Technology @lemmy.world atrielienz @lemmy.world 3 mo. ago

UBO Lite Pulled from Firefox Store by developer

www.pcworld.com Popular ad blocker uBlock Origin Lite pulled from Firefox store

Due to a conflict with Mozilla, the add-on's developer has taken it off the Firefox Marketplace.

"The uBlock Origin Lite add-on was also accused of collecting user data and running afoul of privacy concerns, which is one of the big reasons why people switch over to the Firefox browser in the first place. Hill [the developer] responded: “It takes only a few seconds for anyone who has even basic understanding of JavaScript to see the raised issues make no sense.”"

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Why would anyone even want to use uBlock Origin Lite on Firefox? It's a stripped down version designed to work with the limitations of manifest V3 in chrome.
- iirc the dev claims its more useful for firefox mobile.
  
  Any details on that? The full uBlock Origin works well on mobile and I don't see how a lite version with reduced blocking effectiveness could be more useful.
- Apparently some users preffered it for Android.
- My guess is that it's used predominantly by people who own budget smart phones. Having lite versions of apps be available to people who don't use thousand dollar flagships I think is kind of important. However, I intended the post to be informational.
  
  Is the lite version more performant?
The Fuck? Might as well use Chromium but am sticking to Safari + AdGuard combo then.
- You can still use the real uBlock Origin instead of the mediocre version Google allows
  
  So, I was suppose the original version would continue to say and somehow ‘only’ the Lite version had a privacy issue?

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