Poll of the Day > Holy... Chrome just stopped uBlock Origin support.

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Any alternatives? Do I have to change browsers now or is there another comparable extension?

Pi-hole

I would normally say Firefox + uBlock Origin, but Firefox is beginning to get enshitified with AI garbage and data mining. Commonly recommended alternatives to Firefox are LibreWolf and WaterFox.

I would stay far away from Chrome and all other Chromium-based browsers. Google is getting a little too uppity with their need to control how websites are displayed and limit the end user's ability to have that same control. Fuck google.

ooger posted...

Pi-hole

I heard this doesn't work with youtube ads.

kind9 posted...

I would normally say Firefox + uBlock Origin, but Firefox is beginning to get enshitified with AI garbage and data mining. Commonly recommended alternatives to Firefox are LibreWolf and WaterFox.

I would stay far away from Chrome and all other Chromium-based browsers. Google is getting a little too uppity with their need to control how websites are displayed and limit the end user's ability to have that same control. Fuck google.

I've already accepted the reality that there is no world in which my browsing and data is truly safe, private, and protected from harvesting and resale. As much as people want to try duckduckgo and spinoff browsers that claim to protect their data... it's just futile to think that either A.) they are actually protecting you, or B.) they aren't selling your shit anyways even though they claim not to be. (Or C.) - they actually are keeping your data private today, but will sell it at some point in the future when a big enough check is offered)

It's too much work. They have my data, they have yours, they have it all. Accepting that reality has made me sleep a lot easier.

kind9 posted...

I heard this doesn't work with youtube ads.

I admittedly am 1 for 1 so far. Not a big sample size obviously. But gamefaqs immediately went to its u-block levels of usability, which is a good start. The reddit ads are gone too.

Brave is still fine, for now

You can re-enable ublock in Chrome even though they insist that it's not supported. Presumably it won't be able to receive updates, though, so that's only a temporary solution.

Cupcake2006 posted...

I've already accepted the reality that there is no world in which my browsing and data is truly safe, private, and protected from harvesting and resale. As much as people want to try duckduckgo and spinoff browsers that claim to protect their data... it's just futile to think that either A.) they are actually protecting you, or B.) they aren't selling your shit anyways even though they claim not to be. (Or C.) - they actually are keeping your data private today, but will sell it at some point in the future when a big enough check is offered)

It's too much work. They have my data, they have yours, they have it all. Accepting that reality has made me sleep a lot easier.

This is an unfortunate mindset to have. But whatever makes you happy I guess. It's not as if I'm sitting around stressing about my precious data. I'm just against the practice in principle. We are essentially products for these giant tech companies whose greed is utterly insatiable. Double-fuck them.

Firefox has been one of the best private browsers. It's free open source software and has been the default browser on Linux for a long time. Up until now there was never a concern about them mining data or adding useless AI crap that nobody wants or needs.

Use LibreWolf + uBlock Origin. Brave and Edge are Chromium and thus only useful for downloading a better, firefox-based, browser.

Cupcake2006 posted...

I admittedly am 1 for 1 so far. Not a big sample size obviously. But gamefaqs immediately went to its u-block levels of usability, which is a good start. The reddit ads are gone too.

Are you saying that you use a pi hole and it works on youtube?

adjl posted...

You can re-enable ublock in Chrome even though they insist that it's not supported. Presumably it won't be able to receive updates, though, so that's only a temporary solution.

Yeah if pi continues to work like this then I won't bother re-installing ublock because you're right, eventually google will do something to undo ublock and ublock won't be able to update to match it.

kind9 posted...

This is an unfortunate mindset to have. But whatever makes you happy I guess. It's not as if I'm sitting around stressing about my precious data. I'm just against the practice in principle. We are essentially products for these giant tech companies whose greed is utterly insatiable. Double-fuck them.

Firefox has been one of the best private browsers. It's free open source software and has been the default browser on Linux for a long time. Up until now there was never a concern about them mining data or adding useless AI crap that nobody wants or needs.

Use LibreWolf + uBlock Origin. Brave and Edge are Chromium and thus only useful for downloading a better, firefox-based, browser.

Oh yeah I mean fuck them agreed. I just am resigned to the fact that nothing is truly private anymore. Your computer, your phone, hell your car is listening at this point.

Librewolf + ublock has a couple of mentions ITT now, so maybe that's my next step if pi falls apart.

kind9 posted...

Are you saying that you use a pi hole and it works on youtube?

For this small sample size, yes. I've started 3 videos now (one of which was just a second of the trailer for s2 of Andor, which obviously would've had an ad) and none of them had ads. Again, still small sample size, but so far so good.

SinisterSlay posted...

Brave is still fine, for now

Brave is a Chromium browser. Most of the problems you face with Chrome are going to apply there as well. If not now, almost certainly soon.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Brave is a Chromium browser. Most of the problems you face with Chrome are going to apply there as well. If not now, almost certainly soon.

