Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other extensions in Edge

Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by bayindirh on Friday February 28, 2025 @04:37AM (#43203642)

> Users should never had the power to block what we did in the first place.

-- Some prominent ad company which happens to run a search engine as a side business and build a web browser to make ad-targeting better for their customers.

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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by kjkjadksj on Friday February 28, 2025 @11:42AM (#43207618)

Its like they want their own web crawlers to be slow as hell

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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by cle on Friday February 28, 2025 @12:03PM (#43207841)

They'll carve out exceptions for themselves don't worry. They tried with Web Environment Integrity, it'll be back with a different name.

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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by account42 on Monday March 03, 2025 @05:53AM (#43240512)

They do, it prevents any upstart competitors who can't afford that cost.

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