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submitted 12 hours ago by yoasif@fedia.io to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the ...

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[-] yoz@aussie.zone 2 points 1 hour ago

I know people who don't care about ublock so I guess it's not relevant. People who care about ad blockers should just move to Firefox or brave

[-] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 hours ago

What is this "chrome" thing I keep reading about? Be right back, my wolf needs to be fed.

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 hours ago

The www has already gone to shit anyway thanks to SEO bullshit websites and AI generated garbage. Most of my online interactions are via applications these days. The more these companies ruin the www the less I find myself using a web browser.

[-] Soluna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 6 hours ago

Here's hoping this pushes more people to Firefox

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 17 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Who thought it was a good idea to let an internet ad company control our internet client?

In other news:

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I wonder if the web itself may bifurcate. Corporate, government, and most NGO websites will only respond to corporate browsers that run sanctioned DRM binary blobs to “verify” their “safety”. And then there is us, with our websites and our web clients.

[-] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 9 hours ago

Who thought it was a good idea to let an internet ad company control our internet client?

It seemed a lot more reasonable 15 years ago. The default on Windows at the time of Chrome's rise was Internet Explorer.

I am watching Ladybird with great interest. The world needs a new-from-the-ground-up browser.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 11 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Either ground-up or a hard fork. Or both. Both is good.

this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2024
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