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Google to restrict ad-blockers in Chrome (update: Google have relaxed the proposed changes, 'all of these changes are still in the draft stage')
- Thread starter Axe
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Firefox is great. Word of caution for extension installers though.. LastPass really slows down Firefox in the last few revisions I tried. I've been using Keepass and Kee extension and never looked back.
Anyone else who's having issues with Firefox lag and speed, try disabling LastPass extension temporarily and see if it speeds you up.
I only have Chrome for Remote Desktop now basically.
Anyone else who's having issues with Firefox lag and speed, try disabling LastPass extension temporarily and see if it speeds you up.
I only have Chrome for Remote Desktop now basically.
Fuck. Even when you're logged out? It's like the one extension along with uBlock Origin that I really need to have lol.
The mix of power and positive image that Google has right now is possibly unprecedented. I´m not much of a conspiracy theorist, but I do believe it has become almost unstoppable and it abuses consumer goodwill. It´s a new stage of capitalism.
The recent fines are like tears in the rain in front of such a vast force.
Microsoft should have supported Firefox instead of going to Chromium.
The recent fines are like tears in the rain in front of such a vast force.
Microsoft should have supported Firefox instead of going to Chromium.
I've noticed this as well, at least on some sites/pages. (Newegg's the one that's been super slow for me.)
I'm not going to switch from LastPass to another service (I have way way too much there to try switch), but I might turn the extension off and on as needed. At least until we find out if an extension or browser update fixes it.
I stopped using Chrome a while back and I'm glad I did. Firefox has kept me more than happy with their updates and overall transparency.
Just FYI, it it comes to switching it's not that hard. I personally moved from LastPass to Keepass some years ago.
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/lastpass-migrate-password-manager/
It's very easy. I switched to Bitwarden a couple months ago and it was as simple as copy pasting a text document from Lastpass to the new service.
Just like the one time firefox installed a Mr.Robot ad onto every single installation of FF. Yeah truely transparent.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/16/16784628/mozilla-mr-robot-arg-plugin-firefox-looking-glass
From my understanding, Focus is being used as a testing ground of sorts for a rewrite of how they're running the browser engine on Android. At some point the work will be integrated back into the main browser app.
I mean it's a business, so obviously that's all that matters.
This isn't surprising seeing as a large chunk of revenue is from ads. It can't keep a platform that directly harms itself.
But hasn't there been numerous tests that show that browsing with an adblocker is faster than without?
2005? It had them up until the Quantum release in November 2017. It's OK for someone to be suspicious, and not up to date on the fact that it no longer suffers from this problem, because it really had it since forever, up until fairly recently.
oh, interesting. Maybe not fully transparent, then, but still...doesn't seem like much of a comparison if we're looking at what Chrome is doing.
Firefox is not memory leaking like it once was. It's far more stable in terms of performance (save for some Macs).
Can't they just make a fork? Or would that impact it as well?
Because this has been quoted again, let me clear it up
https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_brow...me_may_soon_change_how_3rd_party_ad_blockers/
I haven't noticed this personally. How does this manifest itself? Slow start, slow loading of pages, freezes?
Somewhat on topic, but was it ever discovered who the mystery buyer of AdBlock was from a few years ago?
Most people assumed it was Google as they immediately started pedalling their "acceptable ads" program after the announcement, but I'm not sure if it was ever verified.
That's when I switched over to uBlock Origin. I'd prefer not to switch browsers at this point, but I will if this happens.
Most people assumed it was Google as they immediately started pedalling their "acceptable ads" program after the announcement, but I'm not sure if it was ever verified.
That's when I switched over to uBlock Origin. I'd prefer not to switch browsers at this point, but I will if this happens.
Sometimes Era threads have "issues" when it comes to the title of threads vs OP vs the actual article vs the source of the article in regards to providing accurate information for people to have discussions on vs inaccurate information (usually the thread title), but Google and Android threads seem to regularly be "dumpster fires" in comparison (thanks in part to Google's data sharing and negative feedback over the years, but still).
The title of this thread implies Google is planning to restrict ad-blockers in Chrome on purpose, and rightfully so would deserve responses such as "I'm switching to Vivaldi/Firefox/etc...". However reading the actual article and the sources, Google Chromium developers put out a list of proposed changes planned for the Chromium browser that Chrome and other browsers are based on. This specific change, according to the creator of uBlock Origin...
...would potentially break his two extensions, uBlock Origin and uMatrix, which the creator of the extension expressed in response to the Manifest V3 changes on the Chromium bugs website.
Now, while uBlock Origin is a popular extension and it would probably be a good idea for Google Chromium's developers to address these concerns/work on a solution, Google is not actively trying to restrict ad-blockers in Chromium, at least not from the information we can get from their list of changes.
I know this thread is on page 4 already so this post isn't going to inform most people posting in it/claiming they are going to switch to other Chromium based browsers that will get the same proposed changes anyway if they are accepted, but oh well.
The title of this thread implies Google is planning to restrict ad-blockers in Chrome on purpose, and rightfully so would deserve responses such as "I'm switching to Vivaldi/Firefox/etc...". However reading the actual article and the sources, Google Chromium developers put out a list of proposed changes planned for the Chromium browser that Chrome and other browsers are based on. This specific change, according to the creator of uBlock Origin...
...would potentially break his two extensions, uBlock Origin and uMatrix, which the creator of the extension expressed in response to the Manifest V3 changes on the Chromium bugs website.
Now, while uBlock Origin is a popular extension and it would probably be a good idea for Google Chromium's developers to address these concerns/work on a solution, Google is not actively trying to restrict ad-blockers in Chromium, at least not from the information we can get from their list of changes.
I know this thread is on page 4 already so this post isn't going to inform most people posting in it/claiming they are going to switch to other Chromium based browsers that will get the same proposed changes anyway if they are accepted, but oh well.
After reading this news about an hour ago I immediately began the switch to Firefox and I can now say that I'm 100% switched over with no plans to go back to Chrome. Not at all happy with this proposed change.
An unexpected benefit: It appears Chrome was causing me to have brief intermittent monitor black screen issues while viewing videos on two screens at once, and I haven't had any further issues since switching to Firefox!
An unexpected benefit: It appears Chrome was causing me to have brief intermittent monitor black screen issues while viewing videos on two screens at once, and I haven't had any further issues since switching to Firefox!
I know. It's very good now. But it wasn't good with that all the way up until late 2017 Quantum release.
Great. Now I gotta switch not only myself over to Firefox, but my mom and grandparents as well. Fun times ahead.
Whether or not Google is intentionally trying to break adblockers is irrelevent. The fact that if these changes go through then it WILL break adblockers is the issue and what most people are upset about. Also yours is hardly the first post to address that this'll break other chromium browsers. Plenty of others have pointed this out.