Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin

Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by bad_user on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @01:11AM (#18976074)

The uBlock maintainer specifically says that uBlock Origin and uMatrix use a different matching algorithm than the declarativeNetRequest.

The title isn't at all hyperbolic. You don't deprecate such important functionality without laying out a full plan for replacement.

Unless there is no such plan and in reality you want to screw uBlock Origin, which I might say is the most aggressive ad blocker available, and isn't owned by a company in bed with the ads industry, like AdBlock Plus.

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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by codeflo on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @02:08AM (#18976314)

Oh, the Google fanboys. “Didn’t you read the article? This is purely for privacy reasons.” Nevermind that this makes it harder to actually keep your privacy. Nevermind that this is exactly what people warned would happen in a browser monoculture controlled by an ad company. That’s just a coincidence. It must be, because Google are the good guys, am I right?

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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by B-Con on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @04:12AM (#18976837)

Supporting privacy would allow browsers to block requests, full stop. There's no way to spin this specific action as pro-privacy.

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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by londons_explore on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @04:19AM (#18976869)

The design as presented isn't for addressing privacy concerns.

It still allows extensions to get a list of URL's accessed

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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by tehduder9 on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @08:47AM (#18978031)

firefox isn't that good with privacy either

https://www.zdnet.com/article/firefox-tests-cliqz-engine-whi...

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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by AsyncAwait on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @11:21AM (#18979577)

This was a terrible mistake by Mozilla, but a test pilot for a limited number of users doesn't seem permanently worse than what Google does in regards to privacy.

Moreover, this presumably didn't affect users who installed via a package manager, while with Chrome the installation method doesn't matter.

However I wish Mozilla was publicly funded, so that they don't have to constantly search for alternative revenue sources.

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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by tinus_hn on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @11:26AM (#18979632)

Irrelevant whataboutism. It doesn’t matter what Firefox does, the article is about Google Chrome/Chromium.

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