Alternatively, you could use a browser instead of an advertisement delivery app.
You can still enable uBlock Origin in Chrome, here is how
Submitted 21 hours 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 18 hours ago
Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world [bot] 1 hour ago
Can’t wait till Kagi Browser releases their Linux version of a browser based on webkit, but it’s prob at least another year or more frmo being released and Gnome Web is so featureless it’s useless and can’t even play YouTube videos half the time in 2025…
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Just fucking switch
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
you can enable ublock in chrome by downloading firefox from chrome, installing it, then installing ublock in firefox and finally removing chrome
THX1138@lemmy.ml 11 hours ago
Or like, just switch already?
BigMike@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
People will do anything, but use Firefox
junkthief@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 hours ago
I don’t think that comma belongs there
biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
, Yeah I don’t, think so either,.
killerscene@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
they were just making a statement and then also mentioning to use firefox
IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
[deleted]kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 hours ago
In what world does google docs etc not work in firefox? They’re webapps
MrSulu@lemmy.ml 12 hours ago
I’m struggling with the concept of people putting effort into using uBlock Origin with Chrome.
elucubra@sopuli.xyz 11 hours ago
I have to use Chrome to access a couple of sites that don’t play nice with Firefox.
ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 11 hours 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 10 hours ago
If they don’t play nice then fuck em
ClydapusGotwald@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Just use edge, it’s chrome based. Or any other chrome based browsers that aren’t google chrome?
Kyre@lemmy.world 11 hours 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.
___@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 hours 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
JK_Flip_Flop@lemmy.world 10 hours 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?
RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 11 hours 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.
BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 20 hours 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 20 hours ago
My thoughts exactly, just ditch chrome
TurboLag@lemmings.world 18 hours 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.
ludicolo@lemmy.ml 10 hours ago
DarkFuture@lemmy.world 10 hours 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.
malfisya@piefed.social 18 hours ago
Let it go bro. Just switch to Firefox & co. Or at least use it less for something that does not require ad-blocking.
disco@lemdro.id [bot] 16 hours ago
Use librewolf or fennec (Firefox forks)
reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
disco@lemdro.id [bot] 13 hours 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.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Show me “Not use Chrome”!
BZZZT
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 20 hours 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 20 hours ago
scytale@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
Der_Fossyler@feddit.org 20 hours 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 16 hours 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 14 hours 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.
hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
If you have to use a Chromium browser. Just use Brave. It haves a built in ad blocker.
finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 hour ago
You mean the browser that was caught injecting affiliate codes on cryptocurrency sites and misleading users into making donations that were collected by brave instead of the supposed recipient? That browser?
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Why bother? Chromium browsers suck.
biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 15 hours 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 15 hours ago
I mean there is always floorp which has better profiles
biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 14 hours 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!
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 20 hours ago
I would make a toxic relationship joke but this shit is just not funny.
ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Lots of comments in here saying to just use Firefox, and they’re entirely correct, but the one use case for articles like this I could think of is where you are forced to use Chrome at work but can still install extensions.
aceshigh@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Ubo has a video in the reddit sub on how to do it.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
I hate that the source article title has a comma splice, and rules say we have to perpetuate that.
voodooattack@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
People are weird. Just use Linux! /s
Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
No /s
muhyb@programming.dev 14 hours ago
Aaand, why bother?
gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
Ubo lite seems to work just fine for my needs, which is blocking yt ads. Everything else vivaldi or adguard catches
nikolaia@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
The UBlock Origin Lite app (currently in Testflight beta but seems to be full, but hopefully coming to the app store soon) works great with iOS Safari. I use that on iOS and Firefox on the desktop, which turns out to be a great combo if you have password and bookmark management separate.
Firefox Focus is also great as the default browser on the phone to avoid links opening from Meta or Google in Safari.
Running the «Always in Container» extension in Firefox gives the same effect on desktop and avoids opening a link in the wrong container. Highly recommended: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/…/always-in-container/
exu@feditown.com 20 hours 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 20 hours 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 18 hours 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 18 hours 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.
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 hours ago
Install uBO?
biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 15 hours 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 15 hours ago
On iOS the Orion browser lets you use Firefox or chrome mods.
moonburster@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Just install AdGuard. Works great.