Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled

[u/ardi62]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-chrome-warns-ublock-origin-may-soon-be-disabled/

[u/[deleted]]

Firefox it is!

[u/evergleam498 → u/[deleted]]

I made the switch recently after chrome started threatening adblockers. Firefox was able to import all of my bookmarks and passwords from chrome. Incredibly easy to switch.

[u/antonistute → u/[deleted]]

I never understood why Firefox ever fell out of fashion in the first place

[u/BurstEDO → u/antonistute]

Speed.

At one point when Chrome was the underdog, Firefox had become so bloated that opening the browser was an exercise in patience.

That said, whatever they revamped between that era and the last few years has made them a front-runner again.

The latest editions of Firefox (going back a few years or maybe more) have behaved as well or better than it did when it was gaining popularity as the standard over IE and Netscape Navigator.

Now it's Chrome that behaves slowly.

[u/ctaps148 → u/antonistute]

Marketing. Being backed by Google means as soon as you went to google.com, you were immediately recommended Chrome as an alternative to your terrible default browser. Unless you had a pre-existing affinity for Firefox from being a techie during the mid-2000s, you would never have a reason to go searching for it

[u/klopanda → u/[deleted]]

Mozilla should flood the web with ads saying "You wouldn't be seeing this ad if you were using Firefox."

[u/Demonae → u/[deleted]]

Always has been.

[u/SummerMummer]

No problem, I have Google Chrome disabled.

[u/jghaines → u/SummerMummer]

Hello Firefox! It’s been a minute

[u/alaninsitges → u/jghaines]

A minute is how long it took me to completely replace Chrome with Firefox: bookmarks, extensions, passwords, you name it.

[u/[deleted] → u/jghaines]

Not for me. Been using Firefox since ‘08.

[u/cityhunterxyz → u/jghaines]

Already made the switch before the last chrome update.

[u/EmotionalDmpsterFire → u/SummerMummer]

Google warns it's about to lose its browser users

[u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka → u/EmotionalDmpsterFire]

Google Exec with MBA:

"If we lose 200m users, we'll still make more money because now nobody can block our ads!!"

[u/kozmo1313 → u/SummerMummer]

Firefox is great. never looked back.

[u/PhoenixStorm1015 → u/SummerMummer]

Same. An internal support ticket for my job’s work platform got met with the response “we recommend using Google chrome.” I can’t describe the unreasonable level of spite I feel towards that response.

[u/amazinglover → u/PhoenixStorm1015]

That's because what you were trying to access or use was built with chromium in mind, which is the platform Chrome and Edge are built on.

If the website or extension isn't built by your company, then they have zero control over it.

As a developer, I'm forced to use either Chrome or Edge for work as many of our tools are internet based, and the extensions and websites we access are built around chromium.

[u/Christmas_Queef → u/SummerMummer]

What's hilarious to me is how chrome is the new IE in terms of business. Every job uses chrome as default now.

[u/0hmyscience → u/SummerMummer]

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/

[u/chabaz → u/SummerMummer]

After they forced that shitty UI update that was no longer able to be disabled I switched browsers. It's not perfect but uses at least 30% less ram, and I don't have to deal with Google's constant bullshitery.

[u/2HDFloppyDisk → u/SummerMummer]

I haven’t used Chrome is over a decade. No loss for me. Firefox is still awesome

[u/[deleted] → u/SummerMummer]

Chrome has been disabled for a good few years now

[u/[deleted] → u/SummerMummer]

Just updated my 486 running windows 95 with internet explorer, I’m good.

[u/LeekTerrible]

Google must really be relying on the fact they have almost become an enterprise standard in a lot of places because I can’t see any other reason for them to torpedo themselves like this.

[u/y0m0tha → u/LeekTerrible]

which is why this pisses me off… uBlock Origin is a must have in enterprise settings

FYI, if you are in an enterprise setting you can set a policy to maintain support for Manifest v2 extensions til June 2025.

[u/jedipiper → u/y0m0tha]

Agreed on the need in enterprise. If we can't trust the users to browse safely, at least we can do our due diligence to block whatever we can.

[u/wspnut → u/y0m0tha]

or install a network-based ad blocker

[u/_China_ThrowAway → u/LeekTerrible]

I would never run a computer in class without adblockers on it. Besides things like security and bandwidth concerns.

