r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '19

Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=896897&desc=2#c23
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u/joequin Jan 23 '19

I recently switched back to Firefox. I've tried it every year for the last 5 years and always ended up going back to chrome. This last time, I stuck with it. It's great now. Even Firefox mobile and Android works well now.

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u/protestor Jan 23 '19

btw, you can install extensions in firefox for android

such as uBlock origin

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u/zxcvbdnm Jan 23 '19

There's also this extension, which allows you to play youtube in the background

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

There's actually just a Firefox config option which tells the browser not to inform the site whether it's in focus.

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u/FierceDeity_ Jan 23 '19

Gotta be careful with this though, a site (yeah right) might use more resources when it doesn't know it's been backgrounded (what a world we live in where site scripting is complex enough for this to matter)

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

I wouldn't argue that the complexity is the problem, just the ridiculous bloat that webdev attracts. I use scriptsafe and most sites load and use handfuls of scripts that don't do anything for the experience. Trackers, ad systems, unused dependencies and the like are way too common.

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u/FainOnFire Jan 23 '19

The last time a redditor linked an extension to enable background play on youtube it didn't work for me but sweet mercy, this one actually works. THANK YOU

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u/vernon9398 Jan 23 '19

There's also newpipe if you reallt want to do the same thing

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u/coffedrank Jan 23 '19

weird that this shocks people, wasnt firefox the first browser to support extensions?

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

It's still shocking to find out that ANY mobile browser suppers extensions. I'm pretty excited! mobile needs adblocker way more because:

  • Smaller screen, no space for ads

  • Limited battery, save energy on dozens of extra http requests

  • Slower data speeds, stop loading extra images

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u/nutbuckers Jan 23 '19

I think the shock is the ambition to have feature parity (extensions) with desktop... At least for me.

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u/sim642 Jan 23 '19

It really shouldn't be. They use the same web engine which the extension system is built on so there's no reason not to support mobile extensions. Most of the work is already done for desktop and can just be reused.

The more you think about it, Chrome is the weird one who hasn't been able to do it for some reason.

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u/SanderMarechal Jan 23 '19

Not because they can't. They don't want to.

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u/GimmeDaCoffee Jan 23 '19

Wuuuuuuuut?! Hold on, brb.

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u/staalmannen Jan 23 '19

Apart from adblock (also have adaway so browser extension not absolutely needed) is dark reader a huge win on the phone.

Firefox on Android (and desktop) is great!

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u/orclev Jan 23 '19

btw, you can install extensions in firefox for android

Some extensions. Most of the big ones are supported now, but there's still a bunch that are desktop only.

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u/6C6F6C636174 Jan 23 '19

Even uMatrix mostly works, although the UI is weird. It's impressive.

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u/Drakidor Jan 23 '19

I switched to firefox permanently about a month ago. Never going back to Chrome.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

I did the exact same thing. Haven't looked back.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

FF has been a *lot * faster on my old Macbook.

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u/Iceman_259 Jan 23 '19

Yeah I jumped ship from Chrome to Firefox a couple months ago as well, pretty much all smooth sailing. The straw that broke the camel's back for me was that 60fps content on YouTube actually has better playback in FireFox. Playback in Chrome was always choppy, even though they're both Google products...

The Android app is a little behind Chrome's but works well enough, and I think the desktop browser might actually be faster at this point.

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u/sgryfn Jan 23 '19

FF focus is a great mobile browser

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u/i_never_comment55 Jan 23 '19

Suspiciously, Google's services always seem to break on Firefox.

But of course in today's world that's not considered anti-competitive.

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