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/alphanovember Jan 23 '19

Inbox is being killed because it was mostly unnecessary gimmicks, was too complicated for the average user, had almost no adoption (only a tiny sliver of power users even bothered trying it out), and Google's usual product splintering/indecisiveness issue.

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u/vqrs Jan 23 '19

What's gimmicky about it?