If you don't want to switch browser, I think you'll have to look at filtering outside of the browser (local proxy, or DNS block).
On Sun, 13 Jul 2025 16:30:46 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:
If you don't want to switch browser, I think you'll have to look at
filtering outside of the browser (local proxy, or DNS block).
It seems several people are switching to Firefox because of this.
Now that Google has finally carried out its plan to make Chrome
incompatible with uBlock Origin, sites I used to read almost every
day are now just about unusable with unwanted ads, especially video
ads, and popups.
Any recommendations for an ad blocker that still works in Chrome?
Stan Brown <someone@example.com> wrote:
Now that Google has finally carried out its plan to make Chrome incompatible with uBlock Origin, sites I used to read almost every
day are now just about unusable with unwanted ads, especially video
ads, and popups.
Any recommendations for an ad blocker that still works in Chrome?
uBlock Origin *Lite* (Manifest v3 support) https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh
Privacy Badger https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/privacy-badger/mkejgcgkdlddbggjhhflekkondicpnop
uBO Lite does not have a log or
Expert Mode, and, as I recall, also did not let you add user rules. uBO
Lite does have a element picker to let you add rules to blocks those,
like a banner, but I quit using that a long time ago even when using the original uBO (MV2) since sites kept changing the element's ID that you
used in a rule to block that element. Old element rules became defunct. Google does that with their stupid "you should switch to Chrome" crap
when you visit their web sites with a non-Chrome web browser. You can
block that element for a short time, and then it comes back when Google changes the element ID upon which your rule was defined.
On Sun, 13 Jul 2025 16:30:46 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:
If you don't want to switch browser, I think you'll have to look at
filtering outside of the browser (local proxy, or DNS block).
It seems several people are switching to Firefox because of this.
Stan Brown <someone@example.com> wrote:
Now that Google has finally carried out its plan to make Chrome
incompatible with uBlock Origin, sites I used to read almost every
day are now just about unusable with unwanted ads, especially video
ads, and popups.
Any recommendations for an ad blocker that still works in Chrome?
uBlock Origin *Lite* (Manifest v3 support) https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh
Adguard Adblocker https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/adguard-adblocker/pdffkfellgipmhklpdmokmckkkfcopbh
Privacy Badger https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/privacy-badger/mkejgcgkdlddbggjhhflekkondicpnop
These tend to overlap a lot, but each often catches something the others didn't. I had all 3 in Edge Chromium, but eventually reduced to just
Adguard (that comes bundled with Edge). uBO Lite was too crippled.
Adguard has a log you can view to see what got blocked, or converted to different rule types. Using that log lets you determine what additional
user rules you can add to Adguard. uBO Lite does not have a log or
Expert Mode, and, as I recall, also did not let you add user rules. uBO
Lite does have a element picker to let you add rules to blocks those,
like a banner, but I quit using that a long time ago even when using the original uBO (MV2) since sites kept changing the element's ID that you
used in a rule to block that element. Old element rules became defunct. Google does that with their stupid "you should switch to Chrome" crap
when you visit their web sites with a non-Chrome web browser. You can
block that element for a short time, and then it comes back when Google changes the element ID upon which your rule was defined.
While Brave, a Chromium variant, blocks pings (to track on what
hyperlinked you clicked), Edge, Chrome, and other Chromium variants do
not. So I added:
Ping Blocker https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ping-blocker/jkpocifanmihboebfhigkjcdihgfcdnb
It does not have its own logger of what it blocked. You go into Dev
Tools, Network, to see what pings (hyperlink auditing), beacons, and
CSPs (reporting Content Security Policy violations; see https://github.com/gorhill/ublock/wiki/Dashboard:-Settings) got blocked
by Ping Blocker. uBO (MV2) had options to block CSPs, and hyperlink auditing, but not uBO Lite (MV3). I think Brave would block all those,
too, but only in strict mode.
On 7/13/25 8:24 AM, Stan Brown wrote:
Now that Google has finally carried out its plan to make Chrome
incompatible with uBlock Origin, sites I used to read almost every
day are now just about unusable with unwanted ads, especially video
ads, and popups.
Any recommendations for an ad blocker that still works in Chrome?
Hi Stan,
Both Chrome and Edge are terrible spyware to
start with.
Best if you switch to Brave Browser:
https://brave.com
it has automatic ad blocking
no spying
uses the same rendering engine that Chrome uses (Blink)
is considered grandparent safe
has a great community forum
If it works in Chrome, it will work in Brave.
(It is a "Blink" thing.)
You can import all your chrome stuff into it too.
Even if you do not care about being spied on, Brave
is faster than Chrome as it not wasting time sending
your stuff to others.
It used to be good - now very slow.
