Advice Wanted Best alternative for uBlock Origin on Chrome?

Kevin

Kevin

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For the Chrome* users..... with Google pushing out the latest update that disables uBlock Origin, what alternatives are folks using? šŸ¤” Are folks just re-enabling the extension for now (while they can) or switching over to alternatives?




* For a number of reasons Chrome will remain my primary browser for now.
 
Kevin said:
For the Chrome* users..... with Google pushing out the latest update that disables uBlock Origin, what alternatives are folks using? šŸ¤” Are folks just re-enabling the extension for now (while they can) or switching over to alternatives?




* For a number of reasons Chrome will remain my primary browser for now.
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I no longer use Chrome (I don't trust Google); but I've seen Ghostery and AdGuard recommended, as uBlock Origin replacements.
 
Is it also blocked in Chromium? I know Iā€™m out of the loop on this, but whatā€™s to say Google wonā€™t be going after other similar browser extensions in the near future?
 
Kevin, I second Brave.

I use it on all our devices - 2x mobile phones; multiple tablets; multiple PCs; laptops.

Zero ads. Blocks all trackers, etc (I also run MalwareBytes Premium on everything, or whatever they're calling it these days).

No poxware since sometime in the late 1990s, except on my web site, which is out of my control, at that level.

Unfortunately, my refurbished Dell Latitude laptop is running W11, which is a joke, and an advertising platform. Dell support informed me that I will void their 3 year, on site warranty if I back grade it to W10, for which I have a licence.
 
I'm still running Mozilla Firefox with Ublock Origin (and Privacy Badger) on Desktops, phone and Lenovo Tab. Though I find Mozilla is making FF worse with every update and I have to jump through more hoops every time to configure it the way I want it. I'd probably move to Brave at some point.


The devs behind Ublock Origin say they're continuing developing a Manifest 3 version that should work on Chrome. But knowing Google they'll fight it tooth and nail.
 
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John King said:
Unfortunately, my refurbished Dell Latitude laptop is running W11, which is a joke, and an advertising platform. Dell support informed me that I will void their 3 year, on site warranty if I back grade it to W10, for which I have a licence.
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They upgraded my office desktop to a Dell laptop with W11 around New Years.....the number of registry hacks and settings menus I had to go through to get it to be remotely usable (for I am of the old breed and really set in my ways) If only I was allowed into the Group Policy Editor. And I still run into Microsoft back-handedness / dark patterns that I absolutely despise. W11 is truest sample of "enshitification".
 
Mr_Flibble said:
They upgraded my office desktop to a Dell laptop with W11 around New Years.....the number of registry hacks and settings menus I had to go through to get it to be remotely usable (for I am of the old breed and really set in my ways) If only I was allowed into the Group Policy Editor. And I still run into Microsoft back-handedness / dark patterns that I absolutely despise. W11 is truest sample of "enshitification".
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Rick, I got onto an Australian tech today. We spoke the same language, both literally and figuratively.

He informed me that I would NOT void my warranty (3 year, next day, on-site) if I back grade to W10 Pro (not Home!), and install a 2TB Kingston Hyper Fury Renegade PCIe4 NVME.2 SSD in slot 2. He even checked what I can install, and I said "What about running an SSD in the SATA slot with a SATA3 adapter?" He hadn't thought of that, but checked and said that while Dell don't supply such adapters, it should be fine, but at SATA3 speeds.

I have his name and number, and a note recording our conversation - it's the bloody accountant in my DNA ...

So I will order a couple of the Kingston 2TB SSDs next week, and pop the existing 512 GB NVME.2 SSD currently in the Dell into my main workstation as a scratch disk.

My workstation can have 4x NVME.2 SSDs plus 6x SATA3 HDDs, or 6x SSDs plus 4x HDDs (SATA3 devices, 1 is a Blu-ray burner, so 3x HDDs).

Completely agree about the enshitification. W10 is not brilliant (not as solid as W7 Pro), but infinitely superior to W11 Pro!
 
Mr_Flibble said:
I'm still running Mozilla Firefox with Ublock Origin (and Privacy Badger) on Desktops, phone and Lenovo Tab. Though I find Mozilla is making FF worse with every update and I have to jump through more hoops every time to configure it the way I want it. I'd probably move to Brave at some point.


