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I tried transitioning to FF from Chrome several times, but it just feels so unresonsive and slow in comparison. I really wanted to, but ultimately couldn't.

On a side note: You can manually install uBlock and just continue using it:

- Enter chrome://flags in chrome’s URL input

- Search for ‘Allow legacy extension manifest versions’

- Enable it and relaunch browser

- Download the latest zip file of uBlock version from github: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases

- Under Assets, download the chromium zip and extract it

- Open the extension page in chrome, click the Load Unpacked button on top left side load (enable Developer Mode in the top right if it doesn't appear), then select the extracted folder.



> You can manually install uBlock and just continue using it

Only with Chrome 138 and lower. Chrome 139 will not support Manifest V2 anymore.

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate...

Seriously, use Firefox if you want to use uBlock Origin.


Oh! :/


FWIW uBlock Origin Lite (the MV3 version of uBlock Origin) seems pretty much just as good, at least to me.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/...

I don't use a ton of custom filters or rulesets though, so YMMV.



For what it's worth, rudimentary (but persistent) css-based filters with a nifty element picker was implemented two weeks ago:

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/0b0294af4f

It's great, and it still even works permissionless!


Understandable. I tried moving from Firefox to Chrome but I couldn't. Pages are so slow to load and there are adds everywhere.


Right there with you. I cannot understand how people manage to use Chrome without an ad-blocker. It's just so slow and makes my laptop heat up and run out of memory...


I'm curious what would make you even want to try with all the shenanigans Google has been up to. It seems obvious that its a bad idea.


I wanted to see just how bad is raw Chrome experience on Android. I've learned my lesson.


What parts felt unresponsive and slow?




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