An explanation of Manifest V3, why it matters, and what uBlock Origin is doing about it.
  • Ekky@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    1161·
    1 year ago

    So, in short:

    • Google is not killing ad blockers, but merely chopping off both legs and arms in the name of security.
    • ublock Origin is implementing a lite version for chromium browsers, supposedly being pretty decent given the circumstances.
    • Old Manifest V2 extensions will be disabled in June 2024 and Manifest V2 will be removed in June 2025.
    • Firefox is Firefox.
    • Privacy and security focused chromium based browsers will have to implement proper native ad blocking.
  • Kumabear@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1062·
    1 year ago

    I am now using Firefox…

    I mean I was using Firefox before this, but I also am now as well you know.

      • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
        341·
        1 year ago

        For anyone interested, as of November 2023:

        Web browsers using Gecko (Firefox’s engine): GNU IceCat, Waterfox, K-Meleon, Lunascape, Portable Firefox, Conkeror, Classilla, TenFourFox. Edit: and Fennec

        Web browsers using the Goanna engine (which is a fork of Gecko): Pale Moon, Basilisk.

        Flow is a web browser with its own proprietary browser engine.

        The other active engines listed are: WebKit (Apple’s engine), and Blink (Google’s engine, which they forked off of WebKit, and which is used for Chrome, Chromium, and countless other browsers).

        • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
          10·
          1 year ago

          I’d no idea there’s a browser called Conkeror. That’s prertty funny since WebKit was based off of KHTML used in KDE’s Konqueror browser.

        • wildginger@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
          5·
          1 year ago

          I use firefox, but Id never head of these alternatives.

          Anyone who does have reviews? Pros, cons, reasons to use them beside variety?

          • krakenx@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Pale Moon still supports the even older extension model. I used it briefly until my extensions got updated to the newer format. I still kinda miss the old theme engine.

        • Blorper59@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I thought it was pronounced Kay Melly-on, so I never tried it because of the silly name.

          Pihole will be unaffected.

  • holdthecheese@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    1 year ago

    Interesting that article comes to the conclusion that uBlockOrigin Lite is basically as effective as the original and works on the new Manifest v3.

    • miridius@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      1 year ago

      I’m glad you read the article, since it seems like nobody else in the comment section has!

  • pirat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    When I went to read the comments of this post, and for some reason it took 10 sec for them to show up in my client, I thought of Google…

  • Hoptrain@lemmy.worldEnglish
    82·
    1 year ago

    I am forever grateful for my father having Firefox installed on the xp hand-me-down that became my first computer