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Google Chrome’s plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week (arstechnica.com)

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Reminder to switch browsers if you haven't already!

Google Chrome is starting to phase out older, more capable ad blocking extensions in favor of the more limited Manifest V3 system.
The Manifest V3 system has been criticized by groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation for restricting the capabilities of web extensions.
Google has made concessions to Manifest V3, but limitations on content filtering remain a source of skepticism and concern.

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[-] RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

I was at my parents house last week because i had to help them with their laptop. I told my mom about firefox and she was very confused because she doesn't seem to understand that google chrome is a browser and that every browser can access google search or their banking site.

It took a bit of effort to explain that firefox works the exact same but is safer and faster.

She is now using firefox on her phone because i showed her ublock origin works with it to block ads.

A lot of people don't seem to understand that google chrome isn't the internet and what exactly a browser is.

[-] egeres@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

I feel like "most people" only learn "one technology per category". They know of, one operative system, one browser, one app to mindless scroll, one program to edit text. As a developer it shocks me a little because I'm always eager to try new programming languages, technologies and ways to interact with things. I guess most people only know about edge/safari because they come pre-installed

[-] iopq@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

How is that shocking?

I use Linux, Firefox, Lemmy, nano. Why would I change?

[-] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

A lot of people don't seem to understand that google chrome isn't the internet and what exactly a browser is.

It's been that way for a lot longer than chrome has been the big one, it used to be the same with internet explorer...

[-] egeres@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I would even go as far as saying that the left meniscus of the gaussian thinks google chrome is "google" and the "thing that finds webs"

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