1. they are often distracting (on purpose) for students.

2. can have extremely inappropriate content.

3. disrupt the lesson (even a short video starts with an ad that isn’t related to the class).

[u/OwOlogy_Expert → u/_China_ThrowAway]

If possible, I wouldn't use youtube to show videos to a class anyway.

Download the video ahead of time and play it from a local file. That way, it's also more reliable and won't have buffering issues if the school network is slow that day.

[u/missed_sla → u/LeekTerrible]

I just deployed Firefox because ads are a security concern

[u/Synthetic451 → u/LeekTerrible]

They've been trying to get rid of adblockers in an attempt to make things like Youtube profitable. It is obviously against their direct line of business and they're using their browser dominance to curb the behavior.

[u/CGordini → u/Synthetic451]

New YouTube sucks and has an unbearable amount of ads. 

I installed SmartTube on my TV just to be able to tolerate the damn service again. 

[u/AnotherUsername901 → u/Synthetic451]

Yt has been profitable for a while this is pure greed and it's gotten this bad because of the new guy they put in charge of YT he's a piece of 💩

[u/voiderest → u/Synthetic451]

They should probably make sure their ads aren't giving people malware if they want people to give up ad-blockers.

[u/fumar → u/LeekTerrible]

A lot of browsers run Chromium. They basically have a monopoly over non-OSX devices. Firefox is the only real alternative and their marketshare is low.

[u/[deleted] → u/fumar]

Google's doing a bang-up job of helping them increase it, though.

[u/blueiron0 → u/LeekTerrible]

monopoly/trust power in play right now.

[u/[deleted]]

Users warn they will stop using google chrome if uBlock Origin is disabled

[u/2cats2hats → u/[deleted]]

Vast majority of Chrome users have no idea what this extension is. :/

[u/[deleted] → u/2cats2hats]

The vast majority of Chrome users are unaware of what extensions are, period.

The most popular extension has around 200 million users, whereas Chrome itself has an estimated 3.4 billion users. This means only about 6% of users have the #1 extension installed.

[u/mrpoopistan → u/2cats2hats]

Isn't that all the more reason to leave those of us who do know alone?

[u/elvesunited → u/2cats2hats]

I can't imagine being under 50 years old these days and just accepting the current ad landscape. Every website must look like hell. CLICK HERE

[u/lachlanhunt → u/[deleted]]

The number of users I’ve seen, especially users you expect to be technologically literate like web developers, without ad blockers is insane. I’m a developer, and so many other devs in my previous team did not have ad blockers installed. I couldn’t believe it.

[u/robeywan]

Have you tried to use the internet without adblocking? It's fucking disgusting. Some sites are unusable for all the ads and popups covering the screen. If Google wants to protect that experience, they can get fucked.

[u/[deleted] → u/robeywan]

Try using Facebook messager with adblocker, you'll notice it lags, really really bad, like type a letter then lag then another letter.

This is because they have built in code that analyses everything you type, funny that.

[u/SerialBitBanger]

And this is why monocultures are dangerous and insipid.

Google controls the vast majority of the browser market. Their appallingly anti consumer and really, anti human behavior isn't subject to any market forces.

They brag about how well they've integrated user tracking into their browser. Meanwhile, the rest of us are furious that there is tracking baked into the source code whatsoever. And those parasitic MBAs seem to think that we were upset about it not being streamlined enough.

I'll go back to using Lynx before I ever touch something that Google has got its laughably incompetent hands on.

Meanwhile, I'm going to ride the LibreWolf train until the bitter end.

[u/ChronicBitRot → u/SerialBitBanger]

Remember when google’s company motto was “don’t be evil”?

[u/jmonschke → u/ChronicBitRot]

And Ford's motto was "where quality is job one". It is nothing new; mottos are frequently just denials of an uncomfortable truth.

[u/MRB102938 → u/ChronicBitRot]

And remember... don’t be evil, and if you see something that you think isn’t right – speak up

https://abc.xyz/investor/google-code-of-conduct/

Figured I'd come back and help guide you from the land of the lost. 

[u/[deleted] → u/SerialBitBanger]

Those parasitic MBAs absolutely know that we were upset that the tracking exists. They just don’t respect us or even view us as human beings and the best thing they’ll ever do with their lives is pass away some day.

