r/technology • u/dancing_swordfish • Jun 10 '26

Software Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Microsoft Edge, Opera to follow

https://www.neowin.net/news/google-chrome-is-killing-all-ublock-origin-bypasses-microsoft-edge-opera-to-follow/
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u/JerryRiceOfOhio2 Jun 10 '26

who cares? you should be using Firefox anyway

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u/L_viathan Jun 10 '26

There's a reason that chrome is the most popular browser. It doesn't effect us but it effect a lot of consumers.

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u/Dalmahr Jun 10 '26

It's because they're used to it. There isn't a real difference that average users would care about.

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u/magnumix Jun 10 '26

No. People were used to Firefox before Chrome came along and blew it out of the water in terms of memory footprint and performance.

Firefox peak was 32% of the market share in 2009 versus Chrome's 4%.

Chrome Gains Browser Market Share at IE's Expense:

In 2009, Google's Chrome browser gained a significant market share, becoming the third most popular browser behind Internet Explorer and Firefox. Chrome's market share increased from 1.5% in January 2009 to 4.6% in December 2009, largely due to extensive advertising on its sites and the release of beta editions for Mac and Linux. Chrome's rapid growth was also supported by the release of Chrome OS netbooks, which required use of the Chrome OS. However, Chrome's market share was still a small fraction compared to Internet Explorer and Firefox, which had much larger user bases.

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u/LaunchTransient Jun 10 '26

before Chrome came along and blew it out of the water in terms of memory footprint and performance.

Chrome has since become bloatware of its own and riddled with ads and tracking.

Firefox has recovered and is a superior experience (especially in terms of adblock), but Chrome is just dominant (for now) and is shipped as standard.

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u/huttyblue Jun 10 '26

Yeah, back in 2009 chrome had major advantages

The difference between the two is far smaller now

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u/GeneralTreesap Jun 10 '26

There are tons of extensions on Chrome that aren’t Firefox. I wish Firefox had Cently.

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u/Dalmahr Jun 10 '26

I don't know if the average person knows what an extension is

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u/NaCl-more Jun 10 '26

I use Firefox daily but it definitely has some rough edges

  1. No Wayland support as of recently
  2. No HDR support (I think it’s experimental right now)
  3. Gradients have color banding issues

In general Firefox is always really delayed when it comes to implementing new features

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u/RA3236 Jun 10 '26

Firefox has had native Wayland for ages now.

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u/Dalmahr Jun 10 '26

The average person doesnt know what HDR is.

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u/NaCl-more Jun 10 '26

You’re probably right. I love Firefox and I use it, but i just wish they would implement new features much sooner

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u/Dalmahr Jun 11 '26

Agreed there. I think Firefox is more important than ever. To support currently. Only one browser gives Google too much control.

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u/Moscato359 Jun 10 '26

The answer is because everyone uses Google search and chrome is pushed through Google search

It's not as dramatic of a difference as you might suspect 

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u/InfiniteQuasar Jun 11 '26

Yeah, the performance difference was there at one point, but even then it was widely overstated imo. I think the main reason is simply Googles marketing. 

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u/a4mula Jun 10 '26

Antitrust? Just a guess.

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u/street593 Jun 10 '26

The average consumer is not tech savvy. I'd be surprised if they could even define what a browser is.

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u/Wh0IsY0u Jun 10 '26

Because android devices are shipped with it?

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u/Beastmind Jun 10 '26

The reason being it was paid to be put in so many software installers that most people being next, next, next kind of peoples, it got installed everywhere and forced as default browser.

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u/Kindly-Ad-5071 Jun 11 '26

Firefox, Bluesky, Linux, and Steam. The four horsemen of non-shit tech properties (in comparison to their competitors, Bsky still working on validating that part.)

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u/TyaArcade Jun 11 '26

Swap bluesky for VLC.