I might agree only if these addons are extremely easy to add for a "normie"
user back into GNU icecat as they choose.
1. normie downloads GNU icecat
2. normie clicks and downloads GNU icecat addons with a single click from the
GNU icecat website
3. everyone is happy and nobody gets what they do not want.
we shouldn't be forcing anyone to have or not have something.
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23. Sep 2016 13:51 by [email protected]:
>
> Please do not take this as anything but constructive criticism. I fully
> understand how limited the resources are, and I firmly believe that even in
> the present state icecat & most of the bundled features are incredibly useful
> and effective. I am merely trying to point out some directions for future
> development, once the resources are plentiful :)
>
>
>
> I believe icecat should do something more drastic than simply switch the
> adblocker. Something needs to change in the way features are added. It was a
> technical mistake to put core functionality into an existing adblocker, just
> as it is far from ideal to bundle https everywhere. This practice robs users
> of their freedom to choose addons, and it breaks icecat when it is repackaged
> for inclusion into a distribution (maintainers have to choose between locking
> users into a specific addon combination, or stripping addons, with both
> options clearly bad).
>
>
>
> One cromulent way to include functionality is by producing own in-house
> addons, like LibreJS, which minimize the interference with other addons by
> narrowing their function and keeping a separate namespace.
>
>
>
> Instead of writing features into an adblocker or httpser, these features need
> to be decoupled, so that users are free choose among dozens of functional
> equivalents, without sacrificing the extra privacy provided by gnuzilla code.
>
>
>
> On Friday, September 23, 2016 09:48:36 Sedov Andrey wrote:
>
> > Adblock Plus began to distribute advertising (Acceptable Ads Platform
>
> > <> https://AcceptableAds.com/Platform> >) = Adblock Plus died. uBlock Origin
>
> > is the only solution.
>
> >
>
> > 23.09.2016 08:56, David Hedlund пишет:
>
> > > I think it is time to build Spyblock from Adblock Plus (ABP) to uBlock
>
> > > Origin (uBO).
>
> > >
>
> > > Adblock Plus is as usually the most popular add-on on
>
> > > addons.mozilla.org but have grow less popular over time, while uBlock
>
> > > Origin is currently the 6th most popular add-on on addons.mozilla.org
>
> > > and have grow more popular over time. uBlock Origin one of the fastest
>
> > > trending add-on I've seen.
>
> > >
>
> > > uBO has dozens of features that's missing in ABP. For example uBO can
>
> > > block popunders that ABP cannot.
>
> > >
>
> > > --
>
> > > > http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
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