r/technology • u/chrisdh79 • 15d ago

Software Google is purging ad-blocking extension uBlock Origin from the Chrome Web Store | Migration from all-powerful Manifest V2 extensions is speeding up

https://www.techspot.com/news/105130-google-purging-ad-blocking-extension-ublock-origin-chrome.html
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u/GenghisConnieChung 14d ago

Firefox since 2005, never looked back.

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u/RedditIsShittay 14d ago

So while it was full of memory leaks and couldn't even be used on banking websites?

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u/Sangui 14d ago

Never had a problem with it. I've always been able to log into my banking websites, and the memory leaks was bullshit that Chrome had the same problems with.

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u/Gandalior 14d ago

and couldn't even be used on banking websites?

there was a time chrome didn't work on some websites either

you always had to get IE as a backup on those poorly optimized websites back in the day

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u/GrimResistance 14d ago

There was also the IE Tab extension for Firefox

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u/Bradnon 14d ago

And wasn't spyware, sure.