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Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

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1034 points deryilz | 1 comments | 12 Jul 25 19:06 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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zulban ◴[13 Jul 25 02:07 UTC] No.44546901[source]▶
I don't "bypass" Chrome when they want to melt my brain with their business model, I use Firefox. I don't "bypass" Windows when they want to melt my brain with their business model, I use Linux. No idea why so many "hackers" doing "bypasses" can't instead take action that is simpler, long lasting, and easier. Do people need to jerked around 50 times for 20 years before realizing it will keep happening and their "bypasses" are just temporary bandaids?
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fooker ◴[13 Jul 25 03:42 UTC] No.44547299[source]▶
Great, except firefox is pretty bad nowadays.

Not their fault of course, with people not testing websites on non chrome derived browsers.

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ulrikrasmussen ◴[13 Jul 25 04:25 UTC] No.44547496[source]▶
How? Seriously, I keep seeing this argument against using Firefox, but as a long time user I fail to see any glaring issues with it.

The only websites that break for me are those I broke on purpose by using ad-block.

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1. WarOnPrivacy ◴[13 Jul 25 04:38 UTC] No.44547565[source]▶
> I keep seeing this argument against using Firefox, but as a long time user I fail to see any glaring issues with it.

No glaring or usability issues.

What happened is that Firefox added some defaults that mimic a tiny bit of Chromium browser behavior.

    Recommend extensions as you browse
    Recommend features as you browse
    Send technical and interaction data to Mozilla
    Allow websites to perform privacy-preserving ad measurement
There's that and the long-time sponsored crap on the new tab page. It takes a moment to toggle it all off.