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Google is purging ad-blocking extension uBlock Origin from the Chrome Web Store (www.techspot.com)

submitted 19 hours ago by [email protected] to c/privacy

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

There's a MV3 alternate (same dev!) "uBlock Origin Lite" which this article completely misses out on mentioning: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh

There are certain websites and tools which need chrome/chromium making it a necessary evil; for example there's a new trend in firmware flashing of devices like ESP32 boards and HAM/GMRS radios which are web based and use Chrome tech. This new MV3 fork isn't as good as the original but it's better than nothing and does stop some ad trash.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

Unless your firmware flasher is serving ads, and I really hope it isn't, there's no issue using chtome for things like that. Just use Firefox for everything else. It blocks more than just some ad trash. And you can have 2 browsers installed at the same time. They don't fight each other.