mesamune to TechnologyEnglish • 27 days agoGoogle pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive adswww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square302arrow-up11.27Karrow-down119cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]news
arrow-up11.25Karrow-down1external-linkGoogle pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive adswww.windowscentral.commesamune to TechnologyEnglish • 27 days agomessage-square302cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]news
minus-square@PeffselinkEnglish16•27 days agoI dumped Brave when it decided to install its VPN as a service without my consent. I had so much trouble ripping out all the traces of that.
minus-square@TheGrandNaguslinkEnglish3•27 days agoI completely forgot about that. Yeah, it’s fucked. Imagine if you bought a Microsoft game, say Forza, and it installed a bunch of candy crush games alongside it without asking you. It’s scummy as fuck.
I dumped Brave when it decided to install its VPN as a service without my consent. I had so much trouble ripping out all the traces of that.
I completely forgot about that. Yeah, it’s fucked.
Imagine if you bought a Microsoft game, say Forza, and it installed a bunch of candy crush games alongside it without asking you.
It’s scummy as fuck.