Google Chrome is killing more extensions than you think - is your old favorite on the list?
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- Embrace
- Extend
- Extinguish <<< we are here
XMPP all over again.
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One of my co-workers switched to UBlock Lite instead of UBlock Origin and now the ads are back.
Now he's working on switching to a non-Google browser.
Good job, Google. You have killed Google for yet another former customer.
Chrome users are not customers, they're the product.
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There’s always PiHole to block ads at the network level. It takes some setup and a raspberry pi but it can be one of the cheaper ones. And I’m pretty sure the sites aren’t going to do much more than check the User Agent to get the browser so User Agent Switcher will get around 99% of that.
You could, I suppose, block Firefox in other ways (like maybe checking for some random Chromium feature not yet supported in Firefox) but Firefox isn’t usually far behind Chrome so it would almost take an entire new developer to be effective. And there’s probably ways around that too. (I’m a web developer but have never worked on an ad-supported project and never will so I’m not sure but life finds a way.)
Yep, I have my PiHole running on a Pi2 still.
You're underestimating these websites though. I already run into sites that arbitrarily throw up a "Firefox not supported" gate until I switch user agents. That will only get worse.
I'm still very concerned about Firefox's funding majority coming from Google search, especially after the antitrust shutting it down. https://slashdot.org/story/431592
We're headed for dark times for the open internet.
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I'm just worried about how zdnet presumes to know what I think.
Google kills things, that's what they do. They can get fucked.
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You are not Google’s customer. You’re the product they sell to their customers.
Edit: Made this comment before refreshing the post to see the person above me. What they said.
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I only care about adblocking, so ControlD+Brave for me.
Brave is a Chromium browser.
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Chrome users are not customers, they're the product.
OK, then. Killing their product.
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OK, then. Killing their product.
Average google then lol
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Brave is a Chromium browser.
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I 'm forced to use Chrome on my work laptop and it is the worst browser (even before the disabling of Manifest V2), but for security I can't access many systems with even another chromium based browser . Funnily IT forces an extension on us and it isn't compatible with Manifest V3.
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The boat might be sinking but at least this plank still floats
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I'm guessing not since I don't use google chrome and haven't for a while.
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Pushbullet is also dead.
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The boat might be sinking but at least this plank still floats
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For reals please don’t use chrome it’s a terrible browser
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There’s always PiHole to block ads at the network level. It takes some setup and a raspberry pi but it can be one of the cheaper ones. And I’m pretty sure the sites aren’t going to do much more than check the User Agent to get the browser so User Agent Switcher will get around 99% of that.
You could, I suppose, block Firefox in other ways (like maybe checking for some random Chromium feature not yet supported in Firefox) but Firefox isn’t usually far behind Chrome so it would almost take an entire new developer to be effective. And there’s probably ways around that too. (I’m a web developer but have never worked on an ad-supported project and never will so I’m not sure but life finds a way.)
Is it possible to set up the pihole so certain devices are unfiltered? My partner works in digital marketing and needs to test that her clients' ads are functional.
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Stop. Using. Chrome.
Firefox is the way.
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Nope. Cloud to Butt still works for me.
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Is it possible to set up the pihole so certain devices are unfiltered? My partner works in digital marketing and needs to test that her clients' ads are functional.
Yep. You can just disable filtering for specific devices. Or, if you want to get more granular, you can create device groups with different levels of filtering (including none).
My partner uses Facebook, I don't. Her phone has Facebook unblocked, but it's blocked on all our other devices.