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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by 7bit on Friday February 28, 2025 @05:16AM (#43203931)
That is sad. I need multiple profiles for my work and I cannot use Firefox because the profile support is awful. Creating and managing profiles as well as switching profiles is so intuitive in Chrome, it just works. In Firefox it's extremely user hostile. Hearing that Microsoft will also remove uBlock from Edge makes me angry, because that will make my work-life so much more annoying.
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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by tharos47 on Friday February 28, 2025 @07:44AM (#43205012)
You should use "Multi account containers" instead of profiles in firefox. It's like profiles in chrome/edge but it works by tab instead.
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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by zeeZ on Friday February 28, 2025 @08:15AM (#43205229)
It doesn't allow for different extensions though. I need to use a full profile in order to use separate bitwarden accounts, for example.
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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by viraptor on Friday February 28, 2025 @05:47AM (#43204166)
Are containers not good enough to replace profiles for your use case? I've been juggling those like profiles and I'm very happy.
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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by captn3m0 on Friday February 28, 2025 @05:21AM (#43203972)
Better profile support is coming soon, already in Nightly.

Edit: https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/try-out-firefox-p...

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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by ourmandave on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:31AM (#43204478)
I assume this means they've added AI to better tie together the profile you use for work and the one you use for sh*t posting.

Working title: Copilot for Tracking.

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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by hypercube33 on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:38AM (#43204533)
Only thing I can suggest is filing feedback. They don't have market share so they still listen, for now
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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by antifa on Friday February 28, 2025 @10:33AM (#43206720)
I like that Orion (safari based, Mac only) shows different icons in the dock. All chrome profiles show up as a single icon. I haven't checked Firefox, I've got away with just installing separate types (default, ESR, nightly).
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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by abdullahkhalids on Friday February 28, 2025 @12:11PM (#43207927)
I created shortcuts in my taskbar for launching firefox with each of my profiles. It works pretty well.
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