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Google confirms they will disable uBlock Origin in Chrome in 2024 (sh.reddit.com)

submitted 10 months ago by haxor@derp.foo to c/hackernews@derp.foo

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[–] Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 114 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

People forget that the next step of Google will be the inconvenience. Meaning they'll make Firefox work badly on YouTube and other google websites. Have a video not play here, bad css layout there. Subtle stuff that will make people hate to use Firefox and because Google is dictating the Web standards, they will do so, in fact they actually already do. I've already had a few websites using some kind of PWA framework, that was horribly slow on Firefox compared to Chromium based browser.

[–] wooki@lemmynsfw.com 29 points 10 months ago

European Union has entered the chat *

[–] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Would that not violate net neutrality laws?

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Do we still have those?

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 15 points 10 months ago

And even if you did, would they matter?

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They just put them back in place, at least some of them.

[–] avater@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah I don't give a flying fuck how much inconveniences they create, I rather would push a hoop with a stick and never use YouTube or the Internet again then using chrome.

I've been using Firefox since its debut and I never had any issues, slowdowns or problems with it, same with DuckDuckGo so Google can stick it somewhere where the light doesn't shine.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

FreeTube and other front-end replacements exist. Could they turn them off? Sure, with a bit of work.

Though so long as it is a public service (responds to the public) that does not require an account to watch videos ... they will only ever be able to annoy people. It's the same problem as piracy. It's a question of convenience, and if they make the main road a less good experience than the stripped down one... They're only hurting themselves.

If Google had half a brain, they would've embedded the ads in the video streams years ago. Instead, they "innovate" by making the entire internet worse.

(yes I know ublock blocks A LOT more than YouTube ads, and Google's revenue is all their ads, but YouTube is a perfect microcosm of why Google is the wrong company to solve this problem)