Not really. UBlock Origin Lite works really well. They even added content scripts recently. From a technical perspective MV3 offers more security by default.

The following filter options can’t be translated into DNR rules:

strict1p, strict3p: whether a network request is same-origin as its initiator
Entity-based values for domain= filter option (webextensions #394)
redirect-rule=: the DNR API does not support redirect-if-blocked concept (webextensions #493)
Click-to-load embedded contexts through redirect=click2load.html filter option
Regex-based removeparam= modifier filter options
Exceptions for all modifier filter options are not possible
    Workarounds exist for removeparam= and csp= by carefully tuning the priority property.
Many very useful regex-based filters used in uBO are not allowed, or are rejected by the DNR API (webextensions #344)
replace=, can't modify the response body (full support is only possible with Firefox MV2)
ipaddress=, can't use IP address as a condition to block/unblock (full support is only possible with Firefox MV2)
urlskip=, this requires programmatic steps to extract a URL from another URL (partial support, for strict-blocked pages only)

aside from that it is somewhat better than default ublock but that’s a pretty big list of issues.

Some of those limitations were never supported in Chrome to begin with. MV3 still supports webRequestBlocking at the engine level but it is gated behind enterprise policy (ExtensionInstallForcelist in the Windows Registry, macOS MDM, or Linux managed policy JSON). If an extension with webRequestBlocking is installed via policy, it restores programmatic interception.

There’s also pretty restrictive length limits on filter lists iirc, so ubo lite would have to select top filters st some point. This getting worse as websites add more adds or obfuscate more requiring more rules.

Like FB putting every character in every [w][o][r][d] on the site into a unique code block

In practice, I found it breaks sites more, lets some things through, triggers more adblock detectors, and doesn’t work as well with the annoyance list.

It doesn’t work on YouTube. And the maximum number of entries to block is limited.

Its not catastrophic though.

So UBO Lite is not wholly ineffective, no. It works great, mostly. Buts its definitely more of a nuisance to use, which is exactly what Google wants.

Thanks for the laugh! Keep telling yourself that.

That’s a whole truckload of copium you’re consuming there, fella. Watch out for the side effects.

Clearly you’re the one struggling with coping.here

Keep telling yourself that.

Firefox is Chrome with extra steps

That doesn’t even make sense. You bots need better prompts

Huh, do we have engagement bots in Lemmy already?

We’re thriving guys!

Probably just young

Maybe used Chrome for years before ever hearing about Firefox

Care to elaborate? It’s actually not like chrome at all. The engine is different, it’s not Google, they haven’t blocked manifest v2 plugins… Other than being a web browser, how would you classify it as Chrome?

Not only are they different, Gecko is like 12 years older than Chromium.

I guess they could be referring to how much money Google throws at Mozilla to keep Google Search as standard in Firefox? Still, it’s a tenuous link at best

In about:config check with what google services, urls, relays, vpns browser communicates. What organizations donate most money.

Hardly makes it “Chrome with extra steps”.

Did you actually look inside?

I don’t have to. Yea, it shares some backend Google services, but the rest of the browser, like the other 90% isn’t Chrome. It’s like comparing Windows and Mac OS and saying that they’re the same because they both connect to the same Internet and that their operating systems. Just like Chrome v Firefox, they are two distinctly different products.

You can say that about almost every browser, but not Firefox.

Still time to delete this

I’ve never seen a more downvoted comment. This is true for every single other mainstream browser except Firefox.

Some forks of Firefox are ok, but if you actually dig and look inside about:config you’ll see with who it communicates, what telemetry it collects. What organisations fund it.

Lol no

Thanks for the laugh!