Google prepares for Chrome extension Manifest V2 phase out
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Starting Monday, users will gradually be warned the end is near

The new MV3 architecture reflects Google’s avowed desire to make browser extensions more performant, private, and secure. But the internet giant’s attempt to do so has been bitterly contested by makers of privacy-protecting and content-blocking extensions, who have argued that the Chocolate Factory’s new software architecture will lead to less effective privacy and content-filtering extensions.

For users of uBlock Origin, which runs on Manifest V2, “options” means using the less capable uBlock Origin Lite, which supports Manifest V3.

  • qweertz@programming.devEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Just use Librewolf on desktop, Mull on your phone and be done with it

    also I’d recommend Adnauseam instead of ublock. It’s based on ublock but clicks on ads inseatd of blocking them.
    It’s basically a form of protest against surveillance capitalism and obfuscation against it’s methods.

    • GrappleHat@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Adnausium sounds really cool! How similar is it to uBlock in practice? (I don’t want to lose the great performance of uBlock)

      • NaN@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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        4 months ago

        The people paying the site are hoping to get some benefit from the advertising. Just blocking ads doesn’t waste their money. But, the extension’s main goal is to throw off surveillance and targeting stuff by fitting every category.

        It’s a controversial approach.

      • NateSwift@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        4 months ago

        It might help the sight but it hurts the ad services by devaluing click through and introducing more noise into their targeting and pricing algorithms

      • qweertz@programming.devEnglish
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        4 months ago

        From their website:

        As online advertising becomes ever more ubiquitous and unsanctioned, AdNauseam works to complete the cycle by automating ad clicks universally and blindly on behalf of its users. Built atop uBlock Origin, AdNauseam quietly clicks on every blocked ad, registering a visit on ad networks’ databases. As the collected data gathered shows an omnivorous click-stream, user tracking, targeting and surveillance become futile.

        AdNauseam is a free browser extension designed to obfuscate browsing data and protect users from tracking by advertising networks. At the same time, AdNauseam serves as a means of amplifying users’ discontent with advertising networks that disregard privacy and facilitate bulk surveillance agendas.

        • Telodzrum@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          4 months ago

          This isn’t how ads are paid for anymore. It’s a fun concept, but doesn’t do anything.