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This is a really disappointing decision by Google. I will be switching to Firefox. https://t.co/zQsAG6N63H
— Eva (@evacide) May 30, 2019
This is a big deal. Google is going to kill ad blockers in Chrome for regular users. Say goodbye to uBlock Origin & Privacy Badger (or say hello to Firefox). https://t.co/AAlbRZJbK5
— Daniel Nazer (@danielnazer) May 30, 2019
Chrome to limit full ad blocking extensions to enterprise users https://t.co/x5R7I1bwpu and why you should consider alternative browsers. Also, we shouldn’t we be past privacy by plug-in & privacy by extension by now? How about privacy by design and default
— Privacy Matters (@PrivacyMatters) May 30, 2019
Hey if you are a Chrome user maybe think about switching, Google's gonna neuter its ad blocking soon. Unless you are a corporation. Then you can still have good adblocking.https://t.co/37ZEUkLPXI
— Margaret Trauth is mostly on Mastodon now. (@egypturnash) May 30, 2019
It's time to leave Google. Here are some great alternatives: https://t.co/DKPM5ObPwQ@Searx_engine @Ecosia @TutanotaTeam @firefox @Tresorit @Vimeo @fdroidorg @openstreetmap @MastodonProject #quitgooglehttps://t.co/4JvqQCiLuD
— Tutanota (@TutanotaTeam) May 30, 2019
If you haven't switched away from Chrome yet, there's no time like the present. Safari is great on Apple devices, Firefox is toohttps://t.co/YQ36TOp45r
— Giri Sreenivas (@giri_sreenivas) May 30, 2019
Stop using chrome, and well, google in general. Find some awesome replacements!
— ThinkPrivacy (@ThinkPrivacyIO) May 30, 2019
Chrome: @firefox
Gmail: @ProtonMail
Drive: @Nextclouders
Docs: @libreoffice w/ @CollaboraOffice
Search: @DuckDuckGo https://t.co/NEx07eK7x2
Google's Chrome browser will hamper the blocking capabilities of popular ad-blocking extensions. It "threatens" their revenue.
— Paul Devisser (@goopie) May 30, 2019
Another reason to stop using Chrome.https://t.co/0XZUxJ6Tsv
Who would have guessed that giving an ad seller near monopoly of the browser market that they would do this? ? https://t.co/RZUKniuAjx
— n0wak (@n0wak) May 30, 2019
Chrome is what the IE could have been, if it were not for the efforts of Mozilla and the likes.
— Carlos Fenollosa (@cfenollosa) May 30, 2019
DO NOT USE CHROME UNLESS NECESSARY
DO NOT RECOMMEND CHROME TO FRIENDS https://t.co/3LlUnk6s77
Some different but good news on the Chrome extension front. https://t.co/mJKQjwNBqh
— Zack Whittaker (@zackwhittaker) May 30, 2019
#Google Update on Project Strobe: New policies for Chrome and Drive https://t.co/FNGGf6yGJX
— Steve Soleimani (@stevesoleimani) May 30, 2019
Google Chrome extensions will be required to minimize access to user data https://t.co/pPi6mDAFyx pic.twitter.com/VGkMuTAJS6
— The Verge (@verge) May 30, 2019
Google takes a stance against permission-grabbing Chrome extensions.
— Catalin Cimpanu (@campuscodi) May 30, 2019
Chrome extensions that required more permissions than they use will be removed from the Chrome Web Store and disabled in users' browsers starting this fall.https://t.co/CTw7h8OO7h pic.twitter.com/z2Es6lmJ6u
Google takes a stance against permission-grabbing Chrome extensions https://t.co/Bu3r8mlU58 by @campuscodi
— ZDNet (@ZDNet) May 30, 2019
Google making it easy for Microsoft to differentiate Edgium which has a built in tracker blocker https://t.co/l0BtRY0BlU
— Mary Branscombe (@marypcbuk) May 30, 2019
I would have loved to storm out and say something like: "That's it! I'm using Firefox from now on", But then I remembered that Google would then start needling me on Docs and Youtube with messages that my browser is not supported and I should switch to Chrome... https://t.co/NaYIHi6FoE
— Mustapha Hamoui (@Beirutspring) May 30, 2019
Best thing that could happen to Firefox! https://t.co/MxQYbnN7dR
— Tristan Nitot (@nitot) May 30, 2019
Time to get on top of that Pi-Hole strategery https://t.co/SrfnMauuHb
— Jeff Atwood (@codinghorror) May 29, 2019
PiHole + strong /etc/hosts is the solution that goes beyond browsers, that I highly recommend anyone with the ability to apply. https://t.co/ZIrSzSvFdG
— Den ? (@DennisCode) May 30, 2019
If Chrome no longer allows @ublockorigin and @PrivacyBadger I will 100% switch to Firefox or Opera https://t.co/L8VLnZW8Rz
— alicetiara (@alicetiara) May 30, 2019
There's nuance to the issue of Chrome hobbling ad blockers for security, performance, and privacy reasons -- for example, Google has added dynamic filters and is lifting limits content blockers object to. But yeah, it happens to help Google's ad business. https://t.co/3fpGroCmnC
— Stephen Shankland (@stshank) May 30, 2019
If you use google chrome and want to be able to browse the web, I guess you gotta find a different browser.
