Chrome Canary just killed uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2 extensions
Chrome Canary just killed uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2 extensions
The Chrome Canary in the coal mine just went silent, as uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2 extensions can no longer be re-enabled via flags
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shrugs in Firefox
Careful, there are some edgy people out there who don’t want to use more than one browser because Firefox doesn’t work with their cameras /s
Meanwhile, I’ll still be using Firefox too
Who needs to give their browser access to their camera?
May be bad phrasing, but Firefox doesn’t support h.265 so there’s limitations with streaming video on some camera platforms and other sites.
TIL Firefox doesn't support HEVC. Hadn't really noticed that before, I guess it's why some Jellyfin streams started transcoding for me.
It is supported in the nightly build and full support is in the works currently.
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/hevc-support/idc-p/63424/highlight/true#M36557
Neither does it support HDR content
I guess it’s why some Jellyfin streams started transcoding for me.
You're better off using the Jellyfin Media Player standalone application anyway.
I know, it's just handy to sometimes open the website, don't have to have anything installed. Normally I watch through HTPC that had Kodi with Jellyfin integration. That's a fantastic combo, best of both worlds.
People who have to use their browser for telehealth and virtual teller banking access.
Sadly these are also things that require better security.
Yup. Firefox doesn't work for me unfortunately, so I have to maintain Chrome on at least one device for these things
Hey, member when you always had to have IE for one of "those" sites and it was basically just an awful browser everyone was forced to have like as a legal requirement or something?
Heh. IE. Then when you'd use it to download firefox it'd say "Nooooo! Wait! I'm teh Best Browser!!" Hahahahah
IE. Ded.
I use Firefox for some teleconferencing, but my therapist's software only works on chrome
Does it have to be Chrome, or just e.g. Chromium is fine?
That's a good question. I don't know that I can fully uninstall Chrome from my Tablet, only disable. Since I use it maybe a handful of times a month it isn't a big deal to just use it for the session. I don't feel the need to have another browser right now, but I appreciate you bringing that up
People who use Webex, zoom, etc for one use in try browser and don’t normally use those links. Happens at work when an outside vendor doesn’t use what we do.
I use MS teams for meetings every day at work, in Firefox, in Linux. It’s nice that even the camera works when I need it to.
I do this with Discord and Zoom as an alternative to installing their actual apps. 99% of the functionality is there anyway, and the 1% is stuff I don't want anyway
It's so frustratingly annoying. I primarily use Firefox, but switch to Chrome for specific Google services on my mobile. Once in a while, the search suggests I take a photo? Why?
Y'all got any more of that data?
/Google
Why not LibreWolf? It's Firefox but without Mozilla's BS.
Why not LibreWolf? It's Firefox without Mozilla's BS.
Haven't heard of it before now
You say that like they didn't just remove several other adblock extensions themselves
From what I've heard, they only "removed" uBlock Origin Lite. Normal uBO is still up.
Actually, they flagged UBO Lite and the dev removed it himself in a fit of pique.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2474353/popular-ad-blocker-removed-from-firefox-extension-store.html
and they only flagged it because it violated privacy rules
No. It didn't. That's why he was upset. Mozilla even admit this. Did you read the article or what?
"Mozilla later admitted in an email that they had made a mistake regarding the extension, but Hill has ultimately decided to cease development of the uBlock Origin Lite add-on for Firefox."
No they didn't.
They're still there. Ublock origin is the god-tier adblock, and it's still there. It's even a Recommended by Mozilla extension.
I know people on Lemmy often, for some reason, hate Mozilla more than Google or Microsoft, but Mozilla very much still caters to people who want to block ads, despite the disinformation on Lemmy.
I don't think Lemmy users hate Firefox. I feel like alot of it is either people who legitimately have whatever needs they have, fulfilled by chrome more than firefox, or....it's fucking astroturfers/fanboys.
Edit Addendum: Also, if anything, Lemmy users fucking love Firefox.
I don't mean all Lemmy users. I mean a surprisingly large amount that non-stop hate on Mozilla and Firefox.
I've even seen two users that hate Mozilla/Firefox so much that they wrote about it in their account bio, which I find crazy.
