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ObsolescentSapien

@nixCraft Why is anyone still using this shit browser and why was anyone ever using it when there are better options available? Firefox, Brave, Mullvad, DuckDuckGo, Vivaldi, LibreWolf, etc. There is no reason strong enough to overcome the fact that Google is a surveillance company. Stop being such lazy shitheads already.

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Jonas Bjärnstedt

@obsolescentsapien

because most people don't care. they get a browser with windows, chromebook, their mac, and then they use that browser. @nixCraft

Duco

@obsolescentsapien @nixCraft they will most likely remove it from Chromium, too, which will result in other chromium based browsers, like Brave, Vivaldi, Edge,… loosing that as well. Aren't they using the same plugin repo, too? I think Firefox and LibreWolf are the real alternatives here.

Brian May 🐧

@duco @obsolescentsapien @nixCraft I might be wrong, but it sounds like they are removing it from the browser, not the repo. If they change chromium, the change can always be reverted because it is open source. If they change the repo, they can always change the chromium to use another source for the plug-in.

Ceremus

@penguin_brian @duco @obsolescentsapien @nixCraft The problem with that is making a fork of a project as huge as a browser isn't realistic for small independent teams in the long term, at least not when you're making drastic changes that conflict with downstream updates. Google is still the majority code contributor to Chromium, a small team can't just take over the whole project, nor can they fight with Google's downstream updates indefinitely.

AudraTran :debian:

@duco it's not actually being removed from Chrome. It's being removed from the Chrome Web Store, which is also where all other Chromium browsers get their extensions from.

Fortunately it's easy enough to "sideload" them (for lack of a better word), as extensions like TrackMeNot and AdNauseum have been doing for a long time.

Duco

@AudraTran Is it really removed from the web store? I'm just aware of removing Manifest 2 support (which is the old standard for chrome extensions) and just allowing Manifest 3 extensions. Because they removed some APIs in Manifest 3, which where used by ad blockers, they aren't working with Manifest 3 in the way they did with Manifest 2 APIs.
androidauthority.com/google-ch

AudraTran :debian:

@duco yes, if you look up the article in the OP, it says "Chrome Web Store installs will no longer be possible".

flo

@obsolescentsapien
Except, of course, if as a company you rely completely on the "Google Universe".
Which I personally find a stupid idea!
(Same gied for Edge and their Apps.)

@nixCraft

Clément CG

@obsolescentsapien @nixCraft I use Firefox since many years.
But I have to admit that it's slightly slower than Chromium (I don't know if it is Firefox's fault or if it is because people develop websites optimized for Chromium only now)
Firefox takes time to implement new CSS features compared to Chromium browsers.
Some criticaly needed apps in the browser only run on Chromium browser (MS Teams etc.).
So ❤ to Firefox, it's still my daily driver, but I need a Vivaldi install on the side also.

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