Goodbye Vivaldi, thanks for all the fish

barbudo2005

Look this post (and following) and then we talk:

https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/79579/manifest-v3-webrequest-and-ad-blockers/252

PS:

Valid for all those with those little phrases like “if uBO is not here” I'm leaving.

greybeard

@barbudo2005
uBO and Decentraleyes are two must haves for me. If they are dumbed-down too much by the goofle world view, they may become almost useless.
The Extensions page tell me to look for an alternative to Decentraleyes, there is none.

greybeard

@mib2berlin
On my win10 machine uBO no longer works and I am forced to use the dumbed-down ‘lite’ version.

mib2berlin

@greybeard
Hm, I cant imagine the OS plays a role here, Windows 11:

greybeard

@mib2berlin
When I tried to add a rule a few weeks ago I got a message to replace it. Perhaps because I identify as ‘Edge’ because I am so dependent on Microsoft for now.

mib2berlin

@greybeard
I didn't check this further.
Some here recommended AdGuard V3, it has the most features of uBo.

barbudo2005

@greybeard

Said:

uBO and Decentraleyes are two must haves for me.

For all those who think like that, I put this post demonstrating that it is possible to replace all uBO functions with Adguard, and more importantly not to lose the valuable history that has been entered into uBO over the years:

1.- User rules
2.- Trusted sites
3.- My rules

PS:

I use LocalCDN (fork of Decentraleyes) and I have the same problem.

barbudo2005

@greybeard

Said:

On my win10 machine uBO no longer works..

Did you apply the policy?

mib2berlin

@barbudo2005
Iirc I don't have this enabled.
@greybeard
You can add a registry entry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Policies\Vivaldi]
"ExtensionManifestV2Availability"=dword:00000002

barbudo2005

@mib2berlin

Or:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Vivaldi]
"ExtensionManifestV2Availability"=dword:00000002

mathieulefrancois

@jane-n this is great to know!

greybeard

@barbudo2005 Will try that configuration out when I get time. Busy week.

greybeard

@barbudo2005 Applied but not working.

greybeard

@mib2berlin Great to know!!

mib2berlin

@greybeard
You can check this with open vivaldi:policy, I have this enabled on Linux but I use uBo Lite there.

barbudo2005

@greybeard

Said:

Applied but not working.

Did you check vivaldi:policy ?

Maybe it is too late to apply it.

electryon

@Zalex108 said in Goodbye Vivaldi, thanks for all the fish:

@lietu said in Goodbye Vivaldi, thanks for all the fish:

Unfortunately the only option left is Firefox

Not sure how long...
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/101603/ublock-origin-lite-maker-ends-firefox-support-due-to-hostile-dispute-with-mozilla

Hill is a Firefox user, he will never remove uBO from AMO unless he has to.
uBO is a recommended extension in AMO. Which means there is human review for uBO.
So what happened with uBOL can't happen with uBO.
And honestly I think Firefox didn't want uBOL, a limited ad blocker, in their store.
It's defamatory lol to have lite ad blockers in your store when you have fully charged recommended ad blockers like uBO and Adguard MV2.

greybeard

@barbudo2005 said in Goodbye Vivaldi, thanks for all the fish:

@greybeard

Said:

Applied but not working.

Did you check vivaldi:policy ?

Maybe it is too late to apply it.
`
No I hadn't. I really don't understand the policy page. :slapforhead

barbudo2005

@greybeard

Said:

I really don't understand the policy page.

It allows you to know if the policy was applied and therefore to know if the registry editor was properly modified.

In Windows 10:

greybeard

@mib2berlin
Does not work.
I get no reaction when trying to edit any of these values.