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by _noqo 2768 days ago
I ask about renaming the product back in 2016 [1] and the author response was:

I won't change the name -- it is too well established now.

It's unfortunate that ublock.org causes confusion, but in the end he is hurting himself more in the long run than he is hurting uBlock Origin, it's a conscious choice he made to scam people,[1][2] he will have to deal with whatever consequences there is doing so.

[1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/1451

1 comments

I did not know that. Well, I am sorry that he has to deal with this BS. These kind of issues drains a lot energy especially when it comes to OS software.