Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled

Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨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.

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BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Google Chrome reminds uBlock Origin users to switch to Firefox.

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danisth@hexbear.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
There’s never been a better time to switch to Firefox, just saying.

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- possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Or one of its many forks
  
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abcdqfr@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Holds hole saw menacingly to own boat

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nothingcorporate@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Google reminds people to disable Google Chrome

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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Firefox and Librewolf have problems. However, they are somehow better than Chrome.

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50MYT@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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…

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- BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Terms of service you agreed to when installing it protects them from all liablily.
  
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  - 50MYT@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    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”…
    
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- WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  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)
  
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cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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.

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