The devs behind Ublock Origin say they're continuing developing a Manifest 3 version that should work on Chrome. But knowing Google they'll fight it tooth and nail.
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Or perhaps one of the FF forks - Librewolf etc
 
John King said:
Rick, I got onto an Australian tech today. We spoke the same language, both literally and figuratively.

He informed me that I would NOT void my warranty (3 year, next day, on-site) if I back grade to W10 Pro (not Home!), and install a 2TB Kingston Hyper Fury Renegade PCIe4 NVME.2 SSD in slot 2. He even checked what I can install, and I said "What about running an SSD in the SATA slot with a SATA3 adapter?" He hadn't thought of that, but checked and said that while Dell don't supply such adapters, it should be fine, but at SATA3 speeds.

I have his name and number, and a note recording our conversation - it's the bloody accountant in my DNA ...

So I will order a couple of the Kingston 2TB SSDs next week, and pop the existing 512 GB NVME.2 SSD currently in the Dell into my main workstation as a scratch disk.

My workstation can have 4x NVME.2 SSDs plus 6x SATA3 HDDs, or 6x SSDs plus 4x HDDs (SATA3 devices, 1 is a Blu-ray burner, so 3x HDDs).

Completely agree about the enshitification. W10 is not brilliant (not as solid as W7 Pro), but infinitely superior to W11 Pro!
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Isn't support for Win10 ending later this year though? I do recall something about being able to buy extended (security) support but wasn't that just for businesses?
 
DaveNJ said:
Isn't support for Win10 ending later this year though? I do recall something about being able to buy extended (security) support but wasn't that just for businesses?
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It's been tentatively priced out at $30 for the first year for non-business entities. Subsequent years are still a question as to availability.

I've got one box that has to stay Windows. LOML has 2 that are Win10, but she could live with a Linux distro as all she is doing is internet and mail stuff.

All my other boxes (including the 10-year-old laptop I'm currently typing on) are running Linux.
 
DaveNJ said:
Isn't support for Win10 ending later this year though? I do recall something about being able to buy extended (security) support but wasn't that just for businesses?
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Dave, I don't care about end of support. Microsoft usually wraps up all its fixes in the last service pack (update) for its products, and I make sure that I save this permanently.

I get my security from a) my ISP performs real time poxware scanning on everything; b) my modem is pretty tightly tied down; and c) each device runs both it's own security, plus MalwareBytes Premium.

Once "support" has ended, I look forward to years and years of stable use, without the annoyance of dubious "upgrades/updates".

I would still be using Windows 7 Pro except that I missed the patch for NVME.2 SSD support, and Microsoft have removed it from their website, in an act of bastardry ...

I'm still using my unlimited commercial licence for Microsoft Office Pro 2003, including the proper Outlook desktop client.

Works perfectly for my purposes.

Same with Adobe Acrobat 11.

I own four licenses for Windows Pro, and an installation CD for Windows 10. Only three of those licences are currently in use, so I can use the remaining one, if Microsoft will not accept the additional licence key that came with my laptop for Windows 11 Pro for Windows 10 Pro.
 
John King said:
Dave, I don't care about end of support. Microsoft usually wraps up all its fixes in the last service pack (update) for its products, and I make sure that I save this permanently.
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John King said:
I own four licenses for Windows Pro, and an installation CD for Windows 10. Only three of those licences are currently in use, so I can use the remaining one, if Microsoft will not accept the additional licence key that came with my laptop for Windows 11 Pro for Windows 10 Pro.
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I have discovered that the licence that came with the laptop for Windows 11 Pro is also valid for Windows 10 Pro.

I have extracted it using the following command line tool:

How do I find my Windows product key from command prompt

The Short Version
  1. Press the Windows key and R keys, simultaneously.
  2. Type cmd in the run dialogue box. and hit the - Enter key.
  3. in the resulting cmd.exe window type this code:


  4. wmic path softwareLicensingService get OA3xOriginalProductKey

5. After entering the above command .. press - Enter


The product key, will be displayed : Write it down and keep it
in a safe place : close the "CMD-Prompt screen" after.

I did a screen dump, and printed it, to avoid transcription errors!
I also wrote it down manually, then double checked them against each other.
 

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