— Sven Bergström (@___discovery) May 30, 2019
especially in light of the 4 recent CPU security disclosures, where browser level attacks are trivial on intel - this decision by google is BEYOND irresponsible/reckless https://t.co/Lb4SYOkiNU
"Manifest V3 comprises a major change to Chrome’s extensions system, including a fundamental change to the way ad blockers operate. Modern ad blockers, like uBlock Origin, use the webRequest API to block ads before they’re downloaded"
— Dan Masters – OhMDee.com (@OhMDee) May 29, 2019
Bullshit user-hostile move, @googlechrome ? https://t.co/xZGiyOb4hR
ad blocking extensions are labeled as a “risk factor” to Google’s revenues. And of course, that’s why they admitted paying to have their organic ads whitelisted while everyone else realized the consequence of doing this. https://t.co/diw9UADVLG
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) May 30, 2019
The new extension APIs are not going to break content blockers, but it will help them work more safely and potentially faster.
— Chris Palmer (@fugueish) May 29, 2019
Just a reminder why monocultures are bad.
— Paul Fenwick (@pjf) May 30, 2019
Google is an advertising company; it should be no surprise they don't want you blocking ads using software they control. https://t.co/B0HnOABIsY
From Google's 10-K: "New and existing technologies could affect our ability to customize ads and/or could block ads online, which would harm our business." Therefore: https://t.co/e5q07pqz0F
— Kontra (@counternotions) May 29, 2019
Chrome to limit full ad blocking extensions to enterprise users https://t.co/x5R7I1bwpu and why you should consider alternative browsers. Also, we shouldn’t we be past privacy by plug-in & privacy by extension by now? How about privacy by design and default
— Privacy Matters (@PrivacyMatters) May 30, 2019
If Chrome sticks to this decision they will lose market share to browsers that don't. https://t.co/20PdZbvNIL
— Laurie Voss (@seldo) May 30, 2019
Bye bye Chrome! Been a great 10 years but we've grown apart. Just rediscovered @firefox and was pleasantly surprised. Also the perfect moment to install @DuckDuckGo as default search engine. https://t.co/vSKi15xZw3
— Willem de Groot (@gwillem) May 30, 2019
> Google Chrome users will continue to have access to the full content blocking power of their browser extensions, but only if they're paying enterprise customers.
— NiKo` (@n1k0) May 29, 2019
Surprise, what was bound to happen is happening.https://t.co/j5bX8BL8I9
... and this makes quite clear that @ChromiumDev defanging the blocking capabilities of the webRequest API is mostly about the money.
— Giorgio Maone (@ma1) May 29, 2019
A very good chance for a @firefox / @MozWebExt comeback onits privacy & customizationstrengths, like in the early days.https://t.co/iDvittZQMK
Google relents slightly on blocking ad-blockers – for paid-up enterprise Chrome users, everyone else not so much • The Register https://t.co/fDSrswniph
— BrendanEich (@BrendanEich) May 29, 2019
Google Chrome will be limiting network requests from ad blockers unless you're a paying G Suite enterprise customer. Quote from the article:
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) May 29, 2019
"Google's primary business is incompatible with unimpeded content blocking" - Raymond Hill, uBlock Origin authorhttps://t.co/dXBerkT75N
if this is not enough to stop using Chrome NOW. I don't know what it could be. https://t.co/oJf64Ckikk pic.twitter.com/zJNtotNQai
— Marcin Krzyzanowski (@krzyzanowskim) May 29, 2019
Google relents slightly on blocking ad-blockers – for paid-up enterprise Chrome users, everyone else not so muchhttps://t.co/x7DN757vVC
— Frank Denis (@jedisct1) May 29, 2019
An Exercise Program for the Fat Web https://t.co/bWdlsDYc1k pic.twitter.com/eZ7a2Ne0qG
— Jeff Atwood (@codinghorror) May 30, 2019
Google still plans to kill Chrome's existing adblock APIs https://t.co/eagjZ0KX70
— David A. Martinez (@tabatt13) May 30, 2019
Am I the only one not using ad blockers? Always found it a bit ironic to work in marketing/advertising and also use ad blockers. https://t.co/qwzRLDJHG0
— Lily Ray (@lilyraynyc) May 30, 2019
"Brave, also based on Chromium, has ad and tracker blocking built in and enabled by default and thus will block that content regardless of Google's decisions" via "Google holds firm on Chrome changes that may break ad blockers" https://t.co/tJ2YUvmhUO via @CNET
— Brave Software (@brave) May 30, 2019
Okay, go switch to Firefox already! https://t.co/zHxjXdh6As
— Paul Shapiro - SEO Edition (@fighto) May 30, 2019
Hi, hello, today might be a good day to try a different browser. Just try one!https://t.co/wIkLwkV9Ma
— Ethan Gates (@The_BFOOL@digipres.club) (@The_BFOOL) May 30, 2019
Google going to ban ad blockers from chrome
— Kevin Kwok (@kevinakwok) May 30, 2019
Welp. Guess that's goodbye to chromehttps://t.co/gUTbYAam80
Its time to quit Google Chrome.
