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Nobody should still be using Chrome after they killed proper ad blocking. The browser is a legitimate security threat.
It's kinda sad, seeing how far it has fallen. Chrome was an absolute beast of a browser back in the Windows 7 days.
when i uninstalled chrome long time ago, i immidiately noticed that my pc performance improved. it slows down your computer even if its not on
They killed uBlock Origin. Fortunately uBlock Origin Lite has been working with Cromite, but I'm holding onto my Ungoogled Chromium install with full uBlock Origin till my dying breath.
ublock origin lite sadly does only a fraction of what the normal ublock origin does. no javascript blocking, no remote fonts blocking, no large media element blocking, no granular dynamic filtering in that popup panel. i guess it's still decent to block ads though, but so very crippled compared to the real deal
But why do you love helping Google control web standards, when you could just be using a Mozilla-based browser instead?
Because Mozilla has their heads up their asses and won't implement tab groups on mobile
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i have morons still saying they use chrome because of it's profiles. you can't unfix the stupid, there's too much of it.
But... tons of browsers have that.
I use chromium for some sites since i have written an extension that gives me dark mode for all sites. And firefox demands that all extensions have to be signed.
There are darkmode extensions for firefox. Or do you like to use your own?
Yeah. I try to keep the number of regular extensions low for security and privacy reasons.
If you're still using Chrome in 2026, you get what you get.
I'm sure the extensions on other browsers are doing the same thing, to be fair.
The chrome web store is also used across other chromium browsers like Vivaldi, right?
Chromium forks are just as bad. Reap what you sow.
As if chrome users would give a fuck. I mean, they use chrome and probably all else that is google.
loll
The largest extensions in the network:
• Custom Profile Picture for Netflix (200K users)
• Hulu Ad Skipper (100K)
• Netflix Picture in Picture (100K)
• Ad Skipper for Prime Video (60K)
• Netflix Extended (60K)
• Stands AdBlocker (3M users) sells browsing data to third parties for “market analytics purposes.”
• Poper Blocker (2M users) discloses selling identifiers, browsing activity, behavioral profiles, and inferred sensitive data – including health conditions, religious beliefs, and sexual orientation, all inferred from the URLs you visit.
• All Block, an ad blocker for YouTube (500K users), sells anonymized data “for analytical and commercial purposes.” Published by an entity called Curly Doggo Limited, based in London.
• TwiBlocker (80K users) discloses transferring browsing data to third parties who “process or sell it for analytical purposes.”
• Urban AdBlocker (10K users) routes browsing data and AI conversations through the BiScience data broker.
• Career.io Job Auto Apply (10K users) states in its policy that it may use personal data collected from your resume to sell to third parties, including data brokers, for targeted advertising and profiling. A job application tool that sells your resume.
• Dog Cuties (6K users) is a cute dog wallpaper new-tab extension. Confirmed data seller through the Apex Media network.
• EmailOnDeck (10K users) is a temporary email service – a tool people use specifically when they don’t want to share their real information. Its policy states it may sell, rent, or share its mailing list.
• Survey Junkie discloses selling URLs visited, clickstream data, and “modeled information” about consumer preferences to market research agencies, ad agencies, and data analytics providers.
• Dashy New Tab (10K users) has its Chrome Web Store listing marked “does not sell your data.” Its actual privacy policy marks data as “Sold or Shared: Yes.” We believe this is CCPA compliance language for standard analytics, not commercial data sales – which is why we left it out. But the contradiction between the store listing and the privacy policy is real. If a publisher’s own policy says “Sold or Shared: Yes” and the store listing says the opposite, which one should users trust?
thought the thumbnail was MF DOOM for a sec
Props to the article for listing some of the extensions.
Sure do wish they'd list all that they investigated and publish as a "sells data / doesn't sell data"
In the US maybe, I doubt this is legal in the EU. It is most definitely illegal with sensitive data like health data.
Just use the eff ones if they're ever in this position we're done
Who even installs these?
People who aren't experts in privacy and web browsing.
1.6 million people installed this ad blocker that claims to be open-source, but has no published source code.
Is it malware? Probably not.
Is it worth installing? Hell no.
Oh, and it's a Firefox extension.
this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2026
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