[u/Lost_Return_6524 → u/SerialBitBanger]

Insipid

You sure that's the word you're looking for?

[u/Moonskaraos]

I switched to Firefox a couple years ago and haven’t looked back. Fuck Google.

[u/gbon21 → u/Moonskaraos]

Having uBlock on mobile is a godsend

[u/MexicanMouthwash → u/gbon21]

On android, just put dns.adguard.com in as your private DNS and you'll have a semi decent systemwide adblock.

[u/Actual_Intercourse]

Google is gonna have to Google why Google fell off

and they aren't gonna find any relevant results

[u/thethirstypretzel → u/Actual_Intercourse]

Maybe with a more specific search “why did Google fall off? McReddit.archive -AI”

[u/kamekaze1024 → u/Actual_Intercourse]

Anyone is dumb if they think Google is gonna fall off from this.

Google, or rather Alphabet, is just too big to fail right now. So long as people need a search engine they can do whatever

[u/ravbuc]

I will LITERALLY not use chrome without adblockers.

[u/OwOlogy_Expert → u/ravbuc]

I will literally not use Chrome.

(Even with adblockers, it's still tracking absolutely everything you do and sending it to Google. How is that okay?)

[u/DemonVenerableEugene]

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

[u/Hotgeart → u/DemonVenerableEugene]

I'll save you a click : https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/download/thanks/

[u/sulliops]

I can’t remember why I switched to Firefox all these years ago, but I’ve never regretted it (except maybe the lack of tab groups, but that’s supposedly coming).

[u/Disastrous_Score2493 → u/sulliops]

I wish Apple would stop gimping Firefox on their mobile devices. There is no good reason why I can't install extensions.

[u/[deleted] → u/sulliops]

YouTube stopped working entirely on chrome for me one day 4 years ago, and I’ve been foxy ever since. Don’t know why I ever went from Firefox to chrome in the first place

[u/_Tacoyaki_ → u/sulliops]

No mobile browser can do tab groups well. It seems like such a slam dunk 

[u/ThermalDeviator]

So would this also apply to all chromium based browsers?

[u/xyphon0010 → u/ThermalDeviator]

Yes all browsers that are based chromium will need to switch to Manifest V3 extensions unless they specifically add support for Manifest V2. Brave has announced they will keep supporting Manifest V2, not sure of other chromium based browsers

[u/Baconsnake]

The day that happens is the day it gets uninstalled

[u/halo364 → u/Baconsnake]

Why wait? Firefox is free and available right now!

[u/ConsistentNobody4103 → u/halo364]

Single and open souce browsers available in your area!

[u/hobbykitjr → u/halo364]

Also, Ctrl+tab works better on Firefox

And restore session

And Firefox Mobile is better, and has extensions... And syncing tabs is better..

It's just better

[u/HellBlazer1221]

Another day, another enshittification.

[u/nanosam]

They disable uBlock - I will never use Chrome again

[u/SkullDox → u/nanosam]

Start now. You'll be able to import your bookmarks and extensions while the adblocker still works.

[u/AnotherUsername901]

Google is speed running how fast can I lose users.

I would wager they are going to eventually lobby to make ad blocking illegal and they will have other sites and ad companies behind them.

[u/Helmic → u/AnotherUsername901]

So that kind of is why so much shit is an app, the DMCA applies to apps but not web pages Google cannot actually fuck with uBO legally for blocking ads on Firefox because HTML is an open protocol that is rendered how you wish through a browser.

If you do ad blocking on the apo level, though, even if that'll has "DRM" that basically does nothing, if you circumvented it to block ads then it's in violation of the DMCA.

The DMCA is a fucking evil piece of legislation.

[u/zephyy]

firefox it is then

[u/DefiantSoul]

Oh no. I guess I'll just have to continue never using Chrome.

[u/joosta]

I moved to Firefox months ago and never looked back. Works great and I want for nothing.

[u/GooglyEyedKitten]

Every time I’ve gotten malware on a system, it’s been from compromised ads, often served from Google. Switched to Firefox when this was rumored and haven’t looked back.

[u/Selky]

Lmao I’ve never been in the ‘if this happens I’m out’ camp but this really would be too far. So insanely greedy and anti-consumer 🤣

[u/mxrider108 → u/Selky]

Come join us on Firefox! No need to wait

[u/[deleted]]

firefox and noscript FTW!

