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Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads (www.windowscentral.com)
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Google ramps up its campaign against ad blockers on Chrome.

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[-] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I mean, would there really be a difference in the data they're collecting on me, assuming that's your main concern?

I use an android phone which includes: android pay, youtube music/premium, maps and whatnot. Trying to keep my most sensitive data out of their hands honestly seems impossible at this point. I guess I just don't really see the benefit. That said, blocking ads would of course be significant enough of an issue for me to make a change. But, as of earlier in the week, everything still worked fine (I think)

Really tho, I barely use my PC to browse the web for fun anymore - just the odd gaming sesh and the Plex server for mom. It's kinda depressing to think about, tbh

[-] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I can only assume that firefox on andoid OS (set up properly) collects less data about your browsing history vs. Chrome on android OS. So I'd say you would at least be giving less browsing data to Google. But in this case I just cannot imagine browsing the web without a fully functional ublock origin. I get that it still works on Chrome, but it won't soon.

[-] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Well for ads I use DNS66. It works pretty well and even blocks ads in most apps and games. It basically makes some free apps feel like the premium version

[-] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 2 points 3 months ago

Have you ever tried using a pihole? That works very well too.

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