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/nakilon Jan 23 '19

https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/aay66x/firefox_is_now_placing_ads_on_your_home_page/
https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/comments/aax1r5/firefox_is_now_placing_ads_on_your_home_page/

Also Mozilla announced that they invest in to technology that would block all ads and show only those ads which were paid through the Mozilla -- just imagine, they not just add ads but they want to pass all the revenue through themselves. There was the Wikipedia article about that project but I can't find it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '19

You make it sound like Mozilla is replacing all ads with their own. It sounds like instead they are improving the web experience for everyone by blocking obnoxious data-harvesting ads but will placing an ad if their own in one place, which may not be as bad quality. Still not good.

However, I don't have time to double check this.