— Greg Ferro aka ‘Etherealmind’ (@etherealmind) May 30, 2019
Link: Chrome to limit full ad blocking extensions to enterprise users - 9to5Google - https://t.co/TCN6IV4c1Y
I'm posting this from Firefox, my new default browser.
— Curtis “Ovid” Poe (@OvidPerl) May 31, 2019
After @googlechrome trashed all of my passwords & no longer offers me the option to save them (even though I have that option selected), this article about them gutting ad blockers was the last straw: https://t.co/TSSUltZcXo
Google goes ahead in deprecating modern ad-blocking extensions like uBlock Origin in Chrome. But the fine print is that this is an engine change so it will probably get adopted by all Chromium-based browsers:https://t.co/tjsT4P7QCA
— Alex Nedelcu (@alexelcu) May 30, 2019
Chrome to limit full ad blocking extensions to enterprise users. Time to switch to Firefox. https://t.co/6yudZd3uOR
— Mike ? (@MikeNGarrett) May 31, 2019
Well looks like Google isn’t going to listen to Chrome users and Firefox is going to end up on top again! Why does Google always manage to kill their own products? I gotta stop making the mistake of using Google’s stuff in the first place: https://t.co/59fK08Haii
— Nathan Peck (@nathankpeck) May 30, 2019
Did you ever wonder why Google, the biggest advertising company in the world, is investing so much money into making Chrome the most popular browser? Here is the answer: https://t.co/MI3kPYc2FZ
— Frank Karlitschek (@fkarlitschek) May 30, 2019
Google restricts modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users.
— Akshay Kadam(A2K) ? (@deadcoder0904) May 30, 2019
This means you can't use adblockers like uBlock Origin unless you pay for Chrome.
This change comes with Manifest v3.
If you ever need a reason to switch to Firefox, do it now.https://t.co/Vn3VRV2th2
Google obviously has no plans to protect us from massive tracking business model invading our privacy. This is why a new generation of privacy services is needed:
— CryptPad (@cryptpad) May 30, 2019
Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users https://t.co/nDAicVsKN8 via @SkylledDev
Badly hidden detail of browser extensions is their security model was pretty week. It was always way too easy for users to loose data & privacy. This is improving. https://t.co/1SgUe5gF9J
— Lukasz Olejnik (@lukOlejnik) May 31, 2019
lmfao ofcourse this happens the EXACT DAY we planned to launch our chrome/firefox extension xD fml.
— Farza (@FarzaTV) May 30, 2019
sorry boyz.
basically, we're going to be launching tmmro ONLY w/ firefox - and we'll have a waitlist for chrome which will be good to go in 2 weeks.https://t.co/tb3q2PnlP0
Update on Project Strobe: New policies for Chrome and Drive https://t.co/tAZoK6AERr #edchat #edtech
— Kasey Bell (@ShakeUpLearning) May 30, 2019
Google Chrome extensions will be required to minimize access to user data https://t.co/pPi6mDAFyx pic.twitter.com/f5IQ76J3AW
— The Verge (@verge) May 31, 2019
Google Chrome extensions will be required to minimize access to user data https://t.co/HhxKormvI4
— Peggy K (@PeggyKTC) May 30, 2019
An Exercise Program for the Fat Web #pihole https://t.co/JRb59oT27P
— Comfortably Numb (@SandboxGeneral) May 30, 2019
Excellent post from @codinghorror on web bloat, ads, and taking back some control in the face of Google's Chrome shenanigans.https://t.co/eD0XtM7jhL
— Tim Lavoie (@tjlavoie) May 30, 2019