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Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads (www.windowscentral.com)

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Google's campaign against ad blockers across its services just got more aggressive. According to a report by PC World, the company has made some alterations to its extension support on Google Chrome.

Google Chrome recently changed its extension support from the Manifest V2 framework to the new Manifest V3 framework. The browser policy changes will impact one of the most popular adblockers (arguably), uBlock Origin.

The transition to the Manifest V3 framework means extensions like uBlock Origin can't use remotely hosted code. According to Google, it "presents security risks by allowing unreviewed code to be executed in extensions." The new policy changes will only allow an extension to execute JavaScript as part of its package.

Over 30 million Google Chrome users use uBlock Origin, but the tool will be automatically disabled soon via an update. Google will let users enable the feature via the settings for a limited period before it's completely scrapped. From this point, users will be forced to switch to another browser or choose another ad blocker.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I will happily donate.
If, of course, money won't go to the CEO.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

it is lol, have you seen how much the ceo is paying herself?

its kind of a reddit situaton, where money wouldnt be that much of an issue if it werent all for the ceo.

[+] [email protected] -8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

A CEO is a needed possition, I know in the past the Brendan Eich was controversial in his political views, but Laura Chambers seems ok so far

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

A CEO is a needed possition

Ha! Good one...

oh wait. You're serious...

How is a ceo needed? They do no work. Their entire job is to rake in cash from workers.

All a ceo needs is a guillotine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ok, granted that the CEO concept is not the only way to lead a company.

But you do need a leader, someone who can make decisions for the company, someone to make everyday decisions that are not fun, but needed to make the company work.

We can absolutely argue about their compensation, but thst is another argument alltogether.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Here's a short animated Ted Talk about co-ops without CEO's. Decisions can be decided by the workers, I think there's some disconnect on what you're imagining a CEO is. If you're needing to make decisions everyday for the company to work.... well you're looking at something like Twitter which isn't a stable company in a lot of ways. The video goes on to explain how co-ops operate and perform successfully through the centuries and a good starting point if you haven't been introduced to the business model before.

Managers or "presidents" do exist, but the big difference is their role is to implement the decisions made by the group and does away with the usual power structure that influences and hurts the workers (usually through wage theft like the record bonuses CEO's collect while making decisions for the share holders, not the consumers or employees).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Right.

And a football team doesn't need a quarterback.

🤦🏼‍♂️

Yes, many of them are assholes, doesn't change the need for the leadership.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

ceos are not equivalent to quarterbacks.

the ceo is equivalent of the team owner. he makes the money and not much else.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

CEO =/= business owner

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

i know, but its closer in equivalence

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

At least Brendan Eich was a developer, good on him for being Christian.