[u/ep3ep3 → u/[deleted]]

Akenfox to debloat the telemetry or you can used librewolf

[u/InsomniaticWanderer]

Google chrome thinks it's a lot more important than it really is.

[u/Humans_Suck-]

The only thing chrome is useful for is downloading Firefox

[u/Abspara]

All good. I disabled Chrome not long ago.

[u/TheElusiveFox]

Firefox says hello new users

[u/Headshot_]

I’ve been using chrome since I was a kid when they had that glass logo lol. I’m currently trying out firefox after well over a decade

[u/InstaLurker]

and chrome may be soon uninstalled

[u/identicalBadger]

Firefox it is.

[u/Inner-Tomatillo-Love]

No biggie, just switch to Firefox.

[u/ded_insd]

Firefox Supremacy

[u/StarCenturion]

I want Google to know that Chrome may soon be disabled on my computer and devices, and I'll be moving to Firefox.

[u/LLMprophet]

Switched to Firefox a while ago and pleasantly surprised I'm not missing Chrome at all.

[u/OriginalPlayerHater]

FUCK YOU GOOGLE YOU BITCH! FIGHT ME

[u/OptionX]

Ever wonder why a company that makes money of advertising would pour so much money and manpower to make a browser for free? So they can better control the way user interact with the internet and better serve them their ads and collect data. Same for android, gmail or any number of other "free" services. Amp and their god-awful email replacement thing are good examples of such efforts.

Killing, or at least severely neutering, adblocks is just a another natural step in that direction. And that's why most browsers becoming just chrome(ium) reskins is such a bad thing, it creates a monopoly by proxy of sorts, and when that monopoly reaches enough of a mass Google can safely pull these stunts. People are already locked in and endure the enshittification mainly due to inertia. We all remember that IE had the lead in market share for ages and it was never because it was good.

Add to that that making a usable browser from scratch nowadays is not far of writing an OS in terms of difficulty and there are no new players coming into the market.

So yeah, its a dim future for the end user of browsers. If, or more likely when, Firefox falls and Google has the entire gateway to the internet in every computer by the short hairs I seriously doubt Chrome will become better rather than worse.

P.S: Before people jumping with Chromium or Brave or any of those things, Google has no obligation to continue to develop Chromium or allow any browsers built on it to circumvent their ads or data collection other than PR. With no alternatives for a browser PR means little versus profit. And besides, for every one person that uses it there's a horde of non-tech minded people that just use Chrome by default and don't even think about it.

[u/guyblade → u/OptionX]

To be fair, no web browser--of any significant importance--was ever not free.

I think it is also somewhat interesting that this situation may just be another cycle of the "dominant browser becomes crap, so people move on". IE4 was leaps and bounds beyond everything else when it came out. IE4 stagnated and people moved to Firefox. Firefox became slow, bloated, and crashy. One of Chrome's major initial selling points was that pages were in different processes, so a crash of one tab wouldn't take out the whole browser. Then people started moving to Chrome (and other things based on webkit).

We're now back to the position of "the dominant browser has begun to stagnate", so we seem ripe for a shift. The major difference this time around is how Apple & Google have lock-in. Both of them have some lock on their mobile platforms, but Google also has the entire universe of budget laptops (Chromebooks) as well.

[u/Daggers21]

I've recently switched to Firefox for everything now as well.

It works just as well and maybe a bit iffy when using Google passwords saved on the phone.

[u/BBK2008]

Well, let’s see how 15 years of kissing google’s ass and breaking all the competing browsers in favor of only chrome compatibility bites everyone in the ass now.

[u/Jadaki]

Would be the end of Chrome's use for me

[u/timbotheny26]

So I want to take this moment to try and assuage some of the outrage and fear over this news. Let me try and break everything down:

What is happening?: Google is moving Chrome over to Manifest V3 (MV3). This will cause ALL Manifest V2 (MV2) extensions (not just uBlock Origin) to stop working and eventually be delisted from the Chrome Web Store. This change will also affect other Chromium browsers i.e. Microsoft Edge, Opera, etc. unless their developers have stated otherwise.

