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It might be 1%, best case. Most people are just clueless and think loads of ads are normal. Talking to them about ad-blockers usually goes nowhere in my experience. They don't even know what browser they're using; they just click on the Chrome icon and think it's the "internet icon".

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Yeah, almost everyone will just keep using the reduced-feature ad-blockers that result from MV3.

I think you are underestimating how annoying ads are. I was in a german forum today on my mobile phone and the ads jumped into view for a second and then jumped back out again while I was scrolling. I can't imagine that anyone puts up with this for long. I thought that most people would stay with inferior adblockers but it only takes a couple of such extremely annoying ads to make it through for you to start googling for an improvement.

>I think you are underestimating how annoying ads are.

I think you're underestimating just how much annoyance the general public will put up with. Look at how popular streaming services are, even though they're constantly removing content. I see people complain about it all the time, but they keep signing up for more services.

well currently it blocks youtube ads, if that changes many, many will be moving.

MV3 doesn't stop anyone blocking ads. i've been running exclusively on Safari for years now. zero ads.

I'm not saying you're wrong, but I'm always surprised when people say they never get ads on Safari.

Its one of my major annoyances, that sometimes I do get ads on my iPhone, even with Ad-blockers.

I've almost forgot what having ads in my browser was like using AdGuard for Safari on my MacBook but it seems to miss a lot on my iPhone.

It will when mainstream browsers adopt Manifest v3 and ads get smarter.

There's no need to convince them. Just install Firefox with uBlock Orign on their machine and set it as default. I guarantee they'll enjoy the new and improved web.

Can confirm. I helped my dad switch from a Chromebook to an M1 MacBook Air. He made the comment that it was like going from a moped to a Cadillac. I thought he was talking about how good the Mac is. But he was in fact talking about the fact that I had installed a default browser with ad-blockers.

Yeah. I install uBlock Origin on every browser I come across. Everybody tells me how much better the web is afterwards. Most of the time they can't even articulate why. I know why.

Chrome or Edge will end up their default browser in less than month through some tricky dark pattern.

Install uBlock Origin on those browsers too. It's not perfect but will still significantly improve the status quo.

The whole premise of the discussion is that uBlock Origin is going away, and uBO Lite is a mediocre replacement.

Always have. Always ends up being back to Chrome or Edge next time I get my hands on it.

That's the problem: you have to do it for them, without even being asked. They aren't going to ask for it themselves, because they don't even understand that ads can be blocked. So the whole thing depends on these non-technical people having technical family members to do this stuff for them.

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