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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: 0.211s | 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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1. johnnyanmac ◴[13 Jul 25 06:39 UTC] No.44548031[source]▶
I've switched to Firefox 3 years ago now after using Chrome for a decade. The list of things I missed from chrome:

- Tab grouping, now added in Firefox as of a few months ago

- built-in translation services. Firefox is slowly introducing this, but its missing many languages. In the meantime, a translation extension works fine.

- Google products operating better... but the issue here is obvious and outside of Firefox's control.

- various micro quirks from random sites I might find during research. Nothing functionality breaking, just clear examples where there was likely hard coded chrome user agent business.

- the occasional extension on Chrome that didn't have a Firefox port. This happened maybe 4 times total.

so, 2 things that are fixed (or close to), one anti-competitive measure, and the 2 smallest nitpicks I could imagine. I don't know what the fuss is that justifies Firefox being considered vastly inferior to Chrome these days. Even thsoe small issues are far offset by the ability to have proper adblock. Using Adblock on Chrome for my work computer is miserable.