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    I use uBlock Origin and disable all the Firefox stuff, no need for two. And now that they are using shit from Brave, I will disable that crap from a horrid company.

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      it’s an open source component built on the same system as ublock. it’s good for firefox that they add stuff people actually want.

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        They could just have easily built in the ublock origin plugin and not gone with braves implementation, a browser that is plagued with justified scandal.

        Why Firefox would tie its fate to its disgraced founder is beyond me.

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            Sure, so they should have used some of that AI cash to rebuild ublock origin in rust, or push it further along the path to web assembly its already on.

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              The code is literally right there for the taking. Why would they spend the time rebuilding something when they could just have it for free?

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                Because then they would have something better and would have improved one of the most popular extensions in their browser?

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            Hes also a bigot that was removed from leadership at Mozilla that has run multiple scams via Brave, all while taking Thiel bucks. What’s your point?

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              i think i misunderstood your earlier reply, i thought you were talking about eich as the founder of brave, but you meant that he was the founder of firefox.

              yeah he sucks.

              i don’t think he wrote the adblocker though.