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Hey check out this turd I polished.
How would you say it's a turd? I assume because it's still chromium based, but I don't want to put words in your mouth.
It's my browser of choice for my work computer but I do run Firefox at home and on mobile.
Yeah, chromium based means adblockers cannot work as effectively.
I found a Vivaldi blog post on this topic from 2022: https://vivaldi.com/blog/manifest-v3-webrequest-and-ad-blockers/
There's a popular phrase "you can't polish a turd". The meaning in this case being that if you put a nice UI on chromium it's still chromium.
I am familiar with the phrase. And I was correct assuming you were referring to chromium as the culprit.
In case anyone didn't know, you actually can polish a turd.
https://youtu.be/yiJ9fy1qSFI
I'm not going to watch a video about polishing a turd but I assume the turd remains a turd.
You'll not I didn't actually make the claim that its not possible.