Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoGoogle Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabledwww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square350fedilinkarrow-up1910arrow-down111cross-posted to: firefox@lemmy.ml
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minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·edit-22 months agoWhat I’m scared is publishers taking this as a reason to simply start banning Firefox and other browsers.
minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoYeah but can’t you just get a thing that tells things that you’re using chrome when you’re not
minus-squareFashim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoYeah I’ve got an extension for it, it just changes the user-agent string. I use it on YouTube because for some totally not suspicious reason Firefox won’t play videos but when I spoof it to Chrome everything works fine.
minus-squareTJDetweiler@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI’ve noticed significant YouTube quality degradation when using Firefox, but no issues with Chrome. Got a link for the extension by any chance?
minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agohttps://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-string-switcher/
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt takes more than changing your user agent to msk which browser you use. It’s trivial to know which browser you’re really using if they really want.
minus-squaremadcaesar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI’m pretty sure it’s much easier to mask your browser than detect the correct browser. In the end you’re just hitting a server for data, you fully control the call that is made.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThere are things you can’t do with extensions alone, like change how certain JS and CSS internals work.
minus-squaretehWrapper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoOr google to lock parts of its ecosystem behind chrome only.
minus-squareMaiznieks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoOh, publishers don’t want my traffic? Oh, nooo…
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoPublishers don’t care about traffic thay only costs them money.
minus-squareWhatYouNeed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoAn ecom site decides to block 5% of web traffic and potential sales? Now tell the marketing team you are turning away 1 in 20 potential customers because (well, not really sure why) and see what they have to say.
What I’m scared is publishers taking this as a reason to simply start banning Firefox and other browsers.
Yeah but can’t you just get a thing that tells things that you’re using chrome when you’re not
Yeah I’ve got an extension for it, it just changes the user-agent string.
I use it on YouTube because for some totally not suspicious reason Firefox won’t play videos but when I spoof it to Chrome everything works fine.
I’ve noticed significant YouTube quality degradation when using Firefox, but no issues with Chrome.
Got a link for the extension by any chance?
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-string-switcher/
It takes more than changing your user agent to msk which browser you use. It’s trivial to know which browser you’re really using if they really want.
I’m pretty sure it’s much easier to mask your browser than detect the correct browser. In the end you’re just hitting a server for data, you fully control the call that is made.
There are things you can’t do with extensions alone, like change how certain JS and CSS internals work.
Or google to lock parts of its ecosystem behind chrome only.
Oh, publishers don’t want my traffic? Oh, nooo…
Publishers don’t care about traffic thay only costs them money.
An ecom site decides to block 5% of web traffic and potential sales?
Now tell the marketing team you are turning away 1 in 20 potential customers because (well, not really sure why) and see what they have to say.