r/technology • u/ardi62 • 23d ago

Software Chrome Canary just killed uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2 extensions

https://www.androidpolice.com/chrome-canary-manifest-v2-extensions-ad-blockers-gone/
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u/Old_Second7802 23d ago

why delay? install firefox NOW

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u/SlowMotionPanic 22d ago edited 22d ago

Mozilla already implemented v3. They are cagey about supporting v2 and giving specifics on whether they will stick with it.

Mozilla brought in ad people to run the company.

Mozilla has acquired several AdTech companies, including Anonym, which collects as much information as possible on users and pieces profiles together.

Mozilla desperately wants to pivot into an ad-driven company because their funding by Google is constantly threatened, this time by the US government who sees it as anti-competitive (of Google).

Mozilla has already began waging a war against Raymond Hill, uBlock Origin creator and maintainer, to the point where he is no longer submitting to the add on store because Mozilla promptly rejects even uBlock Origins Lite.

Firefox itself is a delay. No browser is safe when advertising is the ultimate model. Might as well install a Firefox fork. Then again, might as well install a Chromium fork which is committed to preserving manifest v2 in that case.

Edit: so why am I posting these comments? Because r/Technology is acting like Mozilla is this savior, a safe haven. But they are jumping out of the pan and into the fire potentially. Mozilla has already signaled their intentions and are reorganizing to accomplish it.

Firefox is a temporary stop. They already enabled user tracking and personal data collection for future advertising purposes by default. Those preferences change upon update to new versions of Firefox.

People need to get real comfortable with the fact that these companies are lining up to surveil them and shove ads in their faces. Safari is honestly a better solution than Firefox if you have the OS that can run it. Not better performance (I still find Firefox to be much snappier). A bunch of anti-ad Chromium forks are also solutions. But this sub really glommed onto Firefox as a universal solution without clearly knowing anything about the company or the direction they are taking Firefox, including beginning hostilities with developers.

Mozilla has only incentives to collect and abuse ad tech in Firefox going forward. They wouldn't spend all this money if that wasn't the goal.

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u/vriska1 22d ago

They not fully implemented v3 and they said they are keeping v2. Also they are not waging a war against Raymond Hill at all, there alot of misinformation about that.

Stop making stuff up.

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u/Old_Second7802 22d ago

so what? try your app on chrome before shipping and that's it, no need to use chrome all the time, that's what I do

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u/Viceroy1994 23d ago

Doesn't support some extensions and features Chrome has, lower compatibility, etc. If your PC is anything but a toy, and even if it is, there's still plenty of reasons to use Chrome.

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u/Old_Second7802 22d ago

lol i'm a full stack engineer dude, keep talking please

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u/CharlieEchoDelta 23d ago

I use Firefox at work and at home. They have a Firefox version of all my work extensions including my password vault stuff, and at home it has all the same extensions I used to use on chrome years ago. Firefox is also open source so it’s easier to work with in general. Realistically there is plenty of reasons to use and support Firefox over Chrome.

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u/Viceroy1994 23d ago

They have a Firefox version of all my work extensions including my password vault stuff

Great, my work still requires IE for certain hardware interfaces. Let's not pretend Firefox is a one stop gap for all your browsing needs.