Chrome Canary just killed uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2 extensions

Re:Chrome Canary just killed uBlock Origin and other Manifes... by keb_ on Sunday October 06, 2024 @03:41PM (#41759659)

I honestly think this is the right step forward. If the web is going to be sustainable, we should move away from adblock to stop stealing bandwidth from websites like YouTube and CNN.

Back in my day, adblock wasn't a thing and the web was a vibrant place because of it because people can actually afford to run businesses because no one would block ads, it was a valuable stream of revenue.

Now, in the name of privacy, people are freeloading off sites.

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Re:Chrome Canary just killed uBlock Origin and other Manifes... by jbverschoor on Sunday October 06, 2024 @06:28PM (#41760890)

Except it doesn’t work like that. We pay for many things and after a while, ads creep in because of “growth”

The solution unfortunately is ALWAYS freeloading (or piracy in music, movies and probably also software)

At a certain point “they” go too far

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Re:Chrome Canary just killed uBlock Origin and other Manifes... by traitfield on Sunday October 06, 2024 @08:37PM (#41761656)

If they can't handle not sending me garbage, then perish.

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Re:Chrome Canary just killed uBlock Origin and other Manifes... by redserk on Monday October 07, 2024 @05:32AM (#41764250)

This is a revisionist and blatant lie.

I’ve been online longer than some on here have been alive and at no point was this ever true for any meaningful period of time.

Adblocking the web has been available since the 90s in some form. Popup blockers and image blocking was not terribly uncommon. Some ISPs even tried blocking this at their level as a means to help make dialup feel faster!

So please tell me, when was this “vibrant place”?

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