The ad-blocking landscape is in line for some standardization, starting with the blocklists’ synthax. …read more Source:: Open Source S
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Apple neutered ad blockers in Safari, but unlike Chrome, users didn’t say a thing
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•On the other hand, everyone was busy blasting Google for a similar plan in Chrome. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Mozilla says update to Firefox extensions API won’t kill ad blockers
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•Like Brave, Opera, and Vivaldi, Mozilla distances itself from Google’s planned extensions update that is anticipated to hinder ad blockers in Chrome. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Google promises to play nice with ad blockers (again)
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•Google relaxes control on new Chrome extensions API that would have crippled ad blockers. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Google backtracks on Chrome modifications that would have crippled ad blockers
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•Google changes stance on upcoming Chrome Manifest V3 changes as benchmark shows they lied about performance hit. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Chrome API update will kill a bunch of other extensions, not just ad blockers
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•Chrome extensions for antivirus products, parental control enforcement, and various privacy-enhancing services also affected. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Google cuts fake ad blockers from Chrome Store: Were you among 20 million fooled?
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•Bogus ad-blocker extensions in the Chrome Web Store trick millions of people into installing them. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Ad network circumvents blockers to hijack browsers for cryptocurrency mining
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•An advertising network has come up with a way to ignore ad blockers in order to serve cryptocurrency mining scripts to visitors. …read more Source:: Open Source S