Firefox says it will keep supporting uBlock Origin even as Microsoft Edge and other Chromium browsers phase it out under Manifest V3.

  • Crashumbc@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    True although how true the statement is, in the US at least, is in doubt given the current government leadership and direction.

    • lemmyvore@feddit.nl
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      2 hours ago

      True but they can’t rely on the US alone. They have to do business elsewhere. Funding Firefox is a ridiculously cheap way of making sure they can operate with impunity everywhere. It’s brilliant, really.

    • Jiral@lemmy.world
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      19 hours ago

      It is bad enough if anti-trust actions get moving against a functional monopoly in the EU. Really bad for business … of the monopolist.

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      19 hours ago

      They would just have to funnel the money, one last time, but to a different direction. It’s not corruption if “he” takes the money…