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 extension will soon no longer be available because it “doesn’t follow the best practices for Chrome extensions”.2 Daly Barnett. “Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 is Deceitful and Threatening.” EFF, December 9, 2021. ↩ Lawrence Abrams. “Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon.” Bleeping Computer, October 13, 2024. ↩

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 …

    • bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net
      11·
      13 days ago

      Give them time with the full modern web experience. I know someone I’ve been trying to get to switch for years whose computer died right around the cutoff, so the new Chrome they installed on their new computer had no real ad blockers via being v3 only, and she switched within a week.

      • Chloyster [she/her]@beehaw.org
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        13 days ago

        The problem is they apparently really value having cross device syncing between desktop and phone, and dislike Firefox on mobile a bit due to speed. Idk I mean yeah I think chromium browsers on android are technically faster (seems to me at least) but with no ads it’s way better

        • Vodulas [they/them]@beehaw.org
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          13 days ago

          Good news, there is cross device syncing. You just have to make a Firefox account. That might be a no go for some folks, but it is an option. If Firefox on mobile is slower, I have not noticed the difference. Have they just refused to try it?

          • Chloyster [she/her]@beehaw.org
            4·
            13 days ago

            I think they know about the cross device syncing but yeah think it’s too slow. Idk how long it’s been since they used it.

            There is an issue I’ve had with Firefox on Android that I’ve tried to fix but haven’t been able to, where the first time I load a website in like… An hour or 2, it takes a long time to load. After that everything is pretty quick but the first load after the app has been suspended (is my guess) is slow

            • yoasif@fedia.ioOP
              4·
              13 days ago

              Would it be interesting to y’all if I wrote about how to capture performance profiles on Firefox for Android so that you can report bugs to developers?

              • Chloyster [she/her]@beehaw.org
                3·
                13 days ago

                Yes that would actually be very helpful! I’ve had trouble doing that on the android version, and I have heard that can help show what exactly is causing the issue. I have heard some settings on ublock can cause this (which I have tried tinkering with)

            • TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.orgM
              4·
              13 days ago

              Yeah Firefox on Android is extremely so for me at times. I’ve never noticed it specifically being on the first page load after a while, but I haven’t been paying that much attention. I use firefox on mobile so that I can install ublock, because when I’ve tried to use a DNS-based solution in the pass I ran into all kinds of issues with battery drain, but the experience does leave a little to be desired at times.

        • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
          2·
          13 days ago

          But with Firefox cross device syncing is possible, isn’t it? I think that I used it at some point. Open Firefox Settings > Sync:

          • Chloyster [she/her]@beehaw.org
            4·
            12 days ago

            Yeah I’m realizing I didn’t word that super well. Yes sync is a thing and they know that, but they don’t want to have to use Firefox on mobile because they think it’s slow

        • umami_wasabi@lemmy.ml
          2·
          12 days ago

          I gave up in Firefox Sync an year ago as it doesn’t work reliably for me. The sent tab function, the main reason I use sync, tabs are frequently delayed (as in over a minute) or straight up not working. Now I uses SimpleX group for my cross device communications.

          Maybe it is improved but I’m too lazy to try.

    • Moonrise2473@feddit.it
      6·
      13 days ago

      this is assuming that mozilla won’t ruin firefox as usually by copying the bad parts of chromium

      seeing the latest 5 years, i don’t have much hope

    • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
      5·
      13 days ago

      It’s like with Windows, most people don’t know or think about an alternative. Or care about privacy and the advantages. It’s just work and annoying to do any change.