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| From | The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.security.misc, comp.misc, alt.privacy |
| Subject | Re: Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently |
| Date | 2019-01-30 15:34 -0800 |
| Organization | None, as usual |
| Message-ID | <q2tcau$nat$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <q2gp9t$j8o$2@neodome.net> <q2i74b.590.1@nieveler.org> <5c4dff5a$0$22347$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> <q2md07.d6g.1@nieveler.org> <q2t6rn$uv4$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 01/30/2019 02:01 PM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
> In comp.misc Juergen Nieveler <Juergen.Nieveler@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 27.01.2019 19:58, Dirk T. Verbeek wrote:
>>> Op 26-01-19 om 17:58 schreef Juergen Nieveler:
>>>> Worst case, you can still use a proxy server
>>> Normal case, you use a good browser.
>>
>> If only there was one... Chrome and Edge will soon be frontends for the
>> same engine, Opera too, Safari never was a good browser to begin with,
>> and Firefox, while having the potential, pisses off users on a frequent
>> basis by adding suspicious stuff without warning. Remember when they
>> added advertising for "Mr Robot" by labeling it as "experiment"?
>
> I can think of a few "good" browsers, to my definition. The one I
> choose is Dillo, and it doesn't need any ad-blocker extensions.
>
> The problem is that the web in general is only designed for Chrome
> and Firefox (with the latter possibly under threat as well given
> its usage share), so the problem isn't finding good browsers, but
> finding a good web.
I'm noticing more and more websites that I've used for a long time
having inoperative parts with Firefox but not with Chrome. I hate
Chrome, but I'm forced to use it. Like the bad old days when everything
was aimed at Internet Explorer.
Most recent annoyance is being unable to sort ebay results by price (or
anything else) rather than 'best match'.
--
Cheers, Bev
"Not everyone can be above average so why
shouldn't we be the ones to suck?"
--Anonymous School Board Member
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