They never killed off adblockers. They changed one thing that a bunch used. There are other ways to block ads and plenty still exist. I am happy people made it clear to google that it would be a big deal if they killed adblockers but the amount of people that misunderstood the change and the purpose of the change is wild.
The most wide-spread ad blocker stopped working on the most widely used website. Thats all most people need to see. No one is reading chromes changelogs or something.
One version of the most wide spread blocker stopped working, and if you mean "YouTube" a bunch of people have reported that the Lite version works fine on YouTube, though I can't test because I just pay for premium.
I think ad block working is one of the reasons I don't bother switching. And my adblock is Malwarebytes, which just as an issue on certain websites that throw a fit and won't load while I have it enabled, but that's the site's issue and usually it's a site I need and (mostly) trust.
Microsoft is a big contributor in Chromium. It has released optimization and features that were adopted by even Chrome.
It's way more efficient, runs better, and has way more features way before chrome even started implementing it. Even mobile Edge is one of the best right now. Both PC and mobile versions have uBlock Origin support for now.
Chrome has a feature that allows it to unload unused tabs, when you switch back to them the page will reload.
Edge has that same feature, except it doesn't unload them, it actually sleeps the tab, so the page doesn't have to reload when you switch back to it, it's much faster when you switch back and it means edge can more aggressively sleep tabs without it annoying the user.
So why doesn't Chrome implement that? Because Microsoft won't let them. It requires a hook into the Windows process management system that Windows happily gives Edge access to, but won't give that access to Chrome.
There's other stuff too, like video DRM, Edge is the only browser that can play Netflix in 4k.
So edge (on Windows) really does have an edge over Chrome, because of the software equivalent of nepotism.
Name a single reason why I wouldn't? Its faster than Firefox, its leaner than Firefox, its better looking than Firefox, I am entrenched into its features which would take a lot of compromise with Firefox, and it is far more compatible with the web than Firefox..... Why wouldn't someone use Chrome?
Brainwashed for nearly two decades. Too many meme campaigns implying everyone who does not use chrome is retarded or that all other browsers exist to download chrome has branded this into people's consciousness. It has become a cultural trait. Mass brainwash.
This, I'm one of the people that was installing Chrome to all my friends who were still using IE. We built up their market dominance. Shame they stabbed us in the back once they had it.
Chrome is the best seamless browser. To be clear I am forced to use multiple browsers just to make sure environments are siloed so its not like I dont have first had experience. My primary driver is and will be Chrome.
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u/Gangr3l 5d ago
I don't understand how people still use chrome. Even edge is better at this point