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uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to Firefox as Chrome flags the extension (github.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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~~https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/~~

EDIT: Apologies. Updated with a link to what gorhill REALLY said:

Manifest v2 uBO will not be automatically replaced by Manifest v3 uBOL[ight]. uBOL is too different from uBO for it to silently replace uBO -- you will have to explicitly make a choice as to which extension should replace uBO according to your own prerogatives.

Ultimately whether uBOL is an acceptable alternative to uBO is up to you, it's not a choice that will be made for you.

Will development of uBO continue? Yes, there are other browsers which are not deprecating Manifest v2, e.g. Firefox.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 59 points 3 months ago (34 children)

So many kids with assigned school Chromebooks are going to get fucked over by this. You can apparently install Firefox on a Chromebook via the Google Play Store, but that was disabled on my daughter's Chromebook. I don't want her exposed to constant advertising while she's doing her schoolwork. It's bad enough that she's exposed to it the rest of the time just being in America.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 months ago (17 children)

It’s normal for system admins to not let their users install non-whitelist software

You should PTA to switch from Chrome to Firefox

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (16 children)

I think it's very unlikely that they would pay for the IT department to install Firefox on every Chromebook. You're talking 14,000 students in this county and only the kindergartners don't get Chromebooks.

[–] _tezz@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You might be surprised! This type of change is usually automated and centralized, so an administrator shouldn't ever have to even touch any of those Chromebooks. Might be worth having a chat with your school administrators.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My own daughter is in online school now (it's still a public school, it's just not in a physical location) so she can use her own computer... but I have to do the user agent switcher thing because the school's own website testing software isn't Firefox-compatible. And the school is run by evil Pierson who basically has a monopoly on American public schools, so I'm guessing that's true for all of those Chromebooks out there too.

Still, I might suggest it to them anyway just for the benefit of the other kids.

[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Yeah, they sign major contracts that have a lot of stipulations so they get the best deals since theyre govt funded. This backfires, ofc, by locking them into bad products.

Im not saying dont try, definitely do.

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