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Re:A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web S... by blowski on Saturday October 12, 2019 @08:07PM (#21237263)
Hopefully in this case, they will switch to Firefox.
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Re:A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web S... by HenryBemis on Saturday October 12, 2019 @08:20PM (#21237320)
As a precaution to such tactics like, I have (long time ago) switched for Firefox Portable, which updates properly, and also backup up its folder and keep a backup of all add-ons .xpi files, (winrar for Windows has a nifty naming mechanism that you can add YYYY-MM-DD HH-MM-SS on the backup name), so if there is an update I don't like, or if after an update I am left with half my add-ons being disabled due to incompatibility, I roll back and stay there for a couple more months till either my add-ons work, or I find and alternative.

Mozilla is far more honest than Google, but better safe than sorry.

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Re:A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web S... by Gibbon1 on Monday October 14, 2019 @02:37PM (#21251349)
Exactly from here on out if there is a choice you dismiss the google product out of hand.
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