Google is finally killing uBlock Origin in Chrome for good
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  • ceenote@lemmy.world
    0·
    16 days ago

    I can think of no greater gift they can give Firefox.

    Yes, I know there are better browsers, but Firefox will probably see the biggest bump in users.

    • FiniteBanjo@programming.dev
      0·
      16 days ago

      They might eventually try to pressure Firefox as well, as google is actually the largest funding contributor to Firefox. I wonder what the Open Source license dictates with the GECKO engine that firefox maintains? Could somebody make a fork and profit off of it or would we be forced to a different browser framework entirely?

      • RobotToaster@mander.xyz
        01·
        16 days ago

        It wouldn’t be the first time they screwed over extension developers (see XUL extensions being discontinued)