We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the …

    • @tekato
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      22 months ago

      How are they doing that? They’re simply making money by putting Google search as the default. Changing it literally takes a few seconds.

      • @[email protected]
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        12 months ago

        They developed the “privacy sandbox” together. And in terms of cashflow, they depend on that google money. They’re in trouble without it

        • yoasifOP
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          12 months ago

          They developed the “privacy sandbox” together.

          Yeah that’s not true.

          • @[email protected]
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            12 months ago

            Chrome came up with that feature a while back. Now firefox is adding the same. And then later I learned it was a cooperative effort, just not under the same name

            • yoasifOP
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              12 months ago

              And then later I learned it was a cooperative effort, just not under the same name

              Source?

        • @tekato
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          12 months ago

          And in terms of cashflow, they depend on that google money. They’re in trouble without it

          That’s irrelevant. The only thing important is what they have to do for that money, which is setting Google as the default search engine. This only “hurts” you if you don’t take 15 seconds to change the default.

          • @[email protected]
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            12 months ago

            Well, yes, technically. But then again, if google decides to stop doing that firefox can’t pay for it’s staff or infrastructure. Really, they have an incentive to listen