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Google Has Removed Manifest V2 Extensions From the Chrome Web Store, Including uBlock Origin
webiterate.dev/google-removed-extensions-ublock-origin-108/😡1
Replying to @inari@piefed.zip
This is gonna be so bad because now there is only uBlock origin lite and “uBlock”, if you couln’t guess: the 2nd one is a scam that google never tried to remove(it’s been up for some years IIRC) and i am sure that everyone will try to install this scam because they can’t find the original uBlock origin (and everyone just refers to uBlock origin as uBlock which makes it worse)
Replying to @Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it
1 million users…
Replying to @brucethemoose@lemmy.world
“1 million deceived users”.
There, I fixed it for you. You’re welcome.
Replying to @Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it
the 2nd one is a scam that google never tried to remove
It’s a little more complicated. uBlock was the original name, gorhil handed it off when he felt the maintenance burden became too high. Then he forked it to make his own uBlock Origin version.
At some point later uBlock was bought up by the AdBlock people, who in turn were later bought by the AdBlock Plus people.
So it’s not a scam exactly, more like an inbred sideline of the royal family.
Replying to @Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de
Holy shit, seems to be watching a soap opera tf
Replying to @Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de
It’s a scam because it specifically goes out of its way to not block an ad, as long as that ad pays a bribe to them. It should be called uAd.