▲ 1993 ▼ Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin (www.pcworld.com) submitted 2 months ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 399 comments fedilink hide all child comments Firefox says it will keep supporting uBlock Origin even as Microsoft Edge and other Chromium browsers phase it out under Manifest V3.
[–] bless@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (6 children) Even uBO works, but it's cut down from what it once was permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 months ago (5 children) It still blocks ads, what else does it need? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] bless@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 months ago (4 children) On the off chance that you're not being sarcastic: blocking the other crap like trackers permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 months ago (3 children) Ghostery blocks trackers. So does AdGuard. So does Privacy Badger. All of them work perfectly fine regardless of Manifest version. So? What's the issue here, exactly? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] bless@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 months ago (2 children) I can't say it better than the person working on it https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/wiki/Frequently-asked-questions-(FAQ)#filtering-capabilities-which-cant-be-ported-to-mv3 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) OK, that's a good write-up of what capabilities are missing. What I don't see there is the end-user impact. Ads are blocked nicely, so that's not the issue. I'm assuming that some privacy related stuff falls through the cracks? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bless@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago I honestly don't know more than that, sorry permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 months ago (5 children) It still blocks ads, what else does it need? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] bless@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 months ago (4 children) On the off chance that you're not being sarcastic: blocking the other crap like trackers permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 months ago (3 children) Ghostery blocks trackers. So does AdGuard. So does Privacy Badger. All of them work perfectly fine regardless of Manifest version. So? What's the issue here, exactly? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] bless@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 months ago (2 children) I can't say it better than the person working on it https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/wiki/Frequently-asked-questions-(FAQ)#filtering-capabilities-which-cant-be-ported-to-mv3 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) OK, that's a good write-up of what capabilities are missing. What I don't see there is the end-user impact. Ads are blocked nicely, so that's not the issue. I'm assuming that some privacy related stuff falls through the cracks? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bless@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago I honestly don't know more than that, sorry permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bless@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 months ago (4 children) On the off chance that you're not being sarcastic: blocking the other crap like trackers permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 months ago (3 children) Ghostery blocks trackers. So does AdGuard. So does Privacy Badger. All of them work perfectly fine regardless of Manifest version. So? What's the issue here, exactly? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] bless@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 months ago (2 children) I can't say it better than the person working on it https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/wiki/Frequently-asked-questions-(FAQ)#filtering-capabilities-which-cant-be-ported-to-mv3 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) OK, that's a good write-up of what capabilities are missing. What I don't see there is the end-user impact. Ads are blocked nicely, so that's not the issue. I'm assuming that some privacy related stuff falls through the cracks? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bless@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago I honestly don't know more than that, sorry permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 months ago (3 children) Ghostery blocks trackers. So does AdGuard. So does Privacy Badger. All of them work perfectly fine regardless of Manifest version. So? What's the issue here, exactly? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] bless@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 months ago (2 children) I can't say it better than the person working on it https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/wiki/Frequently-asked-questions-(FAQ)#filtering-capabilities-which-cant-be-ported-to-mv3 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) OK, that's a good write-up of what capabilities are missing. What I don't see there is the end-user impact. Ads are blocked nicely, so that's not the issue. I'm assuming that some privacy related stuff falls through the cracks? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bless@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago I honestly don't know more than that, sorry permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bless@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 months ago (2 children) I can't say it better than the person working on it https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/wiki/Frequently-asked-questions-(FAQ)#filtering-capabilities-which-cant-be-ported-to-mv3 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) OK, that's a good write-up of what capabilities are missing. What I don't see there is the end-user impact. Ads are blocked nicely, so that's not the issue. I'm assuming that some privacy related stuff falls through the cracks? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bless@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago I honestly don't know more than that, sorry permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) OK, that's a good write-up of what capabilities are missing. What I don't see there is the end-user impact. Ads are blocked nicely, so that's not the issue. I'm assuming that some privacy related stuff falls through the cracks? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bless@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago I honestly don't know more than that, sorry permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bless@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago I honestly don't know more than that, sorry permalink fedilink source parent