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1. Adrian Cochrane (alcinnz@floss.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jan-2023 07:36:56 JST Adrian Cochrane

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   • James P. :arch_linux: :firefox: :sway: :xfce:
   • Jason123santa :pine64:
   • Daniel Schier 🐧🍪

   @jason123santa @james @dschier WebKit has adblocking support built in, you just need to provide it JSON files specifying which links to block. And update those files.

   Doesn't support more advanced adblockers like Privacy Badger, which Chrome is downgrading to match.

   • Jason123santa :pine64: (jason123santa@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jan-2023 07:37:00 JST Jason123santa :pine64:

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     • James P. :arch_linux: :firefox: :sway: :xfce:
     • Daniel Schier 🐧🍪

     @james @dschier its for Safari

   • James P. :arch_linux: :firefox: :sway: :xfce: (james@mstdn.starnix.network)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jan-2023 07:37:01 JST James P. :arch_linux: :firefox: :sway: :xfce:

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     • Daniel Schier 🐧🍪

     @dschier Do you have to get a dedicated browser for these filters, or is this for Safari?

   • Daniel Schier 🐧🍪 (dschier@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jan-2023 07:37:05 JST Daniel Schier 🐧🍪

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     • James P. :arch_linux: :firefox: :sway: :xfce:

     @james but, there is ad blocking for safari on iOS.

   • James P. :arch_linux: :firefox: :sway: :xfce: (james@mstdn.starnix.network)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jan-2023 07:37:06 JST James P. :arch_linux: :firefox: :sway: :xfce:

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     #Google #Chrome is planning to drop #ManifestV2 in favor of #ManifestV3. This will make it harder to develop #adblock extensions such as #uBlockOrigin, unless you switch to #Firefox.

     But Google did a trick. Their replacement still allows you to make Adblock extensions, but they won't work as well, subconsciously leading users to believe that they just don't work, and they get uninstalled. No thinking about trying an alternative like Firefox.

     This is part of the plan to track everyone and put ads in front of their face, with no way to disable it. You will see the ads and you will like them.

     Be thankful #Mozilla still exists and is keeping Firefox alive. Without them everyone will be using a Chromium-based browser, or Safari (but that's exclusive to Macs and iPhones, sorry).

     https://yewtu.be/watch?v=uh5Bhw-wyZc

     https://machines.social/@trevorflowers/109070912518296797

   • James P. :arch_linux: :firefox: :sway: :xfce: (james@mstdn.starnix.network)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jan-2023 07:37:06 JST James P. :arch_linux: :firefox: :sway: :xfce:

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     Be thankful you're not on mobile, where mobile browsers don't even support extensions, except for #Firefox, which will still keep Manifest v2 and be able to block ads on Android. On iOS, you don't get any adblockers.

   • James P. :arch_linux: :firefox: :sway: :xfce: (james@mstdn.starnix.network)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jan-2023 07:37:07 JST James P. :arch_linux: :firefox: :sway: :xfce:

     This is a thread of all my posts made in September 2022, starting 2022-09-01.

     August 2022: https://mstdn.starnix.network/@james/108877589456734650