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Google is Killing uBlock Origin. No Chromium Browser is Safe. (www.quippd.com)

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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 ...

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In my personal experience, and with great regret, I must say that Brave does a better job with its built-in ad blocking than Vivaldi has. Even after I did my damnedest to tweak the ad blocker settings (adding more lists from more sources, removing the "allow some ads" list, etc).

[–] something_random_tho 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Brave itself is filled with ads. Crypto wallets, BAT, VPNs. I just want a browser.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago

I'm very aware of its built-in bloat, but the ad blocking still seems to perform more like an MV2 ad blocker than an MV3 one (more is blocked even when using the same lists), and it allows you to natively select individual elements to block yourself.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

But how else will Brandon Eich fund his homophobia and covid conspiracies?