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"Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable"

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552 points freedomben | 1 comments | 11 Oct 24 14:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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blakesterz ◴[11 Oct 24 14:36 UTC] No.41809847[source]▶
Has anyone been using the v3 compatible version of uBlock Origin? Have you noticed much of a difference? From what I read there isn't supposed to be much of a difference?
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tyingq ◴[11 Oct 24 14:40 UTC] No.41809873[source]▶
Static list of uris versus live heuristics. So "much of a difference" depends a lot on what you browse. If your browsing is covered by the static list, yes...there's little difference.

Also, keep in mind advertisers are not unaware of all this movement. You don't think they'll try new tactics once they know everyone using chrome is now hobbled to solely static lists? That cloaking (or other approaches) won't then become really popular?

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fpoling ◴[11 Oct 24 14:55 UTC] No.41810029[source]▶
A lot of other ad blockers use static lists for years. The fact that they work tells that ad industry does not see the blockers as a problem that needs to be dealt with. It can also be that so far the increased cost of development of ads that are immune to simple static lists is not worth it.
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1. vlovich123 ◴[11 Oct 24 15:02 UTC] No.41810095[source]▶
I’ve noticed a huge number of websites have interstitials pop up asking you to remove your ad blocker. While some let you bypass it anyway some don’t. Clearly the websites themselves seem to care.