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Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads (www.windowscentral.com)

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[-] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago

uBlock Origin will continue to work as usual across other browsers, including Microsoft Edge, Opera, and more.

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[-] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I've been saying this for a while now, but Edge is a better browser than Chrome.

Corporate browsers still suck at privacy, but Microsoft absolutely made a better Chromium browser than Google. Functional vertical tabs. Excellent memory management. Compatibility with all Chrome and Brave extensions (anything Chromium works).

Windows, Mac, and Linux releases, and it's (mostly) open source.

Strictly from a UX and reliability standpoint, it might be the superior browser on the market. I use it at work for that very purpose.

Firefox respects privacy more though, so that's my preference on any personal machine, even if it needs to catch up with other browsers in the UX department.

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 12 points 3 months ago

I despise Edge because of the shit that pops up when I accidentally open it. Terrible browser. I don’t care how good the features or optimization is

[-] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Firefox has an ad-laden default page as well. You can turn it off on any browser.

[-] hello_hello@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

(mostly) open source

It's proprietary. Same goes for Vivaldi which is also non-free.

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