- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.ml
The new MV3 architecture reflects Google’s avowed desire to make browser extensions more performant, private, and secure. But the internet giant’s attempt to do so has been bitterly contested by makers of privacy-protecting and content-blocking extensions, who have argued that the Chocolate Factory’s new software architecture will lead to less effective privacy and content-filtering extensions.
For users of uBlock Origin, which runs on Manifest V2, “options” means using the less capable uBlock Origin Lite, which supports Manifest V3.
Just use Librewolf on desktop, Mull on your phone and be done with it
also I’d recommend Adnauseam instead of ublock. It’s based on ublock but clicks on ads inseatd of blocking them.
It’s basically a form of protest against surveillance capitalism and obfuscation against it’s methods.
I keep seeing this posted every once in a while and I am completely confused on how clicking the ads is supposed to hurt anyone. If anything, it just helps the site by getting them paid for the clicks.
It might help the sight but it hurts the ad services by devaluing click through and introducing more noise into their targeting and pricing algorithms
From their website:
This isn’t how ads are paid for anymore. It’s a fun concept, but doesn’t do anything.
The people paying the site are hoping to get some benefit from the advertising. Just blocking ads doesn’t waste their money. But, the extension’s main goal is to throw off surveillance and targeting stuff by fitting every category.
It’s a controversial approach.
Adnausium sounds really cool! How similar is it to uBlock in practice? (I don’t want to lose the great performance of uBlock)
Cool project thanks for the recommendation!