Re:Explanation of the state of uBlock Origin and other block...
by danShumway on Friday September 20, 2019 @10:29PM
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Sure, but:
> I'm sympathetic to concerns about people who don't know what they're doing, but if I'm a Safari user, I have to value keeping myself safe first.
This change still means that Firefox will have better adblocking and privacy tools than Safari. It's a tradeoff -- and if I'm a user that's already conservative about granting extensions permissions, I don't see how I get any benefits from this. I only get the downsides in the form of less effective blockers.
> I'm sympathetic to concerns about people who don't know what they're doing, but if I'm a Safari user, I have to value keeping myself safe first.
This change still means that Firefox will have better adblocking and privacy tools than Safari. It's a tradeoff -- and if I'm a user that's already conservative about granting extensions permissions, I don't see how I get any benefits from this. I only get the downsides in the form of less effective blockers.