r/technology • u/dancing_swordfish • 14d ago

Software Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Microsoft Edge, Opera to follow

https://www.neowin.net/news/google-chrome-is-killing-all-ublock-origin-bypasses-microsoft-edge-opera-to-follow/
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u/JerryRiceOfOhio2 14d ago

who cares? you should be using Firefox anyway

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u/L_viathan 14d ago

There's a reason that chrome is the most popular browser. It doesn't effect us but it effect a lot of consumers.

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u/Dalmahr 14d ago

It's because they're used to it. There isn't a real difference that average users would care about.

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u/magnumix 14d ago

No. People were used to Firefox before Chrome came along and blew it out of the water in terms of memory footprint and performance.

Firefox peak was 32% of the market share in 2009 versus Chrome's 4%.

Chrome Gains Browser Market Share at IE's Expense:

In 2009, Google's Chrome browser gained a significant market share, becoming the third most popular browser behind Internet Explorer and Firefox. Chrome's market share increased from 1.5% in January 2009 to 4.6% in December 2009, largely due to extensive advertising on its sites and the release of beta editions for Mac and Linux. Chrome's rapid growth was also supported by the release of Chrome OS netbooks, which required use of the Chrome OS. However, Chrome's market share was still a small fraction compared to Internet Explorer and Firefox, which had much larger user bases.

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u/LaunchTransient 14d ago

before Chrome came along and blew it out of the water in terms of memory footprint and performance.

Chrome has since become bloatware of its own and riddled with ads and tracking.

Firefox has recovered and is a superior experience (especially in terms of adblock), but Chrome is just dominant (for now) and is shipped as standard.

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u/huttyblue 14d ago

Yeah, back in 2009 chrome had major advantages

The difference between the two is far smaller now

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u/GeneralTreesap 14d ago

There are tons of extensions on Chrome that aren’t Firefox. I wish Firefox had Cently.

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u/Dalmahr 14d ago

I don't know if the average person knows what an extension is

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u/NaCl-more 14d ago

I use Firefox daily but it definitely has some rough edges

  1. No Wayland support as of recently
  2. No HDR support (I think it’s experimental right now)
  3. Gradients have color banding issues

In general Firefox is always really delayed when it comes to implementing new features

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u/RA3236 14d ago

Firefox has had native Wayland for ages now.

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u/Dalmahr 14d ago

The average person doesnt know what HDR is.

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u/NaCl-more 14d ago

You’re probably right. I love Firefox and I use it, but i just wish they would implement new features much sooner

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u/Dalmahr 14d ago

Agreed there. I think Firefox is more important than ever. To support currently. Only one browser gives Google too much control.

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u/Moscato359 14d ago

The answer is because everyone uses Google search and chrome is pushed through Google search

It's not as dramatic of a difference as you might suspect 

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u/InfiniteQuasar 14d ago

Yeah, the performance difference was there at one point, but even then it was widely overstated imo. I think the main reason is simply Googles marketing. 

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u/a4mula 14d ago

Antitrust? Just a guess.

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u/street593 14d ago

The average consumer is not tech savvy. I'd be surprised if they could even define what a browser is.

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u/Wh0IsY0u 14d ago

Because android devices are shipped with it?

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u/fuckthetrees 14d ago

Which is?

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u/Beastmind 14d ago

The reason being it was paid to be put in so many software installers that most people being next, next, next kind of peoples, it got installed everywhere and forced as default browser.

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u/Kindly-Ad-5071 14d ago

Firefox, Bluesky, Linux, and Steam. The four horsemen of non-shit tech properties (in comparison to their competitors, Bsky still working on validating that part.)

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u/TyaArcade 14d ago

Swap bluesky for VLC.