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Re:uBlock Origin Forcefully Removed by Chrome by benhurmarcel on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @04:02AM (#43264479)
Adding a random voluntary maintainer in your browser supply chain sounds like bad idea though.
Re:uBlock Origin Forcefully Removed by Chrome by bookaway on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @05:28AM (#43264968)
I have no idea how random the librewolf maintainers are but the next iteration raising the bar for high-impact open source projects should definitely have a checkbox for "has a key maintainer with a active public profile/streetcred in industry" on the checklist.
Re:uBlock Origin Forcefully Removed by Chrome by snapplebobapple on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @08:43AM (#43266261)
Its not that scary because their patch sets form part of several other browser forks (ie cachybrowser but also several others) so they get a decent amount of scrutiny