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4 browsers that will continue to support uBlock Origin and other ad blockers with Manifest V2
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You don't need extensions when you have capable inbuilt adblockers. Stop fear mongering.
Average Google employee
Everybody knows that Chrome, the only browser made by Google, has a built-in adblocker. /s
Being called names just for stating the obvious. Typical lemmy.
It's not my fault if Mozilla won't bother implementing a decent adblocker and have to rely on an external unpaid developer to keep FF afloat.
Firefox is a browser, not an adblocker. Why would they make their own adblocker when there are already independent adblockers that are very good? I would suggest Firefox just come pre-installed with uBlock Origin
"Firefox is a browser, not an ad measurement tool. What would they sneakily introduce an OPT-OUT ad efficacy measurement tool"?
People would really do anything to justify Mozilla's bullshit.
I don't justify Mozilla's bullshit, and I don't use upstream Firefox for that reason (I use LibreWolf). Asking Mozilla to implement their own adblocker is asking them to reinvent the wheel. They should ship Firefox with uBlock Origin pre-installed like I said. Asking Mozilla to write their own adblocker which will likely be less effective than a third-party adblocker, is absolutely not the same thing as justifying them sneaking in opt-out PPA. How on earth do you even see those things as remotely comparable
I'm saying that your suggestion is ridiculous, not that what Mozilla is currently doing is correct.
But see, you didn’t even read my comment. I made a joke that you were a Google employee and you reply:
From the bottom of my little perogi heart I issue a deep sorry for hurting your feelings with that. From this moment forward I’ll do better!
Unless by built in, you mean the ublock that comes with librewolf, thats fucking stupid. Adblocking is an armsrace that requires constant up to date collaboration on the adblock developer side. Thats why you need crossplatform plugins like ublock, otherwise you will end up seeing ads.
Vivaldi browser also has a built-in ad blocker on all platforms, but the PC/Mac/Linux version also allows you to use uBlock Origin as well (at least until mid-2025).
Thanks, I respect you too.
I'ts been 3 years since I last used uBO and I have still to see a single ad on my browser. But you do you.
I did not call you stupid, i called the things that you wrote stupid. Those are two very different things. You called the best practices, recommended for any user that wants to safely use a normal web browser, "fear mongering". That is in fact a very stupid thing to do.
No, Vivaldi, Brave and Opera have builtin adblockers which don't depend on the extensions manifest. Plus, one could always rely on AdGuard, which whould block ads system wide.
Every thread that mentions Firefox draws hate from you. It's tiring and your points are never good.
Cool. Just block me and get rid of my not so good posts.
Or you could stop raging about the only choice we have against a browser monopoly. You don't have to make up excuses to hate it and then broadcast them to an audience who mostly disagrees
I've done tests with the built-in Firefox strict mode vs uBlock and there's a bit of a difference. Firefox blocks about two thirds, uBlock is almost 100%.
I think they were talking about the built-in ad blocker that certain other (not firefox or chrome) browsers have, instead of UBlock.
Firefox doesn't have a proper adblocker. It's just a tracker blocker.
Nope, blocklist can be updates dynamically.