Misleading title. This is nothing new, just Manifest V2 being removed. Ad blockers like uBlock Origin Lite still work.
this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2024
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I'm worried about the direction of Mozilla, though. We need another :'(
LibreWolf for desktop, Mull for Android.
Keep in mind both LibreWolf and Mull are very slow because LibreWolf disabled WebGL, enabling higher privacy features, and Mull disabled JIT, a massive performance hit.
This is for people who don't know then blaming Firefox being slow, LibreWolf and Mull are slower version of Firefox, just that.
Aren't those Firefox with some patches?
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Isn't chromium open source too?
someone else can probably give a more comprehensive/correct answer but here is how I understand it. i believe chromium is open source and chrome is mostly chromium but also some proprietary (and therefor unknown) bits are included. whereas firefox is entirely open source, meaning you could compile it yourself and still end up with the same package.
I won't be surprised at all. They bought an advertising network company and most of their user-tracking always was opt-out and “hidden” in about:config and this won't change now.
They also released this pamphlet against an ad-free internet, so instead of being less intrusive with their spam and user tracking, this will become more and more annoying and complex to circumvent.
I installed ZenBrowser and it's pretty good. It's pretty, it works
It's just reskinned Firefox though.
While at the same time Firefox implodes
It really isn't all things considered
The average person doesn’t care. The average person doesn’t even know what a browser is. They think a browser is The Internet.
They think Google is the internet. They will most likely type Google into the search bar to get to Google.
I wouldn't call that average...
However, people are likely to blame the extension
It’s been a decade since I have done professional computer repair, but the lack of knowledge that people had always shocked me. I don’t mean surprised me, I mean outright shocked me with their ignorance. They just don’t care, and don’t want to care. Computers and the internet aren’t that important to A LOT of people, and no, they’re not all old.
I think you are describing less than half of the population. It probably varies by region but to say that's average is not a fair statement.
The sad reality is, there was no significant change when they intentionally crippled the API to fight against ad blockers and there won’t be a significant change now.
Its a booked frog strategy. Chrome used to be great and was quite open. The internet has ramped up advertising in general, tracking in general. So, ad blockers became more commonly used. So it started to hurt them much more. Its a self perpetuating problem of cat and mouse. Chrome being the platform while owned by the largest advertising company was never going to end well.
However, there's not much between browsers these days in terms of technical ability. So, hopefully the trickle of movers becomes a wave. Open standards and competition are better for everyone.