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[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago (8 children)

And if you don't like Firefox, use one of the Firefox forks. Some of them are very Chrome-like.

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Chrome is no longer available on my computer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

I wish I could say the same. Web dev. 🫡 But at least I'm using Chromium, if that's even slightly better.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

Everyone should ditch chrome

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I take this as a sign that it genuinely still works to block ads and hasn’t sold out and become malware like those others that used to be popular.

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[–] [email protected] 256 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Chrome is no longer available in my Start menu.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

And that is why I went to Firefox once Google announced this bullshit.

Swapping is pretty painless. It even brings over all your passwords and stuff these days. Best get to swapping before Google disable that as well. They'd just love to keep you hostage.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

Use a third party password manager, don’t rely on browser default ones

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[–] [email protected] 225 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Google is not an IT company. It’s an advertising company. Surprised Pikachu, it blocks ad blockers.

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 day ago

the what store now

[–] [email protected] 13 points 22 hours ago (5 children)

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh

Doesn't cover 100% of what uBO did, but it still works just as good IMO with DNS based ad-blocking on top.

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[–] [email protected] 370 points 1 day ago (50 children)
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