▲ 450 ▼ The end of uBlock Origin in Chrome is now weeks away, not months (www.techspot.com) submitted 4 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 98 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] sol6_vi@lemmy.makearmy.io 9 points 4 months ago (5 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (2 children) I’m not sure I’d recommend Ladybird or Orion for general use yet. Orion is still getting there on Linux, ladybird is in deep development. …Why not a good fork? Like Zen, Librewolf, or if you need Chromium compatibility, Helium? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) Won't helium be affected by this change? They bundle Unlock Origin, so they will not be able to do that if they want to follow chromium still. They may have to swap to forking off Brave who uses their own blocking engine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* Indeed. Though they are still two versions away from depreciation: https://github.com/imputnet/helium/issues/1746 No idea how they’ll handle it, but yeah, they could lift Brave’s engine. Cromite also has its own adblocker they could pull in as a patch. permalink fedilink source parent [–] greybeard@feddit.online 6 points 4 months ago (1 child) I'm excited that there are alternative browser engines being developed, but I lost a lot of enthusiasm for Ladybird when I learned more about the lead. Servo is another browser project coming along nicely, although Servo is closer to webkit than it is a fully fledged browser. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] vandsjov@feddit.dk 2 points 4 months ago You and me both about Ladybird… it was such a blow even I read about the lead. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (2 children) I’m not sure I’d recommend Ladybird or Orion for general use yet. Orion is still getting there on Linux, ladybird is in deep development. …Why not a good fork? Like Zen, Librewolf, or if you need Chromium compatibility, Helium? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) Won't helium be affected by this change? They bundle Unlock Origin, so they will not be able to do that if they want to follow chromium still. They may have to swap to forking off Brave who uses their own blocking engine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* Indeed. Though they are still two versions away from depreciation: https://github.com/imputnet/helium/issues/1746 No idea how they’ll handle it, but yeah, they could lift Brave’s engine. Cromite also has its own adblocker they could pull in as a patch. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) Won't helium be affected by this change? They bundle Unlock Origin, so they will not be able to do that if they want to follow chromium still. They may have to swap to forking off Brave who uses their own blocking engine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* Indeed. Though they are still two versions away from depreciation: https://github.com/imputnet/helium/issues/1746 No idea how they’ll handle it, but yeah, they could lift Brave’s engine. Cromite also has its own adblocker they could pull in as a patch. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* Indeed. Though they are still two versions away from depreciation: https://github.com/imputnet/helium/issues/1746 No idea how they’ll handle it, but yeah, they could lift Brave’s engine. Cromite also has its own adblocker they could pull in as a patch. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] greybeard@feddit.online 6 points 4 months ago (1 child) I'm excited that there are alternative browser engines being developed, but I lost a lot of enthusiasm for Ladybird when I learned more about the lead. Servo is another browser project coming along nicely, although Servo is closer to webkit than it is a fully fledged browser. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] vandsjov@feddit.dk 2 points 4 months ago You and me both about Ladybird… it was such a blow even I read about the lead. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vandsjov@feddit.dk 2 points 4 months ago You and me both about Ladybird… it was such a blow even I read about the lead. permalink fedilink source parent