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Why Bother With uBlock Being Blocked In Chrome? Now Is The Best Time To Switch To Firefox::Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In my former job, I had no choice but use Chrome due to work rules. If I couldn't have installed uBlock at the time, it would have killed me. So I hope for people like me, there's at least an adblocker that has a small chance of working in Chrome.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm curious if "must use browser X" is a deal breaker for many people.

Would you quit a job for forcing a specific browser?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

For me it was the OS. We agreed, when I started my job, that I would use Windows but that I would eventually switch to Linux, which I did a few months in. If they wouldn't allow it, although agreed upon, I would have left - which I did anyways, but for totally different reasons

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Vivaldi has an adblocker built-in but has no cosmetic filtering unfortunately. I did ask and they said it's been prioritised given the MV3 problems.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If they were in my situation, installing another browser was not an option, but installing Chrome extensions was still possible.

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

In that case, it's best to hope the workplace enables the enterprise policy.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Well that sucks.