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Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin (www.pcworld.com)
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Firefox says it will keep supporting uBlock Origin even as Microsoft Edge and other Chromium browsers phase it out under Manifest V3.

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[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago (21 children)

Guys, just FYI - other adblocks still work. I'm using Ghostery on Vivaldi (Chromium-based) and it works perfectly fine, including blocking ads during YouTube videos.

No idea why uBlock specifically is being blocked, but it's not like you can't have an ad-blocker anymore.

[–] bless@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Even uBO works, but it's cut down from what it once was

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It still blocks ads, what else does it need?

[–] bless@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

On the off chance that you're not being sarcastic: blocking the other crap like trackers

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ghostery blocks trackers. So does AdGuard. So does Privacy Badger. All of them work perfectly fine regardless of Manifest version.

So? What's the issue here, exactly?

[–] bless@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

OK, that's a good write-up of what capabilities are missing. What I don't see there is the end-user impact.

Ads are blocked nicely, so that's not the issue. I'm assuming that some privacy related stuff falls through the cracks?

[–] bless@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

I honestly don't know more than that, sorry

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