“The uBlock Origin Lite add-on was also accused of collecting user data and running afoul of privacy concerns, which is one of the big reasons why people switch over to the Firefox browser in the first place. Hill [the developer] responded: “It takes only a few seconds for anyone who has even basic understanding of JavaScript to see the raised issues make no sense.””

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      1 month ago

      You can still use the real uBlock Origin instead of the mediocre version Google allows

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        1 month ago

        So, I was suppose the original version would continue to say and somehow ‘only’ the Lite version had a privacy issue?