Re:Firefox 95 Released
by foepys on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @06:53PM
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> Chrome only blocks something like 60% due to the asynchronous nature of the extension API.
Let's not kid ourselves. This is clearly a 100% deliberate design decision, aimed at making content blockers less effective. This has nothing to do with the API being asynchronous. It is just the excuse Google went with.
Re:Firefox 95 Released
by MinorTom on Thursday December 09, 2021 @10:59AM
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On my smartphone uBlock Origin adds ~10 seconds in startup delay, which is fairly annoying. Having the Adblock be asynchronous but the browser start a lot faster would be an reasonable trade-off for me.
Let's not kid ourselves. This is clearly a 100% deliberate design decision, aimed at making content blockers less effective. This has nothing to do with the API being asynchronous. It is just the excuse Google went with.