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uBlock Origin is forever disabled in Chrome. Why it happened and what to use instead (adguard.com)

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[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Why it happened?

Security, kinda. Google didn't like having extensions which could have their execution modified outside the core code (e.g. the block lists). Also, I'd put money on Google hating anything which reduces ad revenue.

What to use instead?

uBlock Origin, in FireFox.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Also, I'd put money on Google hating anything which reduces ad revenue.

You don't need to speculate. Google is a publicly traded company. The same year they announced Manifest V3 (I think 2019) they said in their shareholder statements that ad blocking tools are a threat to their revenue.

That's the year I moved to Firefox and haven't looked back.

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