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uBlockOrigin already blocks FLoC in their privacy list and there are ideas to integrate it further as I understand [1]. So for all of us using that extension, there's no need to install DDG as well.

[1] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/1553

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The "solution" of installing an extension is a bit shortsighted. Google can and will just remove the possibility for extensions to block FLOC in the future, when it's deemed profitable to do so.

That's what people have been saying for years about ad blockers. Did it happen yet?

It's not profitable yet because people can still switch to other browsers. When chrome has a monopoly, they will be gone in a heartbeat.

Also, look into what chrome recently did to the APIs adblocker extensions use, even in the current market google is already making adblockers less potent in chrome.

Firefox on Android has adblocking extensions available for it. Chrome on Android doesn't have extensions because...

Actually, sort of: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...

This was a bit confusing for me to read at first.

DDF is of course a search engine and doesn't need to be installed.

DDG now also has an extension which blocks FloC (a feature which the uBlockOrigin extension seems to not have full support for - correct me I could be wrong, but that looks like an open issue?)

So you can install the DDG extension now, or install the uBlockOrigin extension - but possibly have to wait for full integration.

Issue was just closed -

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/1553

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