Alternatively, you could use a browser instead of an advertisement delivery app.
You can still enable uBlock Origin in Chrome, here is how
Submitted 1 month ago by moe90@feddit.nl to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.neowin.net/guides/you-can-still-enable-ublock-origin-in-chrome-here-is-how/
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xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 1 month ago
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 1 month ago
you can enable ublock in chrome by downloading firefox from chrome, installing it, then installing ublock in firefox and finally removing chrome
BigMike@lemmy.world 1 month ago
People will do anything, but use Firefox
junkthief@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
I don’t think that comma belongs there
biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
, Yeah I don’t, think so either,.
killerscene@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
they were just making a statement and then also mentioning to use firefox
IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
[deleted]kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
In what world does google docs etc not work in firefox? They’re webapps
klobuerschtler@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Just ditch chrome. Done.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That is impossible for many people for the same reason why they still on Xitter, etc. They believe, that with enough willpower, the people ruining our software infrastructure can be convinced for the better. And also many people still believe that if you criticize their “meme browser” made by the cool “don’t be evil” company, you’re a Microsoft shill forcing them to use IE, that is buggy and slow.
SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
It blows my mind how many people use chrome over edge thinking that they are making super smart choice. I feel like I was still seeing memes on reddit making fun of Edge over Chrome.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
And also many people still believe that if you criticize their “meme browser” made by the cool “don’t be evil” company, you’re a Microsoft shill forcing them to use IE, that is buggy and slow
Which I find absolutely hilarious, as Edgemium is a better browser than chrome. I still use Firefox first and foremost, but at work when I have to use something else, it performs better and has better features IMO.
CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I use Firefox when ads are overrunning my screen
BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah all you have to do is circumvent the security settings in your browser and suppress warning messages to enable Manifest 2, all in 8 easy steps. For now. Until Google switches it off completely.
Or, drop Chrome and Chromium based browsers (such as Edge, Vivaldi, Brave etc) in one easy step. Install a privacy respecting Firefox based browser like Firefox itself or Librewolf.
Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 1 month ago
My thoughts exactly, just ditch chrome
TurboLag@lemmings.world 1 month ago
all you have to do is circumvent the security settings in your browser and suppress warning messages
I think this is a very important point that too few people are raising and it’s getting buried under the spam of “switch to Firefox” messages. Yes, switching to Firefox is an option. But clearly some people don’t want to do it, and we give them these workarounds without saying what they really do and without highlighting that they are potentially dangerous. You use your browser for a large part of your interaction with your computer, so any downgrade in security is going to be significant. To me, the short-term implications of this are far more important than the longstanding Chrome-vs-Firefox discussion.
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Just fucking switch
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 5 weeks ago
Can’t switch if you never left ;-)
THX1138@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Or like, just switch already?
MrSulu@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
I’m struggling with the concept of people putting effort into using uBlock Origin with Chrome.
elucubra@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
I have to use Chrome to access a couple of sites that don’t play nice with Firefox.
ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
I have to use Chrome to access a couple of sites that don’t play nice with Firefox.
I bet those sites will play nice if you switch user-agents.
Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
If they don’t play nice then fuck em
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Then you use Chrome for sites that require it and Firefox for everything else.
ClydapusGotwald@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Just use edge, it’s chrome based. Or any other chrome based browsers that aren’t google chrome?
Kyre@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’m honestly looking for an answer for my specific use case and unfortunately no other browser seems to be able to do this (I last looked into this in earnest near the beginning of the year). I am a consultant and work on multiple customers systems (web based system) all of which use a common single sign in provider. Unfortunately this means that in a single browser session, I can only be logged into one customer at one time. Yes, I know I can use multiple browsers but I sometimes touch 10 different systems in a day and need to switch between them easily and quicly. Yes, I know I can do this in Firefox but Firefox doesn’t break each sandboxed session into it’s own container with its own customized icon in the taskbar within windows.
With chrome I can create as many local profiles as I want, one for each of my customers and each with their own unique icons. Each profile has its own add-ons, caches etc. and I can quickly switch back and forth between them visually from the taskbar.
I do not want to continue having to using Chrome so if someone has a solution that gives me chrome profiles without the google, I would love that so much.
JK_Flip_Flop@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Firefox has a new profiles experience in v138 and up. Each can have its own extensions and settings. If you’ve got more than one you can switch in the taskbar. The only thing you might be missing is using multiple profiles at once?
___@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
Have you looked into Firefox Multi Account Containers? I use this extension to quickly switch between multiple tab groups, some of which do use SSO while using the same service (e.g. Outlook). Plus, you can easily create new tabs like Ctrl + Shift + (#1-9) to open a container of your choice among other shortcuts
RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I use Firefox on everything EXCEPT my Steam Deck. Firefox will not let you open the dropdown menu to exit, make videos fullscreen etc. And when a notification pops up, your firefox is now 100 by 30 pixels…
I wish they would fix it already…
I can use firefox in desktop mode but i don’t like having to switch to desktop mode and wait for everything. Then switch back to play something.
malfisya@piefed.social 1 month ago
Let it go bro. Just switch to Firefox & co. Or at least use it less for something that does not require ad-blocking.
Lyubo@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
ludicolo@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
roserose56@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
JUST FU***** CHANGE BROWSER ALREADY! Why you have to be so stupid to use Chrome?
