Microsoft is now in the process of turning off Manifest V2-based extensions in Edge, such as uBlock Origin. However, not everything is lost at this point.
  • Zier
    11•4 hours ago

    Watch how Firefox either gets sold or suddenly blocks all ad blocking addons.

    • @TrickDacy
      3•4 hours ago

      Can you sell open source software…?

      • @[email protected]English
        4•4 hours ago

        Not the code per se, but everything around it can be sold. You can sell access to the repository, support services, compilation services, development services, and so on. Mozilla could sell itself to some greasy investor and go full steam ahead on enshittification e.g embed ads in the browser, sell user browsing data, connect it to their own services, and so on.

        Anti Commercial-AI license

        • @TrickDacy
          3•3 hours ago

          Anything can happen anytime also

  • LibbEnglish
    35•7 hours ago

    However, not everything is lost at this point.

    I won’t lose much myself as I don’t use Edge (and I’d rather not browse the web at all than be forced to look at ads) but it’s clear there is a worrysome acceleration in the vanishing of the little control we have over the Internet and the way we are allowed to experience it.

  • @general_djoka
    13•6 hours ago

    It’s never a bad time to use Firefox. Been on it for many years (with a brief hiatus on chrome) and can’t recommend it enough.

    • @MrJ199414
      17•5 hours ago

      Firefox just recently changed their tos removing the part where they said they don’t sell your data. Will be searching for an alternative soon.

      • @something_random_tho
        6•3 hours ago

        Librewolf is good. It’s up-to-date Firefox with all the nonsense stripped out (ads, telemetry, Pocket) and things like uBlock Origin preinstalled.