HACKER Q&A
📣 drimphgol

Has Gmail stopped working for you with uBlock Origin on Chrome?


Noticed since a couple of days ago that my Gmail and Google Workspace emails weren't loading on Chrome while they continue to work on Firefox.

And then I realised today that when I turn off uBlock origin on Chrome, then my emails start loading again on Gmail.

Is this happening to others? Is Google actively trying to kill all adblockers in Chrome this way?


  👤 drimphgol Accepted Answer ✓
Seems like a ublock origin bug. Proposed solution here: https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/t2n77i/gmail_...

👤 kornhole
I suggest you practice browser isolation and use chrome only for Google logged in services without ublock. Use other private browsers for other stuff with ublock (Librewolf or brave).

👤 davidstoker

👤 qchris
It's not just on Chrome--I ran into this issue on Firefox 96.0 as well today, and had to got to Setting -> "Purge My Cache" -> "Update Now" to get back to normal.

👤 ck2
It's the filter lists you are subscribed to.

Sometimes they get a bad rule in them and then they don't fix it for a day or two, or you have to purge the rule caches and reload from source.


👤 modriano
Yeah, I also observed it on Firefox. I was able to view emails by turning off only the "disable cosmetic filtering" filter.

👤 danychok
I "fixed" gmail not showing body of emails while ublock is installed by toggling off the "cosmetic filtering".

Oddly on my other computer I didn't have to do this.


👤 pabs3
Might be a good idea to switch to an IMAP client instead?

👤 qwertox
Keep in mind that you can always create a second browser profile just for your email. This profile then doesn't require an ad blocker.

👤 mootzville
Use Brave, it's Chrome without the cruft, and you probably won't need ublock anymore as it has built-in ad blocking.

👤 m4rc3lv
Yes! Exactly this. My wife uses a Chrome book.

👤 rtsil
Working fine on Chrome 98.0.4758.102.

👤 seanw444
I'm on the latest Firefox build, and I just checked, and I'm not experiencing this.

👤 leros
I've had a few sites I normally use break today and start working after I turn off uBlock.

👤 jimbob45
Toggle off/toggle on uBO appeared to solve the issue for me.

👤 travoc
I switched to Protonmail and Google immediately stopped reading my e-commerce receipts to surreptitiously influence my purchasing habits.

👤 terrycody
Its working well on Firefox though.

👤 sahin
My gmail is acting weird as well

👤 keithnz
Working fine with Edge.

👤 IceWreck
Update your uBO filters.

👤 ramphastidae
Happened to me as well.

👤 smegsicle
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👤 SlimShady747
Affirmative

👤 muzika
Same here.

👤 avazhi
Yes

👤 ilyaasraja
Sorry Dia costumer i dont help you

👤 trident5000
Why is anyone using Chrome would be my first question.

👤 spacehome
No, because I broke up with Alphabet years ago.

👤 johndfsgdgdfg
This is an wake-up call for everyone to migrate to other email service providers. Google only cares about invading our privacy, showing ads and making money. Thre's no reason to use products from a company like that.