Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads

[Windows Central]

Google recently changed Chrome's extension support from the Manifest V2 framework to the V3, killing uBlock Origin.

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[John McIlhinney]

The article talks only about Chrome but does this affect other Chromium browsers too? I'm thinking not but I don't know enough about extension support to know for sure. If not, I'm even happier to be using Edge.

 

[Golfdriver97]

I tried uBlock Lite. It caused a lot of the website that I go to to load much more slowly. I removed the extension, and everything was fine. Guess I am using a different adblocker.

 

[Golfdriver97]

The article talks only about Chrome but does this affect other Chromium browsers too? I'm thinking not but I don't know enough about extension support to know for sure. If not, I'm even happier to be using Edge.

I was under the impression that sooner or later what happens in Chrome will trickle down to other forks.

 

[joshcsmith13]

Here's the confirmed bad news, assuming that @Kevin Okemwa got it right this time: https://www.windowscentral.com/soft...s-keep-intrusive-ads-at-bay-for-a-year-longer