| ▲ | Transparency efforts behind the Helium Browser(helium.computer) |
| 24 points by twapi 3 hours ago | 15 comments |
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| ▲ | NetOpWibby 6 minutes ago | parent | next [-] |
| I just set Helium as my default browser yesterday after dual-wielding it with Arc. Never thought I'd move on from Arc but here we are. |
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| ▲ | feverzsj an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| They messed up basic color scheme, making it almost unusable. [0]: https://github.com/imputnet/helium/issues/1532 [1]: https://github.com/imputnet/helium/issues/1850 |
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| ▲ | duskdozer an hour ago | parent [-] | | This is mostly an argument for full user customization. I'm willing to bet some people prefer the current scheme. Presumably the developer(s). |
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| ▲ | willtemperley an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| In the same sense that a blockchain can be forked by using software that only accepts certain types of block, is it possible to fork the WWW in a similar manner? e.g. with changes that neuter the ad-mongers. For example coming up with a way to get rid of these god awful cookies. Maybe ad-monger sites could be allowed in the same way an insecure connection is allowed behind a series of warnings? |
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| ▲ | vitally3643 an hour ago | parent [-] | | The internet is literally just a pipe. There's no limitation binding us to HTTP. You can use any protocol you want over the internet, anything at all. | | |
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| ▲ | pogue 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| How are they going to be adding uBlock Origin to Chromium going forward if manifest v2 gets completely deprecated/removed entirely? |
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| ▲ | gruez 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | AFAIK some of the other chromium forks (brave and/or edge?) were committed to backporting manifest v2 (or more specifically the webRequestBlocking API) for future chromium versions. | | |
| ▲ | bjord an hour ago | parent [-] | | this is not correct. neither brave nor edge has committed to that. as of yet, there's no (publicly stated) contingency plan if the upstream mv2 code is excised, but I could be mistaken. |
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| ▲ | feverzsj 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Nothing. It will be a huge burden for them to maintain all the removed code. Their only choice is to integrate brave's adblocker. | | |
| ▲ | pogue an hour ago | parent [-] | | This seems to be the only way forward from what I can figure. Helium's main selling point is that it's essentially degoogled chromium + a few miscellaneous patches & full uBlock. But once Google completely strips all that out of Chromium project, that won't be a tenable option. I'm not sure what Opera/Vivaldi/et al. use for their native adblocking, but Brave's rust adblocker makes the most sense to me. Really it's uBlock's filtering lists that keep the whole thing working anyway. |
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| ▲ | mrbluecoat 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| > cause havoc, and put people first An odd pairing |
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| ▲ | tancop 29 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | if you follow wukko on twitter you know it makes sense. its the same guy who made cobalt the video downloader. | |
| ▲ | willtemperley 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Not really. Every activist that made a real difference for the good caused some kind of havoc. |
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