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Daniel Micay
@DanielMicay
An accurate/informative thread about the proposed changes in Chrome by the uBlock Origin developer, summarized in this conclusion: twitter.com/gorhill/status I recommend reading that thread and skipping all the fake news falsely claiming Chrome is removing support for ad-blocking.
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R. Hill
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I am not against the declarativeNetRequest API, and I am not arguing against the stated advantages -- they are legitimate. I am against the conversion of the webRequest API into a passive one and other changes crippling uBO's ability to seamlessly function as it does now.
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Rich Felker
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You're seriously misrepresenting the thread you quoted, where UBO author says the new declarative filtering is not sufficiently powerful to implement UBO, regardless of filter count limit.
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Daniel Micay
@DanielMicay
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@RichFelker
I wasn't not summarizing what he said but rather adding some information which wasn't mentioned in the thread. You say that I'm misrepresenting what he said, but it's really you misrepresenting what I said right here. It's absolutely not what I said in those tweets.
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Rich Felker
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His thread is highly critical of Google's move. You're quoting it in a context of claiming folks are over-reacting in a way that implies it backs up that claim. Or at least that's how I read it...
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Daniel Micay
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My words speak for themselves: twitter.com/DanielMicay/st That's not what I said. I told people to read his thread criticizing what they're changing, rather than reading the fake news completely misrepresenting what is happening. The people spreading misinformation aren't helping.
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Daniel Micay
@DanielMicay
An accurate/informative thread about the proposed changes in Chrome by the uBlock Origin developer, summarized in this conclusion: twitter.com/gorhill/status I recommend reading that thread and skipping all the fake news falsely claiming Chrome is removing support for ad-blocking.
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Daniel Micay
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The Chromium developers and Google are countering the claim that they're dropping ad-blocking support by pointing out that they aren't doing that. It was completely counterproductive to have this fake news cycle distracting from the actual issues with their proposed changes.
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Daniel Micay
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There's now going to be an official response pointing out that they aren't dropping ad-blocking support. The actual issues are going to be completely missed, and I doubt they will be included in the official response. I find these cycles extremely counter-productive / harmful.
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