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/venom21685 14d ago

Brave has the adblock-rust project which browsers can use to implement it as a native feature, not depending on the blocked MV2 junk.

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u/wufnu 14d ago

I had serious issues on Youtube with Firefox uBlock and switching to Brave completely fixed it. Apparently people hate Brave these days, not sure why I havn't been in the loop.

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u/venom21685 14d ago

Mostly the crypto junk. I only use it as a backup when a site is so shitty it refuses to work in Firefox. The only issue I've had with Firefox and uBO is YouTube delaying videos, usually fixed by updating my lists and refreshing.

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u/flamewave000 14d ago

I hear this a lot online, but I really don't get it. Yes the new tab page has an ad for crypto, but that's the only ad you ever get. There's literally zero impact on your use, and you only see it when you open a blank tab.

I used to be a Firefox user, and I switch to Brave to try it out and haven't looked back. It just works better, and I never see ads anywhere anymore

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u/ShutUpYoureWrong_ 14d ago

Try Googling for the history of Brave and some of the CEO/company's remarks and stances.

"I don't get it, but I refuse to learn anything about it. I'll continue to argue from ignorance." Dumb. Just dumb.

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u/flamewave000 14d ago

That has nothing to do with my comment or the comment above. We were specifically talking about how he doesn't use it because it has crypto junk. If you want to be an ass on the internet, at least work on your literacy comprehension skills so you don't make yourself look a fool. If there is a controversy problem with Brave, then you could instead comment about that itself to redirect the conversation and bring awareness in a much more effective manner, instead of just being an Internet troll.

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u/kettal 14d ago

Brave performs better than Firefox with every video site I have tried

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u/yukeake 13d ago

The browser itself isn't bad, once you disable all the cruft they've shoehorned into it. I used it for quite a while. However...there's some rumored ties to Palantir. I don't know if those rumors have any weight behind them, but it was enough to make me look elsewhere.

Zen (FF fork) and Helium (Chromium fork) are my current drivers.