Ublock Origin blocked in Chrome

[Diggs]

Chrome is now blocking uBlock Origin. I don't use Chrome very much but our customers do. I see YouTube starting to block it also where before it was never an issue.

@add - Hmmm..... uBlock Origin Lite seems to be the replacement and is compliant (MV3?).

 

[britechguy]

I don't use Chrome very much but our customers do.

And those same customers are going to face the choice between the most robust ad-blocking that can be had and Google Chrome browser. That, or use the Lite version of uBlock Origin.

I truly don't get the clinging to Chrome, and mostly because there are so many Chromium-based browsers out there. Moving from one to another is pretty darned painless.

 

[Diggs]

I truly don't get the clinging to Chrome,

Really? Clean, fast, with best search results. Doesn't overtly throw it's tracking in your face like Edge and others do. Doesn't require a registered account. Support from others is quick and available. Easy to see why it's preferred by most. I use and contribute to Mozilla but still have Chrome on all my machines.

 

[britechguy]

@Diggs,

The fact that it doesn't "overtly throw its tracking in your face" is one of the most utterly insidious `features` of Chrome. It is one of the very worst data miners out there, and that's by design.

I use Edge, Brave, & Vivaldi. None of these require a registered account (try Edge under a local account) unless you choose to use sync features, and the same is true of Chrome if you want to use the sync features.

I find moving among the Chromium-based browsers almost seamless, with the exception of Edge, and that's only because Microsoft refused to give up its "Favorites" nomenclature in favor of Bookmarks, and I can personally manage that slight difference just fine.

I use Gmail, and have for decades, and am an Android user, so I can't honestly be called anti-Google in any meaningful sense. But what they collect via Chrome offends me, particularly when other virtually identical browsers (from the user perspective) are available that don't.

 

[Diggs]

@Diggs,

The fact that it doesn't "overtly throw its tracking in your face" is one of the most utterly insidious `features` of Chrome. It is one of the very worst data miners out there, and that's by design.

I use Edge, Brave, & Vivaldi. None of these require a registered account (try Edge under a local account) unless you choose to use sync features, and the same is true of Chrome if you want to use the sync features.

I find moving among the Chromium-based browsers almost seamless, with the exception of Edge, and that's only because Microsoft refused to give up its "Favorites" nomenclature in favor of Bookmarks, and I can personally manage that slight difference just fine.

I use Gmail, and have for decades, and am an Android user, so I can't honestly be called anti-Google in any meaningful sense. But what they collect via Chrome offends me, particularly when other virtually identical browsers (from the user perspective) are available that don't.

In this forum you are preaching to the choir. The people using Chrome are not in this choir and the only other option they know of is Edge.

 

[britechguy]

The people using Chrome are not in this choir and the only other option they know of is Edge.

And isn't part of our role to educate them that other options exist? I consider that one of my primary roles.

End users who are sophisticated enough to be using uBlock Origin and upset about the changes in Chrome which cause it to be blocked are prime candidates for browser transition. They had to download Chrome to install it, so that's not a barrier.

If you like a Chromium-based browser, be it Chrome or something else, your other options are endless should you find yourself in a situation where you'd want one. Letting people know this, and giving suggestions, is something we should be doing.

 

[AlexCa]

Still working on Edge... Regarding compatibility with Firefox, this is an interesting read: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/issues/197#issuecomment-2377395301

 

[GTP]

The fact that it doesn't "overtly throw its tracking in your face" is one of the most utterly insidious `features` of Chrome. It is one of the very worst data miners out there, and that's by design.

This ^^
I will never use or recommend Chrome to anyone, ever.

@Diggs Steve Gibson's "Security Now!" Podcast where he discusses this topic at length.

Post in thread 'These chrome notification Virus Alerts are getting out of control!'

Oct 9, 2024

Google Chrome and all other "Chromium" based browsers (including Edge, Brave, Arc etc) will not support uBlock Origin from next year (June 2025,) under Google's V3 Manifest.
It may continue to support Ublock Lite which is a hobbled and limited version that is V3 compliant.

Steve Gibson has a .reg edit that turns off the nag in Chromium based browsers and allows you to use uBlock Origin (and other V2 extensions) indefinitely (or until Skynet...er Google cotton on to it...)

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Post number #33

Link to the Video

https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-995-Notes.pdf Page 12 of 20 (Thanks @britechguy )

 

[NviGate Systems]

Too bad there isn't a "Brave" new world.....

Oh wait there is.....

I use Brave when I want to dissapear. I still have regular Chrome.

 

[GTP]

I prefer the Libre kind of freedom... you know? like a wolf...

 

[cypress]

I been using Brave myself over 4 years now. I've got a couple clients on it as well. Works get to block the Ads on the PC with Youtube.

 

[NETWizz]

I run Microblock Origin.

Thus far it still seems to be working for me and I am on Chrome on Windows 11 and on the latest version of MacOS. When it quit working, I had to disable the extension and re-enable it,

That said I have used chrome for over a Decade because it was super fast when it was first releases, it was also super lightweight. That said I came from FireFox.

I actually pay for YouTube Premium to prevent ads on my TV to, but at night sometimes microblock origin fails to block ads on Disney+ or Hulu.

What do you recommend I change to next? I like that Edge is supported by a huge company for security updates.

I don’t think Safari is right because it is really Mac only. Not sure if I want to go back to Firefox…

What would you use to best block ads?