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[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 88 points 2 months ago (4 children)

One of my co-workers switched to UBlock Lite instead of UBlock Origin and now the ads are back.

Now he's working on switching to a non-Google browser.

Good job, Google. You have killed Google for yet another former customer.

[–] Aux@feddit.uk 55 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Chrome users are not customers, they're the product.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

OK, then. Killing their product.

[–] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 14 points 2 months ago

Average google then lol

[–] Tmask@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Firefox or Librewolf are nice.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] SeekPie@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Haven't found a better fork with vertical tabs and the customization Floorp offers. So Floorp it is.

[–] CatsGoMOW@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You are not Google’s customer. You’re the product they sell to their customers.

Edit: Made this comment before refreshing the post to see the person above me. What they said.

[–] stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

I 'm forced to use Chrome on my work laptop and it is the worst browser (even before the disabling of Manifest V2), but for security I can't access many systems with even another chromium based browser . Funnily IT forces an extension on us and it isn't compatible with Manifest V3.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 52 points 2 months ago

Stop. Using. Chrome.

Firefox is the way.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't have any chrome extensions because I don't use chrome. Everyone else should do the same.

[–] Not2Dopey@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

chrome just killed Ublock on me and EVERY site is now full of ads... I had no idea how bad it had become! What browser do you suggest?

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Firefox or a fork of Firefox.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Speaking of Firefox forks... they're doing some really cool things with FireDragon and Zen Browser.

[–] turnip@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Firefox of course.

I'd also suggest their VPN, as its a cheaper mullvad.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

For crying out loud they’re not just targeting adblockers.

Join !librewolf@programming.dev folks!

[–] LinyosT@sopuli.xyz 27 points 2 months ago

The sad thing is that people will see this and still try to find a way to keep using chrome instead of just moving to a browser that actually respects them.

[–] Sliversun@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Glad that I moved to firefox 4 months ago and then to zen browser last week to avoid plugins removal. Haven’t looked back

[–] tal@lemmy.today 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

So, the elephant in the room is Chrome killing ad-blocking.

I think that Firefox (and Firefox forks, like Zen Browser) have low-enough marketshare that websites that depend on ad revenue may just kill support for Firefox if Firefox does permit ad blocking.

https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share

As of February:

Chrome: 66.3%

Safari: 17.99%

Edge: 5.33%

Firefox: 2.62%

The software used to view the Web in 2025 is really mostly under the control of either Google or Apple.

[–] riot@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

I think that Firefox (and Firefox forks, like Zen Browser) have low-enough marketshare that websites that depend on ad revenue may just kill support for Firefox if Firefox does permit ad blocking

An argument could also be made that Firefox and its forks have low-enough marketshare that websites that depend on ad revenue won't want to deal with the extra work of keeping those users out.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (4 children)

There’s always PiHole to block ads at the network level. It takes some setup and a raspberry pi but it can be one of the cheaper ones. And I’m pretty sure the sites aren’t going to do much more than check the User Agent to get the browser so User Agent Switcher will get around 99% of that.

You could, I suppose, block Firefox in other ways (like maybe checking for some random Chromium feature not yet supported in Firefox) but Firefox isn’t usually far behind Chrome so it would almost take an entire new developer to be effective. And there’s probably ways around that too. (I’m a web developer but have never worked on an ad-supported project and never will so I’m not sure but life finds a way.)

[–] tehmics@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Yep, I have my PiHole running on a Pi2 still.

You're underestimating these websites though. I already run into sites that arbitrarily throw up a "Firefox not supported" gate until I switch user agents. That will only get worse.

I'm still very concerned about Firefox's funding majority coming from Google search, especially after the antitrust shutting it down. https://slashdot.org/story/431592

We're headed for dark times for the open internet.

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[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A lot of Firefox users spoof the useragent.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I don't bother. Most sites I wouldn't miss at all. There's only half a dozen or so websites that could force me to take any action on my end.

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[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)
  1. Embrace
  2. Extend
  3. Extinguish <<< we are here
[–] tonytins@pawb.social 13 points 2 months ago

XMPP all over again.

[–] LonstedBrowryBased@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago

For reals please don’t use chrome it’s a terrible browser

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 9 points 2 months ago

I'm guessing not since I don't use google chrome and haven't for a while.

[–] Chef_Boyardee@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Nope. Cloud to Butt still works for me.

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[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 8 points 2 months ago

Yeah they essentially killed about half the extensions I use. I have to use the browser for work.

[–] DontNoodles@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I used to use Selenium extension on Chrome to test my applications for Chrome compatibility. Chrome said they are disabling it now. Do you not want web applications to be easily tested for Chrome compatibility, Google?

[–] JaddedFauceet@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

They are probably moving to Chrome DevTools Protocol or WebDriver BiDi

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

I'm just worried about how zdnet presumes to know what I think.

Google kills things, that's what they do. They can get fucked.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah I only run chrome for Microsoft teams which I unfortunately still have to use.

The other day I saw a list of like 20 plugins, about 90% of what I have installed, banned. Not that I ever want chrome back but WTF?

[–] emanuga@feddit.org 4 points 2 months ago

Zen Browser on Mac and Orion on iOS. ublock origin and NextDNS on for both - no ads, no adblocker detected. Ever.

[–] Matt3999@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

One of the extensions blocked is called "Trump blocker" - looks like they are getting into arse kissing too

[–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

It's not blocked because of the "Trump" bit though, right? It's because it's not a manifest V3 extension

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