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Firefox has a lot of issues, but maybe we don't have any other option. (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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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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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Why not? I've never heard of anyone that uses a different browser to shop online.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Recently, Mozilla rolled out a shopping checking extension that only works on big monopolies like Walmart and Amazon, and has been criticized by small businesses for being unfair against their products.

The Mozilla subsidiary behind this, FakeSpot, also sells private user data to advertiser companies.

So I can definitely understand why you might run away from a company that's not honest about promoting an open and free web when it's pushing the monopolies with their tools.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

If Google wants to specialize in being a shopping mall with ads, then I am more than happy to use it as such. I don't run ad blockers as I am fine with ads when I'm specifically trying to shop.

Aside from that, I just prefer to not connect my daily driver browser to accounts that I use where privacy isn't a concern for me.