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Is that available in lite version too? Now that the origin js being phased out

… or you can instead phase out those browsers who try to force blocker restrictions i.e. spyware on you (e.g. chrome and such), and use one of the browsers where you can use the full-featured (not "lite") uBlock Origin instead, e.g. Firefox.

Firefox might be an okay browser, but that would imply supporting Mozilla.

I've been meaning to switch to Vivaldi. Just as soon as the onboarding dialog stops crashing.

I wonder how bad does Mozilla have to be that you have to continue using Chrome without ublock?

Worse than it is now, I suppose.

I'm curious: What's your reasons for not wanting to support Mozilla?

I disagree with their politics, I'm concerned by the multiple privacy incidents, and I generally refuse to support them until they refocus on Firefox instead of all the other stuff they're doing.

If they worked only on Firefox, I'd have nothing against them. As it stands, I can't even donate to Firefox if I want to.

It’s only being phased out on Chrome, by Google.

Yes, to make us safer, now you enable developer mode and disable signature checking to install it locally, thanks Google

Soon, you won't be able to install it locally because the API it relies on will no longer be available. Use Firefox.

Or Microsoft Edge

I thought Edge also did not support true ad blocking?

Microsoft will eventually (TBD) remove Manifest v2 support from Edge, too[1].

> Manifest V2 extensions will no longer function in Microsoft Edge, even with the use of enterprise policies.

[1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions/...

Isn't that because Edge has been a wrapper around Chromium for a while now? Presumably support will follow upstream.

You can't change browser? Or is there something bigger happening?

Not everyone wants to change browsers.

then again, if the makers of one big browser (and via there also the derived browsers) start force-shoving spyware upon you (by restricting blockers), it comes down to a decision of how you set your priorities. Personally, It's a clear cut red line, but you do you.

Just checked, and it seems like it is. Not enabled by default for some reason.

It is not being phased out for Firefox.

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