For reals please don’t use chrome it’s a terrible browser
I’m guessing not since I don’t use google chrome and haven’t for a while.
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.
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.
Glad that I moved to firefox 4 months ago and then to zen browser last week to avoid plugins removal. Haven’t looked back
So, the elephant in the room is Chrome killing ad-blocking.
I think that Firefox (and Firefox forks, like Zen Browser) have low-enough marketshare that websites that depend on ad revenue may just kill support for Firefox if Firefox does permit ad blocking.
https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share
As of February:
Chrome: 66.3%
Safari: 17.99%
Edge: 5.33%
Firefox: 2.62%
The software used to view the Web in 2025 is really mostly under the control of either Google or Apple.
There’s always PiHole to block ads at the network level. It takes some setup and a raspberry pi but it can be one of the cheaper ones. And I’m pretty sure the sites aren’t going to do much more than check the User Agent to get the browser so User Agent Switcher will get around 99% of that.
You could, I suppose, block Firefox in other ways (like maybe checking for some random Chromium feature not yet supported in Firefox) but Firefox isn’t usually far behind Chrome so it would almost take an entire new developer to be effective. And there’s probably ways around that too. (I’m a web developer but have never worked on an ad-supported project and never will so I’m not sure but life finds a way.)
I think that Firefox (and Firefox forks, like Zen Browser) have low-enough marketshare that websites that depend on ad revenue may just kill support for Firefox if Firefox does permit ad blocking
An argument could also be made that Firefox and its forks have low-enough marketshare that websites that depend on ad revenue won’t want to deal with the extra work of keeping those users out.
A lot of Firefox users spoof the useragent.
I don’t bother. Most sites I wouldn’t miss at all. There’s only half a dozen or so websites that could force me to take any action on my end.
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For crying out loud they’re not just targeting adblockers.
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Yeah they essentially killed about half the extensions I use. I have to use the browser for work.
This is the list, for those who don’t want to read it. I don’t see Adguard Adblocker on there, surprisingly or SponsorBlock. Besides UBlock Origin, which is a staple extension of mine for all browsers and we’ve long knew about Google’s approach to that. I haven’t seen a lot of what I use/used on here. I don’t even know most of these.
360 Ads Blocker Adblock Fast Awesome Bookmarks Button Block Ads Bookmark All Bookmark It Bookmark Lock Bookmark Manager Speed Dial Bookmark My Tabs Comodo Ad Blocker Comodo Online Security Pro Content Blocker Delicious Bookmark Bar Sync Domain Blocker Ethical AdBlock -- Ad Blocker Fast Bookmark Ghostery Private Search for Chrome Google Ad Blocker Google Privacy Shade Hover Zoom+ Little Bookmark Box Location Guard MalwareAI Browser Security Pinboard Bookmark Bar Sync Popup Fixer Privacy Cleaner Privacy Extension Private Bookmarker Private Bookmarks Simple Site Blocker Touch VPN Trump Blocker TunnelBear Blocker Website Blocker Wikipedia Popup YouTube Anywhere RemoteI don’t know if it’s related, but an extension we use at work called Redirector was just disabled a few weeks ago for being “unsupported.” It’s the only reason I even used Chrome, so I guess I can go back to Safari. At home I only use Firefox.
- Embrace
- Extend
- Extinguish <<< we are here
XMPP all over again.
Zen Browser on Mac and Orion on iOS. ublock origin and NextDNS on for both - no ads, no adblocker detected. Ever.
I only care about adblocking, so ControlD+Brave for me.
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