very good. [–] dxxvi 1y ago ↗ Librewolf is too strict: for example, on slickdeals.net, a link there is like this https://slickdeals.net/click?pno=1011750&lno=1&sdtid=1783030... which leads me to https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-4485850-13804... with which ublock origin asks if I want to continue, I click on the Proceed button and I go the the page https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-4485850-13804171?url=https%253A...... and librewolf sometimes says that it's unable to connect (maybe librewolf doesn't like www.kqzyfj.com?).
[–] agiacalone 1y ago ↗ Nah. The real one to use is Librewolf.https://librewolf.net/ [–] jszymborski 1y ago ↗ LibreWolf is indeed very good. [–] dxxvi 1y ago ↗ Librewolf is too strict: for example, on slickdeals.net, a link there is like this https://slickdeals.net/click?pno=1011750&lno=1&sdtid=1783030... which leads me to https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-4485850-13804... with which ublock origin asks if I want to continue, I click on the Proceed button and I go the the page https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-4485850-13804171?url=https%253A...... and librewolf sometimes says that it's unable to connect (maybe librewolf doesn't like www.kqzyfj.com?).
[–] dxxvi 1y ago ↗ Librewolf is too strict: for example, on slickdeals.net, a link there is like this https://slickdeals.net/click?pno=1011750&lno=1&sdtid=1783030... which leads me to https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-4485850-13804... with which ublock origin asks if I want to continue, I click on the Proceed button and I go the the page https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-4485850-13804171?url=https%253A...... and librewolf sometimes says that it's unable to connect (maybe librewolf doesn't like www.kqzyfj.com?).
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514 points by freedomben 2 days ago | 441 comments
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41809698
In other words, ads are NOT "pushed" --- *unless* you choose to be paid to receive them.
Even if you do so choose, your history and other personal info never leaves the browser. Any "personalization" is done locally.
https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026648512-How...
https://librewolf.net/