Thanks for the kind words. I'm not worried about not having any other developers. It's an open-source project. If "something happens to me", which could also happen to the uBlock Origin developer, someone will either fork it, or no one will care, and it wasn't deserving of a fork anyhow. In my experience, having multiple developers complicates things if there isn't a project manager present.
As far as having beta versions, Firefox is basically my beta, as they get updates pushed within 10 minutes of me uploading it. I test everything pretty thoroughly, and the proxy server allows me to be very nimble in terms of managing a bad provider.
I won't be roping in an ad-blocker. Different product category entirely. One of Osprey's benefits is that it can't see what's on the pages you visit, so there's no way for it to covertly monitor the content that's on your banking pages, for example. Osprey is compatible with almost anything!
You are welcome.
I disagree, I think some projects that were abandoned were worth continuing.
Like ClamTK, since there is no other working option in the Ubuntu App Center for those who want a free and open source antivirus scanner with a GUI.
I do agree that some / maybe many were not necessary.
That is also my concern with uBlock Origin, like when the original uBlock was abandoned, fortunately Gorhill continued on with uBlock Origin, for now.
I have seen too many projects die, when the sole developer has decided to quit / retire / et cetera.
Especially free and open source projects, which are my favorite.
When possible there should never be one point of failure.
Having others to continue a project is important I think.
It is a shame that a group like the EFF is wasting their time on Privacy Badger when it would be better for them to support uBlock Origin / uBlock Origin Lite and Osprey Browser Protection, in my opinion.
This is a bigger issue for me because I am often helping people and recommending various free things to help them, whether at my public library IT job, or people I help for free outside of work.
When projects die / get abandoned, those people will be left with nothing, unless they notice and return for another free alternative.
Which is not likely, because most people I help do not even pay attention or notice, usually.
As far as beta testing, I think that it would be wise to test the providers, a few beta testers would not hurt.
Then you will not have to keep adding and removing so many providers if they were to be tested beforehand.
But it is cool that you have your own ways to respond to things quickly.
Links to all three below:
Firefox (en-US)
