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Comment by whizzkid | Hacker News Reader

Couple of advise for the original uBlock origin author (gorhill)

- Please get the extension together under one platform instead of forks and stuff (MacOS, Edge). This problem will keep the fake uBlock alive otherwise.

- "uBlock" name is already involved too much with unpleasing issues. Would you consider renaming your product? I think renaming would solve more problems than you would think.

Thanks for the extension btw :)

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I ask about renaming the product back in 2016 [1] and the author response was:

I won't change the name -- it is too well established now.

It's unfortunate that ublock.org causes confusion, but in the end he is hurting himself more in the long run than he is hurting uBlock Origin, it's a conscious choice he made to scam people,[1][2] he will have to deal with whatever consequences there is doing so.

[1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/1451

I did not know that. Well, I am sorry that he has to deal with this BS. These kind of issues drains a lot energy especially when it comes to OS software.

Going by what happened to the verious 'adblock' extensions I think changing the name is a temporary solution at best.

Without some kind of strong trademark protection it's apparently impossible to not have extensions with misleadingly similar names pop up.

Consider gorhill may not have the resources or interest in doing all this work. uBlock Origin is a fantastic free product but it's a little chaotic. I wish it could be different.

I totally understand that. It is not an easy job.

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