Re:PSA: How to keep using adblockers on Chrome and Chromium
by page_fault on Thursday June 06, 2024 @06:36PM
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Most of those "cannot copes" can be fixed by changing the user agent to that of Chrome. Most sites that refuse to work in other browsers simply don't test on anything but Chrome and don't want the support burden.
Re:PSA: How to keep using adblockers on Chrome and Chromium
by cal85 on Thursday June 06, 2024 @06:48PM
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> Most sites that refuse to work in other browsers simply don't test on anything but Chrome
Today yes, but that could start to change if most tech people stop using Chrome, which they will if they can't block ads easily. Plus many average semi-tech-savvy people use ad blockers and will kick up a fuss and switch if their browsing becomes suddenly ad-ridden. If Chrome gets a reputation like AOL or something, then it won't be as acceptable for a website to only support Chrome.
We've done this for the IE in the past, we can do it today. It really doesn't take that much time.
There's only one thing that will fix this situation long term and it's lowering chrome's market share. Don't stick with it and get continuously abused - no, it won't get better, only worse from now on.