Reminder to switch browsers if you haven’t already!


  • Google Chrome is starting to phase out older, more capable ad blocking extensions in favor of the more limited Manifest V3 system.
  • The Manifest V3 system has been criticized by groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation for restricting the capabilities of web extensions.
  • Google has made concessions to Manifest V3, but limitations on content filtering remain a source of skepticism and concern.
      • zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com
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        5 months ago

        I’ve used Firefox since before it was called Firefox, but just last week I hit two instances where stuff I required for work required Chrome :(

        • Billiam@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          Does it “require” Chrome, or does it require a Chrome user agent? I also have one of those sites for my job, but changing the user agent for that site in FFx works flawlessly.

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          5 months ago

          I’ve got an office that prioritizes Edge for internal apps. I’ve been watching the Clippy-esque intrusive Microsoft options filling up my screen space like a late-90s Yahoo toolbar.

          • zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com
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            5 months ago

            Still feels bad that I need it to be installed, and more stuff in the future could require it. They were major sites that my business works with and does not own

      • Frank Ring@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        It’s not that simple.

        I need very niche Chromium-based extensions for my work. They don’t yet exist on Firefox. Nor any replacements to my knowledge.

        They aren’t ad-related, but I don’t know what’s going to happen to them.

        • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works
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          5 months ago

          I, too, am forced to use Chrome for parts of my work.

          I just run Chrome for that set of tasks. Then quit, or tab to Firefox for regular browsing.

          This is SOP when dealing with uglies like google, microsoft, amazon, adobe, or meta: do the toxic thing or software they require, as sandboxed as reasonable, then get back to daily life and more knowable risks.

          • Rolando@lemmy.world
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            5 months ago

            Same. I got a cheap Chromebook and a no-contract flip phone and only use google on that.

          • Frank Ring@lemmy.world
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            5 months ago

            Currently, I use Brave. Not Chrome.

            I have all the benefits of Chromium-based without the Google’s spyware.

            I don’t see myself going back and forth between 2 web browsers. I prefer choosing one that fills everything that I need, sticking with it and moving on with my life.

            But since Chromium is mostly backed by Google, I don’t know the long-term implications of using Chromium based.

            • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works
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              5 months ago

              Yeah, but that’s just it, there is no one thing that fulfils all your needs if you are forced to use a particular tool, but it lacks privacy or freedom or other features.

              I use chrome because I have to and also am curious and I need to know about how Google runs its shit. I run Firefox because of various features it has that are good for web development. I run Safari because it is fast and relatively private outside of the Apple ecosystem And has some great developer tools.

              The effort of one keyboard twitch to move from one browser to the other is not really any amount of friction for me. It’s easier than switching from one tab to another inside the same browser, so I don’t get your fixation on a single tool.

              And as a PS, I won’t touch Brave with a 10 foot pole anymore because of their Fuckery with crypto.

              • Frank Ring@lemmy.world
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                5 months ago

                Brave isn’t perfect but seems to be my best option so far.

                Most of the time, you can disable the ‘unpleasant’ stuff.

                But no web browser is perfect.

                Maybe Ungoogled Chromium could be good as well. But requires more tweaking and setting out of the box.

      • BorgDrone@lemmy.one
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        5 months ago

        I’ll stick with Safari thank you very much. I don’t trust Firefox any more than I do Chrome. They have too much of a history of shady stuff.

    • Trail@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Happy to be corrected, but as I have understood it in the past, all of them.

    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Yup. All the big guys will enshittify.

      Luckily, there’s Linux and you can use Brave or Firefox.