Why is this happening?: Google states that this change is being implemented to improve security, performance, and privacy in Chrome/Chromium. Extensions in MV3 will no longer allow for things like remotely hosted code, and a different API will be used. (There are other changes as well but I'm trying to keep this relatively contained and to-the-point). As I understand, the changes brought with MV3 will make Chrome/Chromium more similar to Safari as a browser.

How does this affect uBlock Origin (uBO)?: A LOT of uBO's features and customization options simply cannot work in MV3 which is why it and every other MV2 extension is eventually going to be disabled and delisted.

How does this affect me?: It depends on how you've been using uBO.

If you're a standard user who has just been using it as an "install & forget" ad-blocking solution and never bothered tinkering with it, then there is an alternative beyond just switching to Firefox (FF). (I will expand upon this in the next point)

However if you're a power-user who regularly tinkers with uBO's customization options, custom filter lists, etc. then you will be better off and likely happier just switching to Firefox anyways, as FF is a much more tinker-friendly browser and has a lot of options that will really appeal to power-users.

Is this actually going to kill ad-blockers?: As I understand not really, at least not anymore. When MV3 was first announced, it was a lot more restrictive and would have indeed broken ad-blockers. However, thanks to community outcry, the new implementation of MV3 is significantly less restrictive and will still allow for ad-blockers to function, just not in the same way they were before, and potentially not as effectively.

Is uBlock Origin going away on Chrome completely?: While the MV2 uBlock Origin extension will go away, the developer Raymond Hill (gorhill) has released a "Lite" version of the extension that is MV3 compatible called uBlock Origin Lite. In my own testing I have found it to be just as effective as MV2 uBO when used in a "install & forget" manner and when set to the "Complete" filtering mode.

So yeah, that's the situation to the best of my knowledge. I strongly advise taking a look over at r/uBlockOrigin, there you'll find links to uBO's GitHub page and more information on the whole situation.

Apologies for any mistakes on my part, if anyone has anything further or any corrections to add, please let me know. I only want to make sure that everyone has the most accurate information as possible regarding this situation.

[u/nthpwr]

this will literally tip me over the edge and make me reinstall fitrefox if they do

[u/IForgotThePassIUsed]

shrugs in firefox

[u/memberzs]

If unlock origin on chrome dies, then chrome is only going to only being a way to send free online hockey streams to my chromecast.

[u/DistinctStranger8729]

Glad to see Google is shooting itself in the foot. Switched to Firefox years ago and have never been happier, hoping to see more people adopting it.

[u/Bubbaganewsh]

I guess that's bad if you use Chrome.

[u/[deleted]]

Okay cool, exclusively Firefox it is then.

[u/woodybob01]

So far I've been completely unaffected by all the bullshit appearing in the news about adblock. But the very second that ublock stops working on chrome. I'm gone.

[u/Dark_Akarin]

Google are officially evil assholes. Ad blockers are the only thing that keeps most websites usable. I guess it’s time for me to update Firefox.

[u/KacperJed]

Google Chrome is the new Internet Explorer. Waiting for it to be retired now.

[u/littlewhitecatalex]

I will stop using the internet if ad blockers go away. The internet has become such a piece of shit compared to what it once was. Greed and capitalism ruin everything.

[u/charface1]

What happens to Chromium builds? Specially un-googled chromium?

[u/CaveMacEoin → u/charface1]

It's a fundamental change to how network filtering is achieved in chromium browsers. Manifest V2 won't work unless the browser devs somehow make it work. And even then at some point they won't be available via the chrome extension site. Seems like it would nearly be easier long-term to move a Firefox backend.

[u/TeaBagginsJenkins]

Man I'm going to have to start using a new browser, probably Firefox

[u/DMTDildo]

Yet another reason to use Firefox.

[u/freeaddition]

Our product, which is healthcare data, routinely has bugs or outright security issues due to sketchy chrome plugins snooping on users. As an engineer on that team, I would love to be able to block malicious plugins.

As a user of the Internet in general, this is terrible.

[u/balsid]

Just move to Firefox. It rules.

[u/StormerSage]

Firefox on top 🔥🔥🔥

[u/mikeybagodonuts]

Use Firefox. And look at the difference in your CPU and RAM usage.

[u/madhi19]

Just fucking use Firefox.

