Re:uBlock Origin Lite now available on Firefox
by the_gipsy on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @03:49AM
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You could just disable automatic updates on extensions. uBlock origin is a featured extension, so it's already audited.
MV3 is safer, but so is running no adblocker at all. There is a tradeoff. I get much more ads on Safari+AdGuard (iPhone) which uses MV3 or some similar declarative approach, than on Firefox+uBlock-Origin where I get basically none.
I still prefer to trust one extension like uBlock Origin, just like I trust other software packages on my system, and to really fend off all the web tracking nonsense.
MV3 is safer, but so is running no adblocker at all. There is a tradeoff. I get much more ads on Safari+AdGuard (iPhone) which uses MV3 or some similar declarative approach, than on Firefox+uBlock-Origin where I get basically none.
I still prefer to trust one extension like uBlock Origin, just like I trust other software packages on my system, and to really fend off all the web tracking nonsense.