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[–] jungekatz 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

So is adblock like totally dead on chrome ?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

it will be if Google goes forward with their plans.

[–] DefinitelyNotBirds 7 points 1 year ago

Wait until January 2024. Then it will be much less powerful

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

No. Ublock Origin Lite

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pretty sure you are correct. The changes google is talking about aren't going to affect adblock directly.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Not yet, but they are going for a death by a thousand cuts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Unless there are developments that i unaware of the dev of ublock expressed that the changes would be huge for their ability to filter ads.