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The Death of webRequest API & uBO? Not likely, at least for now.
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<blockquote data-quote="Burrito" data-source="post: 793925" data-attributes="member: 72439"><p>The subject matter of this thread potentially has a more real and tangible effect on many of us than the vast majority of discussions here at MT. </p><p> </p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Ad blocker uBlock Origin “can no longer exist” if a proposed change to Chrome goes through. That’s according to <a href="https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=896897&desc=2#c23" target="_blank">Raymond Hill</a>, the developer of uBlock Origin and uMatrix, in a comment on Chromium’s bug tracker. </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>....</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Beside causing uBO and uMatrix to no longer be able to exist, it’s really concerning that the proposed declarativeNetRequest API will make it impossible to come up with new and novel filtering engine designs, as the declarativeNetRequest API is no more than the implementation of one specific filtering engine, and a rather limited one (the 30,000 limit is not sufficient to enforce the famous EasyList alone).</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>....</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>It’s a tradeoff. Browser extensions like uBlock Origin can no longer implement their own filtering engine, but the filtering engine will be a speedy one built into Chrome itself. The whole industry has been moving toward more limited browser extensions. Despite what some people have feared, Google isn’t using this as an opportunity to kill off ad blockers. </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 9px"><a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/fyi/chrome-may-get-faster-ad-blocking-while-breaking-ublock-origin/" target="_blank">Chrome May Get Faster Ad Blocking While Breaking uBlock Origin</a></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p></p><p>Some of us may lose uBO and/or uMatrix, some of us may change browsers based on changes.</p><p></p><p>I've tried most of the major browsers and prefer straight-up Chrome, and I use and like uBO on most of my computers. But... maybe the change will end up being good. </p><p></p><p>Thanks to the participants on this thread who have helped me understand the potential changes.</p><p></p><p>I'll be watching..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Burrito, post: 793925, member: 72439"] The subject matter of this thread potentially has a more real and tangible effect on many of us than the vast majority of discussions here at MT. [INDENT][I]Ad blocker uBlock Origin “can no longer exist” if a proposed change to Chrome goes through. That’s according to [URL='https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=896897&desc=2#c23']Raymond Hill[/URL], the developer of uBlock Origin and uMatrix, in a comment on Chromium’s bug tracker. [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]....[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Beside causing uBO and uMatrix to no longer be able to exist, it’s really concerning that the proposed declarativeNetRequest API will make it impossible to come up with new and novel filtering engine designs, as the declarativeNetRequest API is no more than the implementation of one specific filtering engine, and a rather limited one (the 30,000 limit is not sufficient to enforce the famous EasyList alone).[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]....[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]It’s a tradeoff. Browser extensions like uBlock Origin can no longer implement their own filtering engine, but the filtering engine will be a speedy one built into Chrome itself. The whole industry has been moving toward more limited browser extensions. Despite what some people have feared, Google isn’t using this as an opportunity to kill off ad blockers. [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][SIZE=9px][URL="https://www.howtogeek.com/fyi/chrome-may-get-faster-ad-blocking-while-breaking-ublock-origin/"]Chrome May Get Faster Ad Blocking While Breaking uBlock Origin[/URL][/SIZE][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] Some of us may lose uBO and/or uMatrix, some of us may change browsers based on changes. I've tried most of the major browsers and prefer straight-up Chrome, and I use and like uBO on most of my computers. But... maybe the change will end up being good. Thanks to the participants on this thread who have helped me understand the potential changes. I'll be watching.. [/QUOTE]
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