Firefox says it will keep supporting uBlock Origin even as Microsoft Edge and other Chromium browsers phase it out under Manifest V3.

Firefox says it will keep supporting uBlock Origin even as Microsoft Edge and other Chromium browsers phase it out under Manifest V3.

  • nullspace@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I can’t imagine using the web without firefox and ublock. Even the cookie consent popups are awful.

    • LucidNightmare@anarchist.nexusEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Seriously. I clear my cookies on Firefox exit because I don’t want their shit on my computer if it isn’t needed.

      This would cause me to see them every single damn time.

      • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Yeah, the user experience of “just wipe cookies on browser exit” is a lot better than “have a million prompts all over zillions of sites”.

        However, regarding “every single damn time”…some sites can have their “do you want cookies” popup just blocked by the Firefox I still don’t care about cookies addon. It’s not a solution for every site out there, but it’ll get a lot of them.

        It’s also possible to use another extension, Behind the Overlay on some sites. This does require a click, so manual action, but it tries to identify “pop-over” content that covers up the browser window and remove it with that click. It’s really intended as a more-general solution to “pop-over” stuff, but cookie pop-ups often take this form and can be dismissed.

        • refreeze@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          You can also just enable one of the “Cookie notices” lists in your ublock settings, no need for another extension.

  • TWeaK@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Alternate headline: Firefox is now the only browser worth using.

    And in any case, lumping Firefox as one browser is disingenuous. There are numerous Firefox forks, just like every other major browser is in fact a Google Chromium fork.

  • Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    So, I can finally point and laugh at the people who were saying that the manifest V3 thing was a non issue because their ad blocker was still working ?

  • Imhereforfun@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    A misleading title shilling for Firefox. Brave has full support and it won’t even remove it nor does it actually need it as it has its own in-house fully hard coded adblock that doesn’t need Google services whatsoever.

  • Victoria@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    If they ever stop supporting it I will continue to use the last version to support it, any website that breaks compatibility with this Firefox version can get fucked.

  • Ripley_Tripley@lemmus.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    For everyone using Firefox, are you using it with microG or some type of sandbox? Even when going private, you can’t download it unless you have Google Play services on mobile. Ive tried to see if it works without google and unfortunately it dosent. If that’s the case for mobile, then technically we really shouldn’t be using it either.

    • Jiral@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      There are those of us who are using Firefox on the desktop. No Google Play anywhere in sight. And on the phone I am one of the odd ones using the Gecko engine based native Sailfish OS browser.

      • Ripley_Tripley@lemmus.orgEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Thats what I do too. But for mobile, currently I’m using DuckDuckGo until I find something that can work right on this phone. The default browser for this phone is garbage and Iv been trying to find an alternative since then.

  • Mio@feddit.nuEnglish
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    2 months ago

    We should introduce Manifest V4 that would undo all damage V3 did.