Starting June 2024, adblockers such as uBlock Origin and many other extensions on Chrome will no longer work as intended. Google Chrome will begin disabling extensions based on an older extension platform, called Manifest V2, as it moves to the more limited V3 version.
Hmm, weird. Using an ad-blocker is basic security advice at this point because Google and other ad companies don’t vet their advertisers properly, so malware or phishing often makes its way into ads. But yes, believe Google’s lies and stop using an ad-blocker for “security reasons”. Honestly, these shitty big tech corporations should just go fuck themselves.
It’s funny. Seeing this post was the catalyst for me to finally set Firefox as the default browser on my phone and start using it daily. Going to set it up on my work laptop tomorrow too.
Also stop using Google as your search engine, there are much better options like DuckDuckGo. You can also use Startpage if you like Google search results, it’s a meta search engine that pulls everything from Google without exposing you to Google tracking.
Q: “dark haired actress from witcher show”
Google: “Anya Chalotra (born 1994 or 1995) is a British actress primarily known for her role as Yennefer of Vengerberg in the Netflix original series The Witcher”
DDG: “The Witcher (TV Series 2019- ) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb”
Q: “AA203”
Google: “American Airlines flight 203, Amsterdam to Philadelphia: Arrived at 308pm”
DDG: “AA203 (AAL203) American Airlines Flight Tracking and History - Flightaware”
Q: “time signature of mission impossible theme”
Google: “5/4 time”
DDG: “Theme from Mission: Impossible
American television theme music
“Theme from Mission: Impossible” is the theme tune of the TV series Mission: Impossible. The theme was written and composed by Argentine composer Lalo Schifrin and has since gone on to appear in several other works of the Mission: Impossible franchise, including the 1988 TV series, the film series, and the video game series. Wikipedia…”
Q: “Golang test for string empty”
Google: “In Golang, we can do this by:
Comparing it with an empty string.
Evaluating the length of the string; if it’s zero, then the string is empty, and vice versa.” DDG: "stackoverflow.com › questions › 18594330 › what-is-the-best-way-to-test-for-an-empty-string-in-go
What is the best way to test for an empty string in Go?"
Q: “aoe4 finding landmarks”
Google: “Reddit: How do you know which buildings are landmarks?”
DDG: "ageofempires.fandom.com › wiki › Landmark
Landmark | Age of Empires Series Wiki | Fandom"
These were just a handful of queries I threw at the two. Google often gives the exact answer with no other searching needed. DDG never does. When the results are links and they’re different, the Google results are simply better. Anybody objective who uses the two search engines knows this. Only someone with an axe to grind would pretend that DDG is anywhere near as good.
This reads like "gun makers softens triggers on guns to improve gun safety" or "baby formula makers poison baby food to build up babies' tolerance to poisoned baby food"
Yeah, malware is often distributed via ads. They also track+expose information that could be used for spear phishing, identity theft and so on, if it falls into the wrong hands. So, ad blocking is certainly recommended for security.
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