On Sun, Mar 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM Marc Shapiro <marcns...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was looking into Brave the other day, but what stopped me was the lack > of anything to replace Video Download Helper. Am I missing something? > Is there a way to download YouTube videos in Brave, or do I stick with > Firefox? > You may want to try out KDE's Falkon Web Browser. It is fast. It comes with ad blocking. Cosmetically it looks good in KDE. > > Marc > > > On 3/6/25 1:25 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 21:50:27 +0100, KISER JD wrote: > >> The Chromium-based browsers will soon lose many adblock capabilities > due to Manifest V3. > >> > > When I updated google-chrome-stable the other day, it informed me > > that it was disabling uBlock Origin. Thus began my own search for > > some answers. I'd never even *heard* of Manifest until that moment, > > so I was starting from square zero. > > > > (Short answer: Manifest is a sort of browser extension API. It defines > > what capabilities an extension may use. Google is phasing out version 2 > > of the Manifest API in favor of version 3, which offers fewer features.) > > > > However, I don't use a lot of extensions, and uBlock Origin was the > > only one that was disabled by the upgrade. For me, the question wasn't > > really "How can I get uBlock Origin to work again?" I mean, it's a > > great extension, and I loved having it. The real question, though, was > > "How do I get ad blocking to work again?" > > > > Because, let's face it, the Web without an ad blocker is just not a > > pleasant experience at all. > > > > One of the possible answers was to switch to "uBlock Origin Lite", > > which is less capable (it can't "phone home" to update its block lists > > because Manifest v3 doesn't permit that), but may still be good enough > > for most people. > > > > Another answer is to use Firefox. In my case, I'm already doing that. > > I run both Firefox *and* Chrome (up until the other day), with one set > > of tabs in Firefox, and another set in Chrome. So, I was looking for > > a replacement for Chrome that isn't Firefox. > > > > I ended up installing Brave. Sure, it's Chromium-based, and it will > > eventually drop support for Manifest v2 extensions, including uBlock > > Origin (even though it's supported right now). But it has its own > > built-in ad blocking *by default*, so you don't actually *need* uBlock > > Origin to have a satisfactory environment. > > > > I urge people to investigate the various browsers that are out there > > and choose for themselves. Everyone's needs are different, so it's > > good that there are multiple choices available. > > > > -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
