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Chrome will block one of its biggest ad blockers (www.pcworld.com)

submitted 1 month ago by remington@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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uBlock Origin will soon stop functioning in Chrome as Google transitions to new browser extension rules.

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[–] algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There are no issues with the main Firefox branches for desktop and mobile, for the average user, not sure why you're so against them.

[–] kyub@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Reasons are the data transmissions happening by default and Mozilla's questionable inclusion of add-on things like Pocket. See for example:

https://www.kuketz-blog.de/mozilla-firefox-datensendeverhalten-desktop-version-browser-check-teil20/

vs.

https://www.kuketz-blog.de/librewolf-datensendeverhalten-desktop-version-browser-check-teil8/ and https://www.kuketz-blog.de/mullvad-browser-datensendeverhalten-desktop-version-browser-check-teil22/

You might need to translate the site to English. If you compare that, you can see why it's easy to recommend the forks over the original. That said, you CAN configure Firefox to also behave well, but that takes an extra effort. It is far from there by default.

[–] algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And why should the average user care? They use Alexa and have the Facebook app installed anyway, this is just a drop in the bucket for all the other crap that tracks every movement anyway

[–] kyub@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago

Yes, but my post is for the people who DO care about privacy issues. I also don't like the defeatist's attitude. You can always start making things better. My post is for those who want to make a better informed decision, that's all.