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We’ve been anticipating it for years, and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the extension will soon no longer be available because it “doesn’t follow the best practices for Chrome extensions”.

Now that it is finally happening, many seem to be oddly resigned to the idea that Google is taking away the best and most powerful ad content blocker available on any web browser today, with one article recommending people set up a DNS based content blocker on their network 😒 – instead of more obvious solutions.

I may not have blogged about this but I recently read an article from 1999 about why Gopher lost out to the Web, where Christopher Lee discusses the importance of the then-novel term “mind share” and how it played an important part in dictating why the web won out. In my last post, I touched on the importance of good information to democracies – the same applies to markets (including the browser market) – and it seems to me that we aren’t getting good information about this topic.

This post is me trying to give you that information, to help increase the mind share of an actual alternative. Enjoy!

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I've said it before and I'll say it again. If your site doesn't work on Firefox your site doesn't work. As web developers your job is to develop applications for the web not for one specific browser. This goes double for essential services.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Doesn't really matter to a regular user, in that case it's"Firefox doesn't work"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (3 children)

My job requires login to most internal websites via Microsoft Azure AD SSO using Kerberos authentication using passwordless, smart card auth.

This switch happened this week. Up until yesterday I was 100% Firefox until this.

Firefox for MacOS is not able to do this. I spent an hour or so looking for solutions. Chrome on MacOS also doesn't. Safari does and now I have to fucking use Safari FFS.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Could be worse. You could have to use Chrome.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Eh, I'd still take Chromium anything over the dumpster fire that is Safari

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

why? safari is faster and far less bloatad? chrome is literally a fork off safari.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I read this in my history and for a second thought it was in response to my other comment, which also is true

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/14163106

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Check some of Firefox's about:config flags. A number of years ago I enabled something related to Kerberos for my previous company's (simpler) Microsoft SSO on a Mac, it may still be available and enough to work for you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I did. Unfortunately for the Mac it's a no-go. It was a good 10 year run :(

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Just tryna save you from the failed abortion that is Safari

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

"ugh just use a normal browser"

  • everyone
[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

That's some BS. You and i both know that Chromium has the largest share in the browser business, so it makes sense from a development perspective to develop websites that will reach the most people. It's on Firefox to optimise their browser so that it can run these sites as well.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A single company shouldn't be able to dictate how the web works.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Well too bad, because that's how things are

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Wrong again, sparky.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

On the same line of thought, we should remove sidewalks and bike lanes because cars use the road more

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's a pretty crooked line of thought

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

line

I see what you did there...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

firefox uses the standard, chrome are adding some non-standard crap to be anti-competitive. same shit microsoft did with internet explorer and caused it to eventually be replaced by chrome waybackwhen once law finally told them to back off.

it's not up to firefox, it's up to the law to step in and prevent google from doing anti-competitive non-standard shit.