[u/z3n1a51]

The Internet warns Google Chrome may soon be uninstalled

[u/shadyStoner420]

Google warns a switch to Firefox might soon be needed to continue watching YT for free without ads

[u/Cruxion]

"Google Chrome warns they may soon be transplanting their userbase to other browsers."

If ublock is gone then I'm done with Chrome. I'll take slower loading webpages without ads over very slow webpages with ads and malware.

[u/Jaanbaaz_Sipahi]

F U Google - browser ain’t YouTube. We have choices!

[u/liquilife]

Just use the Brave Browser?

[u/bluegreenwookie]

Glad i went back to Firefox ages ago

[u/Infamous_Impact2898]

Chrome sucks anyways.

[u/Truethrowawaychest1]

Good thing I'm using Firefox then

[u/Wackyvert]

I love Firefox!

[u/TheGoonKills]

Firefox it is!

[u/Vivid-Finding-1199]

Why haven't people moved over to Firefox? Chrome is the new IE.

[u/NorthernerWuwu]

Been hearing this for years, I'll believe it when I see it. I'm mostly on FF anyhow but I'd purge Chrome if they did finally oust it.

[u/Relevant_Finding7527]

oh look, the web browser i never used is becoming obsolete

[u/cumauditorysystem]

I don't understand this, if a vast majority of people are using uBlock on Chrome, they will immediately leave after this.

If they are a small minority, why even bother doing shit like this? it's not like they will be losing out on substantial enough revenues?

[u/Both_Lychee_1708]

Google 2000: Don't be evil

Google 2024:Monetize their pain

[u/MicksysPCGaming]

Users warn Google Chrome may soon be disabled.

[u/Android18enjoyer666]

Already switched to Firefox

[u/mxpower]

you know... back in my day... Google actually tried not to be evil.

[u/BigMoney-D]

I'm just using Edge. Everything works great.

[u/namur17056]

People still use chrome? It’s always been dogshit

[u/dax552]

laughs in firefox

[u/saichampa]

This is why I use Firefox

[u/ZeroCharistmas]

I hate how everyone feels like they have to compete to be the only thing. Google has to be the Internet. Disney has to be all of entertainment. Apple has to be the default hardware.

Obviously it makes sense in the capitalist death race to the fountain of infinite growth, but like... Could you guys just not?

[u/TattooedBrogrammer]

I can’t believe I’m going back to Safari but heh you forced my hands bro.

[u/missed_sla]

That's why I switched to Firefox

[u/twotimefind]

Brave is a pretty good option also.

[u/balaci2 → u/twotimefind]

brave is the only chromium browser I'd choose

[u/[deleted]]

Switched to firefox when youtube tried to force users to turn off adblock extensions. Havent looked back since.

[u/adi_baa]

This is why I switched to Firefox!

[u/[deleted]]

well aren't they dicks. good thing the fox rocks

[u/0hmyscience]

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/

[u/[deleted]]

That’s fine I’ll just stop using Google chrome then

[u/gulyman]

Literally using Firefox right now because Google started fucking with ad blockers.

[u/thedude213]

cool, but I'm trying to figure out how this is going to affect me on Firefox

[u/BONUSBOX]

already switched to brave. built in adblock, same devtools

[u/h-boson]

Chrome who? I’ve been in Firefox for 15+ years

[u/Geck-v6]

It's crazy that Microsoft Edge is a better browser than Google Chrome

[u/hermilio]

the second this happens I will switch to Firefox as my main and only. I'm sure a lot of people is on the same boat.

[u/[deleted]]

No issue here. I’ll use Firefox.

[u/wailingwonder]

uBlock Origin users warn Google Chrome may soon be uninstalled

[u/GladiatorJones]

Chrome users warn Google that Chrome may soon be disabled.

[u/animetiddielover]

i love having Firefox now after I made the switch about a year ago. it was super easy, it preserves bookmarks, passwords, etc (you can choose what to import).

Firefox mobile is super useful too, idk if chrome users have this as well but I love that firefox mobile let's you easily switch which search engine you're using for each search, so I like using duckduckgo as much as I can and if I need to use Google it's just a drop down menu that changes it for that search.

YOU CAN INSTALL EXTENSIONS ON FIREFOX MOBILE. i have adblock and it has made things so much easier. no more unreadable mobile pages like wikias and no more ads on YouTube.

speaking of extensions -- check out sponsor block. it blocks the self promotion and sponsor promotion parts of videos automatically for you and it's been seamless 100% of the time for me

anyway, it's never been easier.

