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FF Disconnect extension - no longer open source? (github.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/firefox@lemmy.world
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Author of this issue from April 2025 says:

Since the repository wasn't updated in about 5 years, I suppose that the extension is no longer open source, correct? But since I still see new releases on the Chrome/Firefox stores, can we just have this GitHub repository [archived] then?

The tracking protection list is regularly updated so it's possible new releases on stores are a result of building the code with the newer list I suppose. Does anyone know for sure? There have been no comments on that issue.

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[–] [S] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Thanks for that info. I did some more digging but could find no definitive statement that Disconnect the extension is completely redundant in FF. In fact with FF's 'enhanced tracking protection' on I can see that the Disconnect extension STILL reports it is blocking domains that presumably FF has missed. The mystery continues.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago

    I imagine the browser itself gets a first crack at blocking things, so that's interesting. Maybe Disconnect has simply adopted an "if it isn't broken, don't fix it" stance...

    I know that when it comes to content blocking, the developers of uBlock Origin recommend using their extension exclusively... So maybe at least you can sidestep the headache of figuring out whether disconnect is still functional or not.

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