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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by dadrian on Friday February 28, 2025 @11:46AM (#43207667)
You can install uBlock Origin Lite [1], and get literally the same blocklists but with better security properties.

[1]: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/...

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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by emaro on Friday February 28, 2025 @12:12PM (#43207933)
Tbh, I trust uBlock Origin more than Edge and Chrome. The security properties of uBo Lite are better but the blocking properties are worse.
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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by cautious-fly on Friday February 28, 2025 @12:48PM (#43208370)
Last time I checked it did nothing on YouTube. Has that changed?
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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by e2le on Friday February 28, 2025 @01:06PM (#43208567)
It's not an exact drop-in replacement. There are many filtering capabilities that cannot be ported [1] to MV3, filtering lists can only be distributed through extension updates [2], and filtering is unreliable.

> Injecting content scripts in a non-declarative way is unreliable in MV3 due to fact that extensions are really service workers which can be suspended at any time.

[1]: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/wiki/Frequently-as...

[2]: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/wiki/Frequently-as...

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