• Google is transitioning Chrome’s extension support from the Manifest V2 framework to the V3.
  • This means users won’t be able to use uBlock Origin to block ads on Google Chrome.
  • However, there’s a new iteration of the app — uBlock Origin Lite, which is Manifest V3 compliant but doesn’t boast the original version’s comprehensive ad-blocking features.
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66 points

Yep… when ublock quits working for me on Chrome then I will migrate.

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Why wait? Migrate now. There’s even Firefox for mobile with ublock

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There is?

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125 points

Yes my main mobile browser

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53 points

On Android, Firefox for iOS doesn’t have addons because Apple.

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26 points

Only on Firefox Android.

As far as I know, Safari is the only browser with Adblock on iOS.

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16 points

Blocks ads in YouTube too, and if you add sponsorblock you it’ll skip in video ads too

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Yes. You can install extensions on firefox mobile just like you can on the desktop version. IIRC it’s the only mobile browser that does this.

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6 points

Mull is a Firefox fork with even more privacy features. There are others that I’m sure people will chime in with.

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2 points

Firefox mobile allows you to install extensions just like a PC version of the browser.

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8 points

Or better still firefox focus. Ad blocking built in and it drops all the cookies as soon as you close it.

I keep firefox on mobile for when I need to go to a trusted site, firefox focus for everything else.

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I just wanted to drop in to say I do the same!! Especially on iOS where regular Firefox is kinda so-so (but better than Safari) Firefox Focus meanwhile is King

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4 points

I personally enjoy Ecosia. They’re the ones who plant trees whenever you use their search engine, and while not the best, at least their mobile app has a built in ad-blocker that imo seems pretty decent.

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You can use FireFox and set your default search engine to Ecosia’s. Best of both world’s.

There is also a FF extension called Search For Trees that defaults to Google’s search engine instead of Ecosia/Bing where you don’t have to pre-load each search with #g, unlike Ecosia. The Google search in this extension is a little wacky though so not perfect. Search For Trees donates to Trees For the Future btw.

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2 points

Mostly inertia and other priorities…

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13 points

It’s ez

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Hopefully it will break badly enough to move people past their inertia so then there can be a more serious competitor to Chrome, or maybe even multiple competitors to Chrome.

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I tried but for some reason certain websites can’t play any videos on Firefox without buffering every like 5 or 10 seconds for a few seconds. It happens on 100% of videos on YouTube and like 50% of videos on any other website. It’s super annoying, so back to chrome I went and I guess I’ll stay until ublock bites the dust and I have to move.

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6 points

Google owns YouTube so there’s probably some shenanigans there

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Thats Googles fault. Firefox has an user agent switcher -addon. Flip it there to appear as Chrome, and suddenly Youtube bufferring problems drastically lessen.

Also if you are in EU, consider making a complaint about this assholish and anti-competetive behaviour to your country’s competition/trade authority. Also EU’s, if you feel like being an extra responsible EU citizen. These assholes at Google need to be fined to extinction.

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Yup

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