2026 Resolution: If Mozilla Tampers with "ublock Origin", I'm Giving It Up
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A passionate declaration to abandon Mozilla if it "tampers with uBlock Origin" in 2026 sparked a lively debate about the future of browser extensions and the potential consequences of such a move. Commenters questioned the author's assumption that Mozilla would compromise uBlock Origin, with some pointing out that DNS blocking is no substitute for the robust filtering capabilities of uBlock Origin. As the discussion unfolded, some users revealed their contingency plans, including setting up a PiHole or switching to a Chromium-based browser with uBlock Origin Lite, while others pinned their hopes on emerging alternatives like Ladybird. The thread highlights the deep affection for uBlock Origin and the unease surrounding Mozilla's potential decisions.
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It'll be the last straw for me.
uBlock Origin Lite (2024): https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-lite-maker-ends-fi...
there are many other sources - DYOR
There are some things to be angry at Mozilla, but I'm not sure how you can read the exact opposite of what was being said in this case.
The only way to do ad-blocking these days is with DOM manipulation.
I’ve heard enough from multiple sources about Ladybird’s creator to know that I don’t wish to support him and it’s not a recent view
You can believe in a kind of political "butterfly effect" where every little action you take has a meaningful effect on the world, but I don't think it's useful.
Downloading a browser may well put a thousandth of a smile on the face of someone you think is a bad dude, but if you give a shit about bad things happening in the world this is miles away from a good use of your time and energy.
My views on Ladybird’s creator stem from his behaviour long before he started creating a browser or an OS
Choosing not to use it doesn’t cost me any time or energy!
Safari as of MacOS 26 is buggy as hell, and I don't care for its new UI at all.
Firefox seems to be going in a direction I don't want to follow.
Chrome is openly user hostile.
All of the various forks have problems - they just seem like ways to extract money from you (e.g. they just send the data to MSFT instead of GOOG, they push you to some crypto thing), or they have serious limitations (e.x. no access to extension marketplace without hacks, abondware, slow to get security updates)...
I'm honestly at a loss for an option I want to use.
Oh.