Hacker News: red_alpacalypsehttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=red_alpacalypseHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sat, 04 Jul 2026 01:56:46 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by red_alpacalypse in "Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extension"]]>Well, yes. I never said otherwise. But he is not the one to respond.

Instead I'd like a reply from the Orion PM, because they are the ones throwing around seemingly misleading claims about their product.

]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:17:58 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48488835red_alpacalypsehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48488835https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48488835<![CDATA[New comment by red_alpacalypse in "Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extension"]]>uBlock Origin Lite had a TestFlight and now works fine as a Safari extension on iOS.

uBlock Origin never claimed their Firefox extension works in Orion. So I don't think they need to respond.

]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:55:25 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48486691red_alpacalypsehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48486691https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48486691<![CDATA[New comment by red_alpacalypse in "Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extension"]]>Exactly. And that is why I find the parent comment from the Orion PM misleading at best.

Because it sounds like uBlock Origin works on iOS, when in reality it doesn’t and probably won‘t in the forseeable future.

]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:56:54 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48480136red_alpacalypsehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48480136https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48480136<![CDATA[New comment by red_alpacalypse in "Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extension"]]>While you can install the Firefox uBlock Origin extension in Orion on iOS, it doesn't block any ads.

This has been reported for some time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43203237

Could you please clarify?

]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:01:41 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48476448red_alpacalypsehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48476448https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48476448