The people using Chromium based browsers are all huge suckers. It's just a fact
this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2026
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I wouldn’t say anyone using Chromium. Brave and a few others are still good options. But Firefox is the goat of course.
I'm using librewolf for most tasks but just FYI you can try ladybird with three lines of git and its coming along nicely. Additionally Kagi's WebKit browser Orion is looking really great and the flatpak for that is available right now.
Play with them and report bugs. These guys have been making serious progress this year.
I’m not sure I’d recommend Ladybird or Orion for general use yet. Orion is still getting there on Linux, ladybird is in deep development.
…Why not a good fork? Like Zen, Librewolf, or if you need Chromium compatibility, Helium?
Won't helium be affected by this change? They bundle Unlock Origin, so they will not be able to do that if they want to follow chromium still. They may have to swap to forking off Brave who uses their own blocking engine.
Indeed. Though they are still two versions away from depreciation:
https://github.com/imputnet/helium/issues/1746
No idea how they’ll handle it, but yeah, they could lift Brave’s engine. Cromite also has its own adblocker they could pull in as a patch.
Like I said at the top of my post I use librewolf for most tasks. Definitely don't think anyone should be making daily driver decisions right now. Just raising awareness.
I'm excited that there are alternative browser engines being developed, but I lost a lot of enthusiasm for Ladybird when I learned more about the lead. Servo is another browser project coming along nicely, although Servo is closer to webkit than it is a fully fledged browser.
You and me both about Ladybird… it was such a blow even I read about the lead.
I'm not happy about it either but one vile man pales in comparison to the vile empire as far as potential damage to the net, so I'm keeping tabs on it as it goes... Well see what happens.
I wonder if this will effect adnauseam.io
Yes, it will. It’s already very finicky with chrome, and it will stop working:
https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/Install-AdNauseam-on-Chromium-browsers
This will also be an existential issue for downstream browsers that ship Ublock, like Helium (though forks with their own blocker engine like Cromite or Brave will continue to work).
I switched to uBlock Origin Lite when all this shit started up, is that one going away too?
Nope. Ublock lite was made for Manifest V2 depreciation, specifically.
It’s not as effective as full UBlock though. I notice it missing elements or bugging some pages out when I use it on others’ PCs.
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Chrome is for work stuff, nothing else.
I can't really research a topic for work without an adblocker. The experience is too miserable, everything is riddled with advertisements!
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