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

submitted 19 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] 29 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

I've said it before and I'll say it again. If your site doesn't work on Firefox your site doesn't work. As web developers your job is to develop applications for the web not for one specific browser. This goes double for essential services.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 minutes ago

"ugh just use a normal browser"

everyone

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

Doesn't really matter to a regular user, in that case it's"Firefox doesn't work"

[–] [email protected] -1 points 44 minutes ago (1 children)

That's some BS. You and i both know that Chromium has the largest share in the browser business, so it makes sense from a development perspective to develop websites that will reach the most people. It's on Firefox to optimise their browser so that it can run these sites as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 minutes ago

A single company shouldn't be able to dictate how the web works.