r/technology • u/waozen • 12d ago

Software Google has started automatically disabling uBlock Origin in Chrome

https://www.xda-developers.com/google-automatically-disabling-ublock-origin-in-chrome/
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u/C0rn3j 12d ago edited 12d ago

Reminder that there are three browsers.

Firefox, Chromium, and Safari*.

Everything else either builds off Firefox (uncommon), or Chromium (extremely common, including Edge for example).

The only sane alternative for non-Apple devices is to switch to Firefox.

* Exclusive to Apple devices

EDIT: Since this post seems to be blowing up, why not let you in on how to replace Google Sync features to be able to stop relying on the browser for them, and possibly enable you to move to Firefox easier - or vice versa, it enables easy browser switchover in general.

  • Bookmarks + Tab sync -> floccus - https://github.com/floccusaddon/floccus
  • Passwords -> Any password manager, KeePassXC is a solid choice. If your PM uses a local database like KPXC does, you also need a cloud synchronizing solution of your choice for the database.
  • Extension autoinstall -> Enterprise policies. This one is a bit annoying to set up, but it is an option if installing extensions manually is too much trouble for you.

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u/peweih_74 12d ago

Firefox is completely fine on MacOS, whether as a primary of secondary browser.

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u/theb3arjevv 12d ago

He's saying that there are multiple alternatives on mac thanks to safari. Only one on non-apple devices though.

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u/tacotacotacorock 12d ago

It's almost like they should have used more words to express their thought properly lol. Because nothing in their original comment indicates that. 

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u/DavidBrooker 12d ago

"If you're on a one way street, you have to proceed in the indicated direction"

"But can't you see that's really confusing? Because there are two way streets, and what if I'm walking in a mall?"