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submitted 4 months ago by yoasif@fedia.io to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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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[-] tubbadu@lemmy.kde.social 4 points 4 months ago

What's the point of keeping part of the UI closed source?

[-] LWD@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago

I've seen their reasoning, but I don't agree with it. The biggest counterexample to their concerns are other browsers: Firefox is no trouble maintaining its IP, and Brave is fully open source yet has not been formed once AFAIK.

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