I'm on Opera, but quite like Brave.
Both will sync to androids.
A good hosts file works with everything, but of course you don't get features like logs.
T wrote:
Stan Brown wrote:
Now that Google has finally carried out its plan to make Chrome
incompatible with uBlock Origin, sites I used to read almost every
day are now just about unusable with unwanted ads, especially video
ads, and popups.
Any recommendations for an ad blocker that still works in Chrome?
...
Best if you switch to Brave Browser:
https://brave.com
...
Thanks but it needs Windows 10 or 11 unless you download the older compatible version
- https://archive.org/details/brave-browser-for-windows-8.1-and-7
IIRC there is no option to install it anywhere other than the OS drive/partition which is normally C: in Windows.
Where did you see that Brave "needs Windows 10 or 11"?
wasbit <wasbit@REMOVEhotmail.com> wrote:
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Where did you see that Brave "needs Windows 10 or 11"? Even if Brave
does not support prior versions of Windows, the OP posted in the Windows
10 and 11 newsgroups. If the criteria you mention were true, how does
it impact the OP?
On 14/07/2025 15:06, VanguardLH wrote:
wasbit <wasbit@REMOVEhotmail.com> wrote:
snip <
Where did you see that Brave "needs Windows 10 or 11"? Even if Brave
does not support prior versions of Windows, the OP posted in the Windows
10 and 11 newsgroups. If the criteria you mention were true, how does
it impact the OP?
From the main page link provided by T I found
What are the system requirements to install Brave?
- https://support.brave.app/hc/en-us/articles/360021357112-What-are-the-system-requirements-to-install-Brave
Sunsetting support for Windows 7 and 8/8.1
- https://support.brave.app/hc/en-us/articles/11197967945613-Sunsetting-support-for-Windows-7-and-8-8-1
It doesn't impact the OP. It was information for other readers.
VanguardLH wrote:
wasbit <wasbit@REMOVEhotmail.com> wrote:
snip <
Where did you see that Brave "needs Windows 10 or 11"? Even if Brave
does not support prior versions of Windows, the OP posted in the Windows
10 and 11 newsgroups. If the criteria you mention were true, how does
it impact the OP?
From the main page link provided by T I found
What are the system requirements to install Brave?
- https://support.brave.app/hc/en-us/articles/360021357112-What-are-the-system-requirements-to-install-Brave
Sunsetting support for Windows 7 and 8/8.1
- https://support.brave.app/hc/en-us/articles/11197967945613-Sunsetting-support-for-Windows-7-and-8-8-1
It doesn't impact the OP. It was information for other readers.
wasbit <wasbit@REMOVEhotmail.com> wrote:
VanguardLH wrote:
wasbit <wasbit@REMOVEhotmail.com> wrote:
snip <
Where did you see that Brave "needs Windows 10 or 11"? Even if Brave
does not support prior versions of Windows, the OP posted in the Windows >>> 10 and 11 newsgroups. If the criteria you mention were true, how does
it impact the OP?
From the main page link provided by T I found
What are the system requirements to install Brave?
-
https://support.brave.app/hc/en-us/articles/360021357112-What-are-the-system-requirements-to-install-Brave
Yesterday I could not get to any *.brave.app web page. Something was
wrong or missing for their site cert at their .app TLD. Their .com had
a proper site cert, but their site cert was missing at their .app
domain, and their server refused http connections. Their .app domain is working today, so they fixed whatever was momentarily wrong.
Sunsetting support for Windows 7 and 8/8.1
-
https://support.brave.app/hc/en-us/articles/11197967945613-Sunsetting-support-for-Windows-7-and-8-8-1
It doesn't impact the OP. It was information for other readers.
But other web browsers (e.g., Firefox) often have a cutoff on OS version
at some version of their program. They move forward to something
required from a newer OS version, so users have to decide to upgrade
their OS, or stick with an old version of the program.
With Firefox, for example, to run on Windows 7 or 8 means you're stuck
back to Firefox 115 as the latest version that runs on that OS version.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-users-windows-7-8-and-81-moving-extended-support
Same for the Brave web browser. Their Github project site has downloads
for older versions of Brave, but I didn't see an easy lookup table where
you could pick the OS version to find out what was the latest version of Brave that ran on that OS version. Tis probably the same for every web browser that ever existed: old versions can only support a range of OS versions, and eventually there is too much change in later OS versions
to properly support running older versions. Same for video drivers, and
most software.
The thing about Firefox 115, is it is frozen in terms of features,
but if a CVE showed up, the next 115 release (can't last forever!)
could have the CVE fix in it. This maintains the security of the
product. Similarly, the certificates the product ships with, the latest certificates can be put in the certificate store.
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