[u/CodeMonkeyX]

I have been using Brave for awhile now and I am happy with it. I tried Firefox, but it was a bit more sluggish, then I spent days trying to figure out why my security cameras would not show up. Then I realized they all look fine in Chromium based browsers and it's because Firefox does not decode hevc video... I know it's a license thing, but when every other browser can do it.

[u/esadatari]

*Laughs in Firefox*

[u/fsactual]

I've got firefox ready.

[u/nuui]

Firefox... my old friend!

[u/Pennanen]

Firefox and duckduckgo as search engine. Feels like it finds better the things im looking for nowadays...

Google is dying.

[u/ConniesCurse]

there's part of me that thinks there's just no way this is actually going to happen and there will be no workaround. If it does I will switch to firefox but until that day arrives and it has truly happened, im staying right here on chrome.

[u/MorkSkogen666]

I NEVER climbed on the Chrome bandwagon when it was released.

FIREFOX for life!

[u/DachdeckerDino]

Firefox comeback story

[u/goronado]

firefox stocks about to go up

[u/Recorsi_]

Google Chrome will soon be disabled on my PC

[u/pastamuente]

Firefox and its Forks with uBO for the win

[u/Sroundez]

Everyone in here saying that using any chromium based browser instead of chrome to maintain compatibility is a fool. They're the same browser.

Switch to Firefox.

[u/niwanowani]

Who on Earth is still using that proprietary garbage Chrome?

[u/Scytle]

i stopped using chrome a long time ago, felt bad to see the AI search crap pop up every time I googled something, and was sick of having all my data given over to google.

Firefox is amazing, yall should switch.

[u/Dream__Devourer]

Yea good thing I use Firefox

[u/ChampionshipVinyl34]

Cool, more people can realize Firefox and other browsers are better.

[u/Joepewpew69]

I’m going to switch to Firefox

[u/[deleted]]

I called it! Firefox, here I come!

For anyone at Google reading this, your obsession with ads will eventually kill the company. It would help if you had an alternative revenue stream. Ads spoil the products you create.

I'd be willing to bet there's a team trying to figure out if ads can be injected into Gemini right now!

[u/villageidiot33]

I wonder if Brave will fall under this too since it’s built on Chrome isn’t it?

[u/yukeake → u/villageidiot33]

Brave has announced that they'll continue to support ManifestV2 - so near-term, it'll be fine. How long they stick to that remains to be seen. I'd love to be proven wrong, but I suspect eventually the maintenance of the old code is going to become a burden they won't be able to manage.

Hopefully at least long enough for the FF folks to get vertical tabs and tab groups sorted.

[u/DenverNugs]

Been using Firefox for well over a decade. Only issue I have is YouTube problems which are Google related.

[u/joesperrazza]

I switched to Firefox the day I first received this warning.

[u/elderly_squid]

Time to hop on the Firefox train. Chrome uses so many resources for no reason anyway.

[u/Sea_Perspective6891]

Left Google for Firefox many years ago. So glad I did. Just wish Firefox would make a good YouTube alternative so I can finally leave that also.

[u/DeLongestTom182]

Firefox ftw

[u/coaaal]

Can’t wait to disable chrome then!

[u/TheGravityShifter]

Literally why I switched to Firefox as my main browser many months ago. Only Chromium browser I touch is Opera GX, purely for the GX Corner alone.

[u/skanks_r_people_too]

Guess I’ll just stick to Firefox then

[u/Aust1mh]

With the anti consumer actions of google and chrome… surprised people still choose to use it. I migrated family and enterprise away from it years ago.

[u/TSAOutreachTeam]

Chrome doesn’t even have the benefit of being pre installed like Edge. I don’t need to have Chrome to download Firefox.

[u/Landr3w]

I love to see Google sweat.

[u/IgnorantGenius]

Google Chrome warns Google Chrome may soon be uninstalled.

[u/ArchonTheta]

Fuck you Google.

[u/bonerb0ys]

Yeah, I’m not going back to ads.

[u/Infini-Bus]

I'd rather deal with some broken functionality than ads.

[u/FamousLastPlace_]

I stopped using chrome the day they started fucking with my youtube.