Der Pepe (Hubzilla) ⁂ ⚝

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 23:30:47 +0200

pepecyb@hub.hubzilla.hu

Hab heute mal (nach langer Zeit) wieder #vivaldi gestartet, um mir die Neuerungen der Version 7 anzuschauen.
Mir war ja bekannt, dass uBlock Origin und uMatrix da bald rausfliegen (obwohl Vivadi anfangs ja beteuert hat, das nicht zu vollziehen... ihren eingebauten Werbeblocker können sie sich getrost dorthin schieben, wo die Sonne nie hinscheint). Eigentlich nicht so das Drama, weil ich eh hinter einem Pi-Hole sitze und zur Not mit Hosty den Dreck ausfiltern könnte. Um Skripte gezielt zuzulassen oder zu unterbinden könnte ich ja No-Script verwenden... dachte ich.

Aber nein... No-Script fliegt auch bald raus, weil es den Anforderungen nicht mehr genügt.

Und dann habe ich mal die Addons durchgeschaut, die ich installiert habe und die ich überwiegend für unverzichtbar halte... ich wollte es kaum glauben... das alles fliegt raus:

Add to Shaarli
Cookie AutoDelete
Feedbro
LocalCDN
uBlock Origin
uMatrix
Unpaywall

Neee Freunde, ein #chrome -basierter Webbrowser kommt für mich echt nicht mehr in Frage. Es bleiben also echt nur noch #firefox und seine "Derivate".

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Sat, 26 Oct 2024 08:07:49 +0200

flo

fasnix@dresden.network

@pepecyb
Wait, what??

@jon
You can't be serious in removing uBlock Origin and other AddOns from #Vivaldi!
I always trusted you and recommended your browser.
Please explain and tell me that this is not true - would be very disappointing!

@Vivaldi

Sat, 26 Oct 2024 12:01:47 +0200

Der Pepe (Hubzilla) ⁂ ⚝

pepecyb@hub.hubzilla.hu

@flo

It is indeed the case. I remember that Vivaldi ‘promised’ over a year ago that it would make it possible to use Manifest v2 add-ons in the future.

But now they have probably realised that they would have to intervene too deeply in Chromium's web engine. They would probably rather use their manpower for even more bells and whistles in the UI. In any case, they are now bowing to the dictates of Google and will throw v2 overboard and only enable v3, which prevents the use of many add-ons. And they justify this (which I find dishonest) by saying that v2 would slow down the browser sooo much due to its mechanism. But we shouldn't be sad, they say. After all, they had built in their own great ad blocker functionality. You can hang your hat on that.

Vivaldi was the only alternative to the Firefox browsers that I used from time to time. What a pity... For me, they have shot themselves in the foot with it.

See here: Manifest v3 update: Vivaldi is future-proofed with its built-in functionality

If you want to know how much this affects you, open the addon management. It will show you the list of your add-ons that will be removed ‘in the near future’. They will then be forcibly deactivated and you will no longer be able to undo this.