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Google is Killing uBlock Origin. No Chromium Browser is Safe. (www.quippd.com)

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We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the ...

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Are there raw numbers on how many people use web browsers in general? Firefox releases a report, and it's definitely been dipping, but that dip might be accounted for by a switch to other browsers (based on its percent of market share).

I'd be curious if you had any good sources for this, because my searches are mostly yielding crappy listicle blogs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I don’t have numbers that would directly address that. However, there are lots of statistics on the number of mobile users vs desktop users when it comes to the traffic in general. This trend has been clearly visible for about 15 years now.

Here’s something I found on a short notice. link