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@nixCraft all the more reason to switch to Firefox

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@nixCraft that’s fine… people shouldn’t use chrome anyway

@nixCraft the bigger issue with this is from a security stand point. Google itself, allowing malicious ads to be sco'd and placed even on their own platforms is the biggest reason I use blockers. And, let's not forget all the porn ads that still show up on YouTube kids.

@nixCraft Hello @firefox

@nixCraft I confirm that I have already stopped using chrome 😂

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I finished moving my mother to Firefox and Edge on Android. Good grief it's a PITA to move browsers on Android, there's no way she'd have done that.

@nixCraft I have never used Chrome. Firefox and maybe Chromium on PC, Firefox focus and Firefox on Android.

@nixCraft The linked 9to5 Google article https://9to5google.com/2023/11/16/chrome-extensions-disabled/ talks about changes that Google has made to Manifest V3, including adding a User Scripts API and increasing the limits on the declarativeNetRequest API.

Is there any _recent_ information on how Manifest V3 will affect uBlock Origin?

@nixCraft ut what if Chrome was to die in 2027? I know some people will quit using it, if it keeps pushing people away.

@nixCraft then chrome isn't usable any longer

@nixCraft Oh dear, I guess Firefox is going to get a lot of new fans in the coming month :laughcry:

@nixCraft Where‘s the problem? Just use #Firefox, #MullvadBrowser, #Librewolf…

@nixCraft It's been a while that I use @bravebrowser , and I'm happy, so far (no ads).

#google proves to be this disgusting tech business that we always thought it was.

A lot of you guys probably paid more for restaurant food this month than you did on YouTube Premium this month. Just sayin'.

Just get YouTube Premium and switch the FireFox. Boom.

@nixCraft Any reason why someone can't patch Chromium to undo this stupidity?

@nixCraft Too bad Firefox isn't making switching to their browser easier with poor website support and missing features. And they don't have enough market share to win over casual users anymore.

The best we can hope for is the Chromium forks to maintain Manifest v2 while they figure out a more permanent solution.

@nixCraft bye bye chrome

@nixCraft :firefox: :firefox: WE ARE SO BACK :firefox: :firefox:

@nixCraft another good reason to not use Chrome then...

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It amazes me how many still haven't been able to see the "do no evil" thing as having been long dead.

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They adjusted the mv3 capabilities for adblockers. They listened to Adguard.
So I wouldn't be as drastic as "they will kill it", it's more of a we don't cripple it as badly as we planned before.

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That's fair. I've been using uBlock Origin to block them for years. 😃

@nixCraft I don't care a lot, never liked Chrome. Most users would not notice any difference I guess.

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‪I've been using Firefox since 2005, never used Chome and don't even think about it.‬

@nixCraft chrome used to be good, google search used to be good, in general Google used to be a lot less evil.

Needless to say, I’ve been moving away from anything Google related.

There are some great engineers working at Google, but their c-suite is turning all their products into a surveillance and privacy nightmare at the behest of more ad dollars.

@nixCraft Some folks are recommending switch to chromium-based alternatives, isn't MV3 coming for those too? If MV2 doesn't come with Chromium anymore, can said alternatives maintain MV2?

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All the more reason to switch to Firefox, I suppose. Glad I switched a couple months ago.

@nixCraft I was happy using #Firefox anyways.

@nixCraft is there a reason why you didn't link it directly and instead took a screenshot of deaddit?

@nixCraft might as well ditch chrome now

@nixCraft They were winning too hard :kekw: