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Google is Killing uBlock Origin. No Chromium Browser is Safe. (www.quippd.com)

submitted 23 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the ...

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

I just use DNS or VPN for adblocking , no need for browser addons

[–] [email protected] 16 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

This isn't sufficient. I've been running DNS adblocking for a decade, advertisers have wised up to it and can easily sidestep it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

how about adguard dns?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 13 hours ago

To my knowledge, DNS blockers not only miss a ton of ads, they also trigger several false positives.

A better solution is to switch to something not chromium like Firefox or whatever alternative the next Linux person to read this comment recommends