Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon

[gregmcc]

Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon

Google's Chrome Web Store is now warning that the uBlock Origin ad blocker and other extensions may soon be blocked as part of the company's deprecation of the Manifest V2 extension specification.

www.bleepingcomputer.com

Google's Chrome Web Store is now warning that the uBlock Origin ad blocker and other extensions may soon be blocked as part of the company's deprecation of the Manifest V2 extension specification.

"This extension may soon no longer be supported because it doesn't follow best practices for Chrome extensions," reads the Chrome Web Store page for uBlock Origin.

The warning includes a link to a Google support bulletin that states the browser extension may be disabled to protect users' privacy and security.

Manifest V2 support timeline | Chrome Extensions | Chrome for Developers

Details of the Manifest V2 phase-out and end of life.

developer.chrome.com

We will now begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable. This change will be slowly rolled out over the following weeks.

 

[PaulGherkin]

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

firefox FTW

 

[killerbyte]

Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon

Google's Chrome Web Store is now warning that the uBlock Origin ad blocker and other extensions may soon be blocked as part of the company's deprecation of the Manifest V2 extension specification.

www.bleepingcomputer.com

Manifest V2 support timeline | Chrome Extensions | Chrome for Developers

Details of the Manifest V2 phase-out and end of life.

developer.chrome.com

This whole issue is the reason why I moved over to Firefox on all my devices.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Brave browser it is then ...

 

[PaulGherkin]

firefox FTW

Ah that memory hog

 

[Bernoldus Niemand]

Just use https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh?hl=en or Windscribe MV3

 

[gregmcc]

Just use https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh?hl=en or Windscribe MV3

It's not just uBO. What about all the other incompatible MV2 extensions.

Might re-look at Brave again.

 

[killerbyte]

Firefox won me over on my mobile devices because it supports the adblocker extension.

 

[RedViking]

So they just need to upgrade their extensions then. Simple.

 

[Bernoldus Niemand]

It's not just uBO. What about all the other incompatible MV2 extensions.

Might re-look at Brave again.

Not sure of many others that still use MV2. Brave is good though I use it on Windows and as a backup on Apple.

 

[Bernoldus Niemand]

Firefox won me over on my mobile devices because it supports the adblocker extension.

Brave has it build in on mobile.

 

[Fulcrum29]

So they just need to upgrade their extensions then. Simple.

I use Adguard on my mobile devices, and my internal network is blocked with selective whitelisting.

uBlock did announce a 'lite' version some time ago:

uBlock Origin Lite - Chrome Web Store

A permission-less content blocker. Blocks ads, trackers, miners, and more immediately upon installation.

chromewebstore.google.com

Though there are many people who don't trust Adguard (because Russia), their extension is good, and their LTD paid plans are on special all the time.

Ghostery still works, and they also have a browser now.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

So they just need to upgrade their extensions then. Simple.

read somewhere a while back that it is not quite so simple apparently

in order to intercept some ads the ad-blockers rely on certain aspects of the "old architecture" that would no longer exist once they upgrade i.e. they would not work as well as before, hence why they've been resisting

something like Brave then starts to make more sense where the ad-blocking is built-in and does not rely on extensions

 

[RedViking]

read somewhere a while back that it is not quite so simple apparently

in order to intercept some ads the ad-blockers rely on certain aspects of the "old architecture" that would no longer exist once they upgrade i.e. they would not work as well as before, hence why they've been resisting

something like Brave then starts to make more sense where the ad-blocking is built-in and does not rely on extensions

Old adons brings security risks. There is a reason Chrome/