Lemminary@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
According to the people I know, “It’s better” because they won the browser speed race without looking at anything else.
Saprophyte@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
You should see people hanging onto windows instead of switching to any other OS…
DarkFuture@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Eh.
After years and years of Chrome I just up and switched on Friday when they finally pulled the plug.
No regrets. No waving from the stern of the ship as I sail away from Chromeland.
If they choose to take away a valuable tool I consider necessary for browsing the web, then I have no loyalty to them and can easily move on. Took all of 10 seconds to import my shit into Firefox and be on my way.
Bye, Chrome. Thanks for being a useful, until you weren’t.
disco@lemdro.id [bot] 1 month ago
Use librewolf or fennec (Firefox forks)
reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
disco@lemdro.id [bot] 1 month ago
I used ironfox too, just a lot of website functionality was broken using it. (At least for me and this was months ago). Settled on fennec.
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
you can do it by downloading this version of chrome
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Why jump through all these hoops, and lessen the security of your browser in the process, just to do something that is being fully stripped out soon anyway?
Just install Firefox. It’s not like you can’t import your bookmarks and such.
Mwa@thelemmy.club 1 month ago
Der_Fossyler@feddit.org 1 month ago
You can, but you should just switch to Firefox or accept ads in Chromium Browsers.
I can imagine that in the long run it will get harder for their forks to block ads with any extension.
I can’t wait for Ladybird in the future 💪.
somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
There is no such option “accepting ads”. I will do everything in my power to block any type of ad in every device i own, no matter the diffuculty.
Aitolda@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Oh definitely. I gave up ads about 20 years ago when I got rid of cable. Not a chance in hell I’m going back.
midtsveen@lemmy.wtf 5 weeks ago
“While users can still make uBlock Origin work, it will eventually stop working altogether, and no method will be able to mend it. Therefore, users will have to either switch to Manifest V3-based blockers, such as uBlock Lite, or move to browsers that still support Manifest V2. Firefox, Opera, and Brave, for example, do not plan to ditch those extensions just yet.” Just fucking switch already!
tfm@europe.pub 5 weeks ago
You can still block ads while shoving your data up Google’s ass.
Don’t use Chrome
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Show me “Not use Chrome”!
BZZZT
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
I would make a toxic relationship joke but this shit is just not funny.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Is this actually easier than installing librewolf?
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Nope. It also sounds like it will repeatedly break after updates.
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Why bother? Chromium browsers suck.
MetalMachine@feddit.nl 5 weeks ago
Just use Firefox. Its people’s fault that it got so bad because you basically gave them a browser monopoly
scytale@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
daggermoon@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
God, this is like those people who still insist on running Windows 7
DacoTaco@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Tbf, win7 was the best os i ever used. Only to be royally fucked by win8, win10 and win11. Oh how it has fallen…
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Hmm, openSUSE Tumbleweed has been the best OS I’ve ever used, and it’s still available. Windows 7 was marginally better than Vista because they fixed the broken stuff, but it still had all the problems of a Windows OS.
Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Those people are based Tbf, mfs are making their own drivers and everything.
Tattorack@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
*Windows XP.
Krudler@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
lol noooooooooooo
Horrible from a security standpoint. A good step into the future, but honestly let it go.
biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I hate chrome with a passion and it really sucks that Firefox isn’t as convenient for profiles, a feature I rely heavily on, although, I’m still switching. fuck ads and fuck data harvesting, I’d rather have a slightly less performant browser than be visually assaulted and have my performance tank.
transebding_the_binary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
I mean there is always floorp which has better profiles
biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Haven’t heard of that one before, it’s pretty interesting from first impressions though. I’ll try it out tomorrow and see how it goes. Thanks!
lasers4eyes@piefed.zip 5 weeks ago
Using an adblocker on chrome is the funniest shit, that’s like using a condom to fuck a sheep.
Good job using a condom, but what the fuck are you doing fucking a sheep?
exu@feditown.com 1 month ago
As they note in the article, this is a temporary measure, I.E. guaranteed to break soon.
Start switching to Firefox now so you’re done when they finally turn it of. Ignore any other Chromium based browsers, it’s unlikely they have the manpower to extend MV2 beyond what Google supports with their LTS releases.
aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Completely anecdotally, but I’ve noticed that in the last few months, ublock origin on the Mozilla addons site has gone up. So i think people are already moving.
Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Firefox on iOS doesn’t offer any ad blocking. Vivaldi (and several other) Chromium browsers do. So for a good chunk of the mobile community, Firefox is not the best option.
exu@feditown.com 1 month ago
Blame Apple for that, as for the longest time they only allowed using the Safari engine on iOS. Apparently that’s still the case outside the EU now, meaning Mozilla would need to maintain two versions on iOS.
On any other operating system, Firefox is by far the best at blocking ads with uBlock Origin.
biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Apple limits mobile browsers a shit ton. When you get Firefox on iOS, you don’t get Firefox, you get what’s basically a safari front end. This is the reason you can install uBlock Origin or other extensions on the android version of Firefox, but be unable on the iOS version.
robolemmy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
On iOS the Orion browser lets you use Firefox or chrome mods.
Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 5 weeks ago
Or rather,… iOS isn’t
moonburster@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Just install AdGuard. Works great.
Ulrich@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
Install uBO?