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Comment on Google looks to be fully shutting down unsupported extensions and ad blockers in Chrome, such as uBlock Origin – which might push some folks to switch to Firefox

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sandbox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Some of the older stuff is indeed that way, but there are more and more features which Firefox can’t support. Web-based custom keyboard configuration tools, tools to flash phone firmware, and one niche MiniDisc tool all are chrome-only things I’ve had to open Chrome to use

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spookedintownsville@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

tools to flash phone firmware

Yep. Forgot I had to use Chrome on Windows to flash GrapheneOS.

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- GiveMemes@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Wait is this real? That’s hilarious
  
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  - spookedintownsville@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    grapheneos.org/install/web#prerequisites
    
    Technically it works on Linux, but I didn’t feel like installing a Chromium browser to do it at the time.
    
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