uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to uBlock Lite as Chrome flags the extension
github.com
Google Chrome users with the uBlock Origin extension installed started noticing that the browser flagged the extension as "soon to be unsupported." Here is why this happens and what to do with it.

~~https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/~~

EDIT: Apologies. Updated with a link to what gorhill REALLY said:

Manifest v2 uBO will not be automatically replaced by Manifest v3 uBOL[ight]. uBOL is too different from uBO for it to silently replace uBO – you will have to explicitly make a choice as to which extension should replace uBO according to your own prerogatives.

Ultimately whether uBOL is an acceptable alternative to uBO is up to you, it’s not a choice that will be made for you.

Will development of uBO continue? Yes, there are other browsers which are not deprecating Manifest v2, e.g. Firefox.

  • AShadyRaven@lemmy.zipEnglish
    79·
    3 months ago

    hello, i have chosen to value your opinion above my own based on very shaky reasoning i will not be sharing

    I abandoned chrome for being too RAM-hungry when im playing games w the browser open

    i abandoned Internet Explorer for being too slow

    and i abandoned firefox for being too bloated and sluggish, but that was like 2010 and things change

    im currently using Opera but why do you choose firefox over its contemporaries?

    • megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      7·
      3 months ago

      Because it’s not based on chromium(blink web engine), there are two other well supported web engines which browsers can be based on, WebKit (Apple), and Gecko (Mozilla).

      At the end of the day, if it’s built on Blink, it’s liable to have Google break things they don’t like on the back end. Including ad blockers.

      Opera used to be built on it’s own web engine (presto) but since 2013 it’s been built on Blink.

      • AShadyRaven@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        that was a great summary, thank you

        trying to research such a broad topic was overwhelming

    • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      Firefox is open source and Opera is still based on Chromium (the engine for Chrome, same as Edge and a number of other browsers).

      For practical use, Firefox seems plenty fast on my devices including mobile.