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

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/privacy

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (2 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] 4 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

why would you want a browser based firmware flasher? the web browser should surely not deal with hardware. you don't even get to know if the flashing code has changed, or verify it in Any way

I have already hated the grapheneos web flasher, even if its just made for those for whom themost basic computer terms area dufficult task, like download this file, type cmd into the start menu, press enter, paste this ~~command~~ text, press enter. but it could have been solved with a most simple gui executable too!