Google’s Chrome extension cull hits more uBlock Origin users - USE FUCKING BRAVE

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Google is disabling the original uBlock Origin ad blocker for more Chrome browser users, alongside other extensions that are no longer supported as the browser migrates to its new extension specification, Manifest V3. According to Google, the new standard aims to improve privacy and security, but also removes a feature that some ad blocking extensions relied on to work — a compromise that Mozilla is unwilling to make for its own Firefox browser.

Users online are reporting on Reddit and X that Chrome is removing outdated extensions. In Chrome, a notification window will appear underneath the extensions tab on the browser taskbar with a message encouraging users to remove the impacted add-on, saying it has been turned off and is “no longer supported.” Two buttons are available that allow users to either quickly delete or manage their extensions.

Google’s uBlock Origin phaseout on Chromium-based browsers began in October, but started to have a wider impact in recent weeks. Bleeping Computer has also reported that extensions on staffers devices are being turned off, and Verge staffers have seen similar updates on our own machines.

These changes come as Google migrates Chrome away from the now defunct Manifest V2 specification. Support is being killed not just for uBlock Origin, but for any extension that hasn’t (or is unable to) update to Manifest V3. uBlock Origin users can switch to uBlock Origin Lite, which has more limited filtering capabilities than its predecessor due to Manifest V3’s ad blocking restrictions.

Chrome won’t be the only service affected by the Manifest V3 rollout — other Chromium-based web browsers like Microsoft Edge are also losing V2 support and Brave says it can only offer “limited” support once all Manifest V2 items are removed from the Chrome Web Store. Mozilla says that Firefox will continue offering both extension specifications, however, potentially giving uBlock Origin users a new browser to relocate to.

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a few points:
you can block ads, trackers and other crap you don't want locally.
when your computer connects to anything online it will have resolve the name/ip adress of it. To do that it will first connect to a dns server. At first, however it will check your local hosts file.
So, if you don't want to connect to ad-sites, trackers etc. you can just ad them to this host file and ad the ip adress 0.0.0.0, which makes your computer not connect.
Here's a video on how to do it:
(it's for linux, but it works the same on windows. The host file on windows systems is located in C: Windows\System32\drivers\etc)
Link to blocklists:

I've started to only watch youtube through rss-feeds. Meaning, I have a program that read updates on the site (like, when some youtuber uploads a new video) and then I stream the video in my local video-player.
How to:
(Not sure, how to do this on windows, but there should be alternatives)
 
Ads are an outdated business model. The future is to pay youtubers and people on the internet to lie about your product. Tell them to speak naturally about your product to get the sponsorship. So you cut production costs for making the ads and now you have a guy who fakes human connection and has a parasocial relationship with their audience. People will be more inclined to believe him, than a fake corpo manifactured ad.
Can't wait for Youtube to require these faggots to take a cut from those sponsorships if they wish to keep using their servers. I know ad economy us fake and gay, that Google keeps it from bankruptcy due to the political influence Youtube (USA) has over the world with it. But it would be funny if they fucked with the creators a little.
I'll just listen to more audiobooks.
Any good "free" sources where you can download them?
 
Honestly I really wonder who modern ads are for, 'normie' (non-tech savvy) people who have disposable income pay for YouTube premium or for premium streaming or whatever it is; the main people who will see ads nowadays don't have money to spend on advertised products, I assume. I can't imagine these companies see as much returns on those types of ads, but they keep paying for them anyway, even though typical consumers increasingly see them as punishment for not dishing out for premium streaming. I wonder if it's simply just tied to the whole 'many modern white collar jobs are fake jobs where people just go through the motions and lie their asses off to justify their employment' phenomenon that we've all been dealing with
I started muting commercials since I was 8(?) or so and recorded shit on VHS while pausing out commercials. [sorry, WOC loving weirdos.]
since I switched to samsung phones
The forced new UI sucks and you have to work hard to revert it, but those are still good phones
Like so much else shit that used to have questionable utility but now has none, ads have become a humilitation ritual that boils the blood. The only people who you can bet are fully exposed to internet ads are boomers (and they fully deserve it).
Total Adverscum death when?
I've slowly been cutting more and more of the internet from my life because its pretty obvious whats coming and I shall not be playing ball.
see below
I use 3 different browsers on my PC to segregate use-cases, so Brave doesn't get as much action as Firefox and the other one does, but I still use it from time to time.
I use TOR Browser and Firefox-ESR...so I just use Firefox I guess. lol I Think some mad lads should fork the fox, remove the pocket/telemetry/crapshit and call it "Iceweasel 2". Unfortunately I am not that talented or I would do it myself.
But yeah, the thing that got me away from pretty much all social media is the algorithms.
Social media is the turbo cancer that grows from advertising scum having unlimited access to validation-seeking nigger cattle.
Sorry, internet. If I can't control what I'm seeing and you're determined to try and manipulate me, then I'm just taking the ball and going home. Audiobooks, stardew valley, and the farms are all I need for my downtime.
:feels: :feels: :feels: I have around 20 TB of media stuff that I either ripped/scanned myself or have archived from sailing the high seas. The internet is now an unfunny meme of what it used to be. If I went offline it would be inconvenient and I would miss the funsters from Kiwi Farms, Baddesthacks, etc. but I would be just fine. I guess... Man. I would really miss the funsters.
 
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I switch between Librewolf and Brave. Librewolf sometimes triggers anti-bot stuff unfortunately. Brave plays nice with everything.
What do you think of Mullvad browser?
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"Haha well I just ignore the ads," - Every fucking normalfag I've ever talked to
Good luck ignoring the ads when a phishing ad blends right into the fucking site. I hope the "people" making those ads get tetanus at a North Korean prison. I'd wish AIDS on them, but they'd just spread that.
 
I have around 20 TB of media stuff that I either ripped/scanned myself or have archived from sailing the high seas. The internet is now an unfunny meme of what it used to be. If I went offline it would be inconvenient and I would miss the funsters from Kiwi Farms, Baddesthacks, etc. but I would be just fine. I guess... Man. I would really miss the funsters.
Smart minds, I'm at about 8TB currently, slowly building it up with old movies and tv shows mostly but my goal is that, get ready for a point where I can just walk away from the coming shit-show and have a local library I can enjoy unplugged from everything.
 
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