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Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Microsoft Edge, Opera to follow
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this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2026
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I feel this doesn't really affect many people.
MV2 has been disabled for quite some time now, and anybody left using Chrome has either installed uBlock Origin Lite or at this point just likes the adverts.
Laughs in Firefox based browsers
Excellent reason for even the normies to ditch chrome 🥂
Embrace Zen
it's like people don't remember what surfing the web was like before ad-blockers. If adblockers go away for real, ~~people~~ nerds will revolt
clearly the tech industry needs a reminder. Don't ever piss off Nerds and Hackers. there are many public records clearly showing why it's not a good idea to piss off anyone who can and will fuck you over.
People will *anything *except use FireFox
If you don’t care abt browser philosophy or whatever, Brave Browser. The search engine and ad blocking is one of the best things out there rn. Yes it’s a chromium based browser, but it is way better than using chrome or edge.
Firefox+uBO works fine. Brave shields works fine.
Zen and Vivaldi for me is the combo.
Don't worry, there's still hope: use Librewolf or Brave
Helium is a Chromium based browser that will still support ad blockers, whose devs (unlile the CEO of Brave) seem like good peeps - https://helium.computer/
Besides Librewolf, Waterfox is also a good Firefox/Gecko basd option - https://waterfox.com/
+1 for librewolf as an actually privacy focused and hardened browser, waterfox as a bullshit-free "just works" browser
Don't use brave, Peter Thiel funded that
I use LibreWolf :)
Or Firefox.
Exactly!
Chrome-based browsers don't block that well in my experience but there's system-wide options like Portmaster or the good old hosts file
hosts file
Ew, it's 2026, spin up a pi-hole and protect all your clients :p
For local networks maybe, but I don't just use my laptop/phone at home
Its all good! Someone has maintained it for you! https://github.com/Ultimate-Hosts-Blacklist/Ultimate.Hosts.Blacklist
Uhm yeah, you configure pi-hole by adding lists exactly like that one
Zen has been pretty great so far
Good bye to Chrome it is then. I made the switch as soon as they started messing
Firefox and its derivatives (and Safari - sorry Apple users) are the only browsers not using Google's Blink web engine these days - at least until Ladybird is released.
Despite the Mozilla Foundation's many stupid decisions, Firefox (and Safari) is starting to look like the only thing stopping Google from completely controlling the internet.
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I just got a notification today, that I can not continue using my banking app on my phone without first registering with the government.... dark days for privacy.
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