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  • Google is transitioning Chrome's extension support from the Manifest V2 framework to the V3.
  • This means users won't be able to use uBlock Origin to block ads on Google Chrome.
  • However, there's a new iteration of the app — uBlock Origin Lite, which is Manifest V3 compliant but doesn't boast the original version's comprehensive ad-blocking features.
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[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yep... when ublock quits working for me on Chrome then I will migrate.

[–] [email protected] 300 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Why wait? Migrate now. There's even Firefox for mobile with ublock

[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 months ago (8 children)
[–] [email protected] 125 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 73 points 2 months ago

Same here. Haven't seen an ad in I don't know how long.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That doesn’t really answer my question. How does one get ublock origin on mobile?

[–] [email protected] 75 points 2 months ago

Same as on desktop. You go to the Mozilla extension site or the author's site and click add.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You use Firefox as your mobile browser

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And to add to that, set all your programs and links to open in Firefox by default, instead of the YouTube app, etc. then you're blocking ads just like a desktop on every site you visit.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Why stop there? uninstall the youtube app. It's garbage. FreeTube has an Android fork now too.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's an extensions menu in the firefox app, uBlock is listed as one of the recommend ones, all you have to do is click the plus sign to add it.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 months ago (3 children)

On Android, Firefox for iOS doesn't have addons because Apple.

[–] maccentric 22 points 2 months ago

The Orion browser has rudimentary support for Firefox extensions. UBlock origin seems to work for me. Best I’ve found for iOS

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

For real the votes here have so much “well it works on my machine so you must be wrong”-energy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It it because apple doesn’t want addons, or because firefox is forced to use webkit?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

From what I understand, it's mostly because they're forced to use WebKit, and building a compatibility layer to make the existing addons to work within iOS constraints on top of WebKit would need a significant amount of work.

My guess is that Mozilla is waiting on the engine restrictions to be lifted, but so far that will only happen in the European market with their alt stores.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Only on Firefox Android.

As far as I know, Safari is the only browser with Adblock on iOS.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

Also third party browsers on iOS are forced to use a janky slow WebKit WebView instead of the accelerated WebKit on Safari.

In the EU, things are different and third-party rendering engines have been forced upon Apple, so people there may have more options.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is true, however, Firefox focus has a built in blocker that’s pretty good, and the Orion browser for iOS actually supports Firefox extensions (even though it’s built on top of safari), and is also pretty good. I run bothe Firefox focus and Orion with ublock on my iOS devices.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I just installed Orion thanks to this post and I'm really impressed. I usually stick to safari, but I'm going to sit on this for a week and see how I feel about it.

2 quick questions; Do you know if it's possible to get YouTube videos to run in PiP on iOS/iPadOS? And is there a dark mode for the app's interface?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes, you can do pip, you need to first expand the video to full screen, then tap the screen to bring up the on screen controls, and you should see a pip button in the upper left of the video.

Orion doesn’t have a dark mode that I’m aware of, though it mostly respects iOS dark mode (with annoying exceptions). Though with firefox extensions, you can install dark reader, or you can install the dark reader iOS app, to get dark mode on all websites.

Edit: I’m not certain that dark reader iOS app will work with orion. I don’t use the app, I use the firefox extension with orion.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I use Firefox Focus on iOS. It blocks quite a bit without addons.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

Blocks ads in YouTube too, and if you add sponsorblock you it'll skip in video ads too

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Yes. You can install extensions on firefox mobile just like you can on the desktop version. IIRC it's the only mobile browser that does this.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Mull is a Firefox fork with even more privacy features. There are others that I'm sure people will chime in with.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Firefox mobile allows you to install extensions just like a PC version of the browser.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

low key that's why I switched. ads on mobile are so incredibly intrusive

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Or better still firefox focus. Ad blocking built in and it drops all the cookies as soon as you close it.

I keep firefox on mobile for when I need to go to a trusted site, firefox focus for everything else.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I just wanted to drop in to say I do the same!! Especially on iOS where regular Firefox is kinda so-so (but better than Safari) Firefox Focus meanwhile is King

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I personally enjoy Ecosia. They're the ones who plant trees whenever you use their search engine, and while not the best, at least their mobile app has a built in ad-blocker that imo seems pretty decent.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

You can use FireFox and set your default search engine to Ecosia's. Best of both world's.

There is also a FF extension called Search For Trees that defaults to Google's search engine instead of Ecosia/Bing where you don't have to pre-load each search with #g, unlike Ecosia. The Google search in this extension is a little wacky though so not perfect. Search For Trees donates to Trees For the Future btw.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Mostly inertia and other priorities...

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

yeah, I went ahead and set it up...

Any recommendation for an alternative to Hangouts?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hopefully it will break badly enough to move people past their inertia so then there can be a more serious competitor to Chrome, or maybe even multiple competitors to Chrome.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I tried but for some reason certain websites can't play any videos on Firefox without buffering every like 5 or 10 seconds for a few seconds. It happens on 100% of videos on YouTube and like 50% of videos on any other website. It's super annoying, so back to chrome I went and I guess I'll stay until ublock bites the dust and I have to move.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Google owns YouTube so there's probably some shenanigans there

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Thats Googles fault. Firefox has an user agent switcher -addon. Flip it there to appear as Chrome, and suddenly Youtube bufferring problems drastically lessen.

Also if you are in EU, consider making a complaint about this assholish and anti-competetive behaviour to your country's competition/trade authority. Also EU's, if you feel like being an extra responsible EU citizen. These assholes at Google need to be fined to extinction.