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Google is Killing uBlock Origin. No Chromium Browser is Safe. (www.quippd.com)

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We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the ...

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[-] that_leaflet@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I believe Brave’s ad blocker is based on uBlock.

[-] deanne@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

nope, it's made from scratch in rust

[-] that_leaflet@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

You're right, I found it here. I thought it was based on uBlock because there's a UI somewhere in Brave for ad blocking that is suspiciously close to uBlock's UI for blocking specific elements on a site.

[-] deanne@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

there's also a phyton library that lets you use brave's adblocker on other browsers like qutebrowser

[-] festnt@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

oh, thx for saying. i also thought it was based on ublock, though im not sure where i got that information from

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