Well they outright said manifest v3 does not affect their ad blocking.

https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/

yeah i already switched to librewol, sad day i was a firefox die hard since like windows vista lol

You can just re enable ublock in chrome.

dragon504 posted...

You can just re enable ublock in chrome.

I didn't know this was possible. I have to install my browsers and stuff to a new PC and when I tried installing uBlock on Chrome again it wouldn't let me download it. Not to worry though as I just went back to firefox that supports uBlock for now and use Chrome as a secondary browser as and when it's needed.

It wouldn't surprise me if you can't install it anymore, but if it's already installed and you get the message that's all like "this extension is no longer supported because we're greedy poopoo heads, so we've disabled it. Do you want to remove it?", you can decline removing it, go to your extensions menu, and enable it directly against Google's "advice."

kind9 posted...

This is an unfortunate mindset to have. But whatever makes you happy I guess. It's not as if I'm sitting around stressing about my precious data. I'm just against the practice in principle. We are essentially products for these giant tech companies whose greed is utterly insatiable. Double-fuck them.

Then what's the solution? What good does it do to worry about something when there is no feasible way to correct it or protect oneself from it. Acceptance of a situation doesn't necessarily mean you need to resign from taking common sense practices in protecting your own data, it just means accepting what you can't control. It's probably in your best interest not to fully trust any corporation or what they promise anyways. Never rely on them to have your best interest in mind.

adjl posted...

It wouldn't surprise me if you can't install it anymore, but if it's already installed and you get the message that's all like "this extension is no longer supported because we're greedy poopoo heads, so we've disabled it. Do you want to remove it?", you can decline removing it, go to your extensions menu, and enable it directly against Google's "advice."

That's how it was for me. Not sure about installing it new, but thankfully I was able to re enable it. I only use chrome to play Granblue, so it's not a huge deal.

i just downloaded a different ublock

JOExHIGASHI posted...

i just downloaded a different ublock

meblock

Lynx is still being maintained.

ublock lite is still available just missing some features. no clue if it works, if ublock origin stops working for me I will probably try lite.

Salrite posted...

Then what's the solution? What good does it do to worry about something when there is no feasible way to correct it or protect oneself from it. Acceptance of a situation doesn't necessarily mean you need to resign from taking common sense practices in protecting your own data, it just means accepting what you can't control. It's probably in your best interest not to fully trust any corporation or what they promise anyways. Never rely on them to have your best interest in mind.

If I didn't make it clear, I pretty much agree with all of that. The person I was replying to isn't just accepting the situation, they're throwing their hands up in defeat. I understand it's not a big deal for many if not most people.

Cupcake2006 posted...

It's too much work. They have my data, they have yours, they have it all. Accepting that reality has made me sleep a lot easier.

That's where I am at. It gives me peace, actually, as I no longer worry about it or think that it's in my power to change that reality. I have an opinion, make no mistake, but have the liberty to keep that in my pocket.

Use Zen Browser or LibreWolf.

Waterfox has some strange problems with windows turning white when you have multiple open side-by-side.

Avoid Brave. It's still Chromium-based, plus some crypto nonsense and a scumbag CEO.

KalloFox34 posted...

Use Zen Browser or LibreWolf.

Neither have an Android app so I'm using Waterfox. No issues so far.

Blue_Thunder posted...

Neither have an Android app so I'm using Waterfox. No issues so far.

To be fair, the issue in question is specific to the PC version, so...

Was gonna say, I love Brave and have been using it for years.

KalloFox34 posted...

To be fair, the issue in question is specific to the PC version, so...

I have both versions. I assume the white screen thing doesn't happen for everyone? I was unable to reproduce it.

ooger posted...

meblock

actually it's also called ublock

Brave browser

Holy shit, GFaqs is basically unusable now.

I wans't paying attention and agree to the popup asking about removing outdated extensions, I beleive.

CyborgSage00x0 posted...

Holy shit, GFaqs is basically unusable now.

I wans't paying attention and agree to the popup asking about removing outdated extensions, I beleive.

Oh yeah it's bad. Gamefaqs has to make all their money from the 10 or so people that don't know how to use an ad blocker.

woof youtube is catching onto pi... it's doing that thing where it pretends to be super slow and buffering when an adblocker is on. it was fine until just now

Cupcake2006 posted...

woof youtube is catching onto pi... it's doing that thing where it pretends to be super slow and buffering when an adblocker is on. it was fine until just now

Mine's been doing that.

ublock origin lite

you're welcome

ReturnOfFa posted...

ublock origin lite

you're welcome

This isn't great advice. The Lite version only exists because Chromium is dog shit. It doesn't even support custom rules, which I use to fix various aspects of youtube and block annoying elements on other websites.

kind9 posted...

This isn't great advice. The Lite version only exists because Chromium is dog shit. It doesn't even support custom rules, which I use to fix various aspects of youtube and block annoying elements on other websites.

it's blocking youtube ads - I'm good

Oh I must have avoided the update since I rarely turn off my computer. This website is utterly unusable without an adblocker.