• hedgehog@ttrpg.network
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        4 months ago

        They aren’t. From a comment on https://www.reddit.com/r/ublock/comments/32mos6/ublock_vs_ublock_origin/ by u/tehdang:

        For people who have stumbled into this thread while googling “ublock vs origin”. Take a look at this link:

        http://tuxdiary.com/2015/06/14/ublock-origin/

        "Chris AlJoudi [current owner of uBlock] is under fire on Reddit due to several actions in recent past:

        • In a Wikipedia edit for uBlock, Chris removed all credits to Raymond [Hill, original author and owner of uBlock Origin] and added his name without any mention of the original author’s contribution.
        • Chris pledged a donation with overblown details on expenses like $25 per week for web hosting.
        • The activities of Chris since he took over the project are more business and advertisement oriented than development driven."

        So I would recommend that you go with uBlock Origin and not uBlock. I hope this helps!

        Edit: Also got this bit of information from here:

        https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/32ory7/ublock_is_back_under_a_new_name/

        TL;DR:

        • gorhill [Raymond Hill] got tired of dozens of “my facebook isnt working plz help” issues.
        • he handed the repository to chrismatic [Chris Aljioudi] while maintaining control of the extension in the Chrome webstore (by forking chrismatic’s version back to himself).
        • chrismatic promptly added donate buttons and a “made with love by Chris” note.
        • gorhill took exception to this and asked chrismatic to change the name so people didn’t confuse uBlock (the original, now called uBlock Origin) and uBlock (chrismatic’s version).
        • Google took down gorhill’s extension. Apparently this was because of the naming issue (since technically chrismatic has control of the repo).
        • gorhill renamed and rebranded his version of ublock to uBlock Origin.
        • IDew@lemm.ee
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          4 months ago

          Some people are so greedy smh

          I just love how Raymond thinks about donations. “Money is not my motivation.” And forwards to the people that contribute the most by provoding filter lists for everyone!