Google Chrome is now encouraging uBlock Origin users who have updated to the latest version to switch to other ad blockers before Manifest v2 extensions are disabled.
There’s never been a better time to switch to Firefox, just saying.
Submitted 2 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-chrome-warns-ublock-origin-may-soon-be-disabled/
Google Chrome is now encouraging uBlock Origin users who have updated to the latest version to switch to other ad blockers before Manifest v2 extensions are disabled.
There’s never been a better time to switch to Firefox, just saying.
Or one of its many forks
Holds hole saw menacingly to own boat
Google reminds people to disable Google Chrome
Firefox and Librewolf have problems. However, they are somehow better than Chrome.
I have a hypothetical question on this.
If say, I had a crypto wallet via extension in chrome.
And unlock origin goes away.
I then visit a site I used to visit where pop ups were blocked
Malware gets installed. Crypto wallet gets drained.
Can I sue Google ?
I ask because I do have a tiny wallet that is via extension. Curious how someone with a much larger one on there would go…
Terms of service you agreed to when installing it protects them from all liablily.
While I agree.
Part of me thinks it’s like “we removed the seatbelts from the rollercoaster. It’s now your responsibility to hold on”…
Don’t think Google would be at fault there, at most it would be the fault of the website that served you the ad or the service that website used to serve you the ad. (Which could be Google but they wouldn’t be at fault for not letting you block ads, they would be at fault for serving you a malicious ad)
Luckily the one webapp that I have to use chrome for doesn’t even have ads or tracking on it. I use Firefox for everything else, so uBlock will continue working fine for me.
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Google Chrome reminds uBlock Origin users to switch to Firefox.