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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    21 month 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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      11 month 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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        11 month ago

        They developed the “privacy sandbox” together.

        Yeah that’s not true.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 month 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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            11 month ago

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

            Source?

      • @tekato
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        11 month 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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          11 month 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