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Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Google Chrome is killing more extensions than you think - is your old favorite on the list?

www.zdnet.com

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Google Chrome is killing more extensions than you think - is your old favorite on the list?

www.zdnet.com

Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Google's Manifest V3 platform is clobbering many popular extensions. Here's why and what you can do about it.
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  • GooberEar@lemmy.wtf
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    I’m guessing not since I don’t use google chrome and haven’t for a while.

  • شاهد على إبادة@lemm.eedeleted by creator
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    1. Embrace
    2. Extend
    3. Extinguish <<< we are here
    • Tony Bark@pawb.socialOP
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      XMPP all over again.

  • Chef_Boyardee@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    Nope. Cloud to Butt still works for me.

  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz
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    I don’t have any chrome extensions because I don’t use chrome. Everyone else should do the same.

    • Not2Dopey@sh.itjust.works
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      chrome just killed Ublock on me and EVERY site is now full of ads… I had no idea how bad it had become! What browser do you suggest?

      • turnip@sh.itjust.works
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        Firefox of course.

        I’d also suggest their VPN, as its a cheaper mullvad.

      • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz
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        Firefox or a fork of Firefox.

        • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
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          Speaking of Firefox forks… they’re doing some really cool things with FireDragon and Zen Browser.

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    I only care about adblocking, so ControlD+Brave for me.

    • glimse@lemmy.world
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      Brave is a Chromium browser.

      • Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works
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        Yes, but its maintaining support for these extentions… for now at least.

        • glimse@lemmy.world
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          The boat might be sinking but at least this plank still floats

          • Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works
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            If all you need is a plank then a plank suffices

        • Engywook@lemm.ee
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          As I said, I mainly care about adblocking. Shields (Brave’s adblocker) does an amazing job and doesn’t depend on MV2 or MV3 (it’s not an extension).

      • Engywook@lemm.ee
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        That’s precisely one of the reasons I use it.

  • bizarroland@fedia.io
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    One of my co-workers switched to UBlock Lite instead of UBlock Origin and now the ads are back.

    Now he’s working on switching to a non-Google browser.

    Good job, Google. You have killed Google for yet another former customer.

    • Tmask@lemmy.world
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      Firefox or Librewolf are nice.

      • SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org
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        I like Floorp.

        • SeekPie@lemm.ee
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          Haven’t found a better fork with vertical tabs and the customization Floorp offers. So Floorp it is.

    • Aux@feddit.uk
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      Chrome users are not customers, they’re the product.

      • ripcord@lemmy.world
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        OK, then. Killing their product.

        • Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee
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          Average google then lol

    • CatsGoMOW@lemmy.world
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      You are not Google’s customer. You’re the product they sell to their customers.

      Edit: Made this comment before refreshing the post to see the person above me. What they said.

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      I 'm forced to use Chrome on my work laptop and it is the worst browser (even before the disabling of Manifest V2), but for security I can’t access many systems with even another chromium based browser . Funnily IT forces an extension on us and it isn’t compatible with Manifest V3.

  • mesa@piefed.social
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    Yeah they essentially killed about half the extensions I use. I have to use the browser for work.

  • Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca
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    For crying out loud they’re not just targeting adblockers.

    Join !librewolf@programming.dev folks!

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    The sad thing is that people will see this and still try to find a way to keep using chrome instead of just moving to a browser that actually respects them.

  • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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    I’m just worried about how zdnet presumes to know what I think.

    Google kills things, that’s what they do. They can get fucked.

  • DontNoodles@discuss.tchncs.de
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    I used to use Selenium extension on Chrome to test my applications for Chrome compatibility. Chrome said they are disabling it now. Do you not want web applications to be easily tested for Chrome compatibility, Google?

    • JaddedFauceet@lemmy.world
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      They are probably moving to Chrome DevTools Protocol or WebDriver BiDi

  • LonstedBrowryBased@lemm.ee
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    For reals please don’t use chrome it’s a terrible browser

  • Richard@lemmy.world
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    No

  • emanuga@feddit.org
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    Zen Browser on Mac and Orion on iOS. ublock origin and NextDNS on for both - no ads, no adblocker detected. Ever.

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    Stop. Using. Chrome.

    Firefox is the way.

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