But it still works on Firefox.

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    27 days ago

    Why are uBlock users even on Chrome? The two are completely opposed to each other philosophically.

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      Yeah, but most people don’t give it any thought, do they? Lots of people would dump Chrome if they gave some thought to what’s going on behind the screen.

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      I for one was simply lazy, but this is enough of a kick to get me to finally make that switch.

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        I have occasionally been without an adblocker, when I’m fixing someone else’s laptop or on the road without mine, and IT IS HELL. Google doing this says a lot about Google, and it ain’t pretty.

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        Same here. Finally replaced my chrome shortcuts with Firefox. Google yet again proving their incompetence.

        I really wish there was an alternative to android, other than ios. I’d love to get off Google’s ecosystem before they inevitably kill it themselves.

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      27 days ago

      It’s not necessarily straightforward to run Firefox on a Chromebook.

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        27 days ago

        Your point is taken but It would again beg the question why someone that wanted to block ads would buy a device designed by an ad company.

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          Because I needed a machine that could run my college’s anti-cheat spyware, and Windows or Mac were even worse (more proprietary) options.

          Besides, I’m pretty sure it’s old enough that “manifest v3” wasn’t a thing yet, so how was I supposed to know it was gonna be a problem?