(I get that corporate environments are often off the table for this).
FYI in case anyone needs to hear this, but Firefox can be installed as a user in windows if you just decline the admin prompt when installing.
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 4 days ago
That said though, there is one ad blocker that still works. Two words: uBlock Origin. Yes, I know that Google has blocked it from its Chrome Extension store, but there is still a way to get uBlock Origin on Chrome that our how-to extraordinaire Kaycee has detailed.
Or… You could just ditch Chrome altogether!
I don’t know why people are so fixated on using Chrome. It’s a crippled browser made by an evil company that is actively looking to screw the user at every turn.
I switched to Firefox when Google essentially killed uBlock Origin on their browser. At first I ran into some problems with some sites not rendering correctly. But it seems like that’s become much less of an issue with later updates. And the best thing is that there are some phenomenal extensions for blocking ads - like a fully-fledged uBlock Origin to name just one. I don’t even see sponsor promotions in YT videos now.
And if you don’t want to deal with Mozilla directly you can use Waterfox instead.
All this dancing around and jumping through hoops to get uBlock Origin working on Chrome is kind of absurd. Just ditch Chrome (and all Blink-based browsers) altogether where you can (I get that corporate environments are often off the table for this).
Collectively we should be sending a message to Google whenever we can that we are done with their browser bullshit.
RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org 4 days ago
Additionally, I’m not paying that evil company a dime. All the people I follow on YT get way more money from me on Patreon.
person420@lemmynsfw.com 4 days ago
To be fair all the “dancing around and jumping through hoops” is enabling developer mode (which is just a switch in the extension settings) and turning back on manifest 2 in chrome://flags then just reloading the extension.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
given that you know about them. they will also get removed soon according to their description.
lots of users won’t get to know all this, or if they do, they won’t go messing around there because “its complicated”
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Or at least use a Chrome fork, if you must use it for compatibility or something.
TBH I think it’s just an accessibility issue. It’s easier to install an extension than switch browsers for most people.
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 4 days ago
People keep forgetting that Google is quite literally the largest ad company in the world. That’s the vast majority of their revenue.
They’re never going to do something that fucks with ad income.
3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 4 days ago
except adding AI stuff everywhere and actually starting to see ad revenue drop?