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Google is Killing uBlock Origin. No Chromium Browser is Safe. (www.quippd.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by yoasif@fedia.io to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] something_random_tho@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Brave itself is filled with ads. Crypto wallets, BAT, VPNs. I just want a browser.

[–] d0ntpan1c@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago

But how else will Brandon Eich fund his homophobia and covid conspiracies?

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

I'm very aware of its built-in bloat, but the ad blocking still seems to perform more like an MV2 ad blocker than an MV3 one (more is blocked even when using the same lists), and it allows you to natively select individual elements to block yourself.