Mozilla have made a series of unpopular choices, especially their enabling of telemetry for advertisers that does nothing to benefit users.
It is no surprise some people are vocally unhappy.
Private ads that make user tracking impossible absolutely benefits users, and the ad industry would be a lot less of a cancerous cesspit if it were the norm.
It’s just another source of telemetry for advertisers and won’t stop any of the existing methods of tracking.
It's a private alternative.
I never said Mozilla was supreme dictator of the web and could force everyone to follow suit.
"Bad things still exist so Mozilla shouldn't develop good things" is not a rational take.
The problem is that it isn’t an alternative, it is an additional and it does not benefit users in any way.
It is an alternative, and if it became more common in the industry it would be one of the best things to happen for user privacy in decades.
There is no reason to trust Mozilla more with your data than anybody else.
Lmao
Putting aside for a moment how obviously untrue that is, Mozilla doesn't even get the data. Not at any point to they have your data for this.
You're just showing how clueless you are. You don't even know how the system works.
It's tiring talking about this online, because all the people that are pissed off about it clearly haven't read past the damn headlines. Educate yourself on how the system works, then form your opinion about it.
a lot*
I think people don't hate Mozilla, they want them to do better as there are not many options left if you care about privacy. It'd just be nice to not have to pick the lesser evil for once.
And they are doing better. Making ads private is a very good thing. They're currently a privacy nightmare.
They are not making ads private, they are adding another tracking vector. This will not get rid of the other ones already there.
No they weren't. Clearly you don't know how this system works.
It is impossible to track anybody using this.
You are getting angry at Mozilla for making something that enables privacy, then getting angry at them again because they aren't dictators of the web who can control everybody's and networks.
PPA does not involve sending information about your browsing activities to anyone. This includes Mozilla and our DAP partner (ISRG). Advertisers only receive aggregate information that answers basic questions about the effectiveness of their advertising.
So, let's say I trust in everything they are saying, which is the absolute best case scenario, then they have done nothing for privacy, because the whole premise that ad networks only care about ex-post measuring the effectiveness of their ads is false. They could have done that long before.
They want to know who you are and what you do so they can sort you in categories and show you specific ads based on those. That's the service ad networks sell to advertisers. So, tracking as usual will continue.
You don't need to take their word for it, it's open source and has a lot of eyes on it.
That isn't doing nothing for privacy. That's absurd. It's a private alternative. Therefore it's a good move for privacy.
They want to know who you are and what you do so they can sort you in categories and show you specific ads based on those. That's the service ad networks sell to advertisers. So, tracking as usual will continue.
That's not what this is. Neither Mozilla, nor anybody else, has any data tied to you. You cannot be tracked with this.
Mozilla's model would only "do something for privacy" if it replaced what we have today. Not if it just ran alongside the others. That's not absurd, it's reality.
That's not what this is. Neither Mozilla, nor anybody else, has any data tied to you.
That's the kind of data companies like Meta and Google (I'm sure among others I don't know) track and use to sell ads today . That is their entire business model. And they will not stop it of their own free will for an alternative that gives them less useful data than they had before.
Mozilla's model does nothing for privacy unless legislation forces companies to quit the current more invasive kind of tracking. But if it did that, we would have won and wouldn't need Mozilla's model either.
And it can't replace what we have today if it doesn't exist. Therefore it existing is a good thing and a positive move for privacy.
That's the kind of data companies like Meta and Google (I'm sure among others I don't know) track and use to sell ads today . That is their entire business model. And they will not stop it of their own free will for an alternative that gives them less useful data than they had before.
No shit.
Mozilla's model does nothing for privacy unless legislation forces companies to quit the current more invasive kind of tracking. But if it did that, we would have won and wouldn't need Mozilla's model either.
Yes, as I have already stated, Mozilla should be pushing governments to enforce privacy respecting and models.
They have made a privacy respecting option, and you are angry with them because others are still hoovering up your data. It's a dumb take.
The one they removed isn't relevant until Firefox also removes manifest V2 which they have no plans for.
Firefox has a different manifest v3 that still retains webrequest functionality, so even when they do switch over it'll be fine.
Except they didn't... If you read more than headlines
shrugs in books
They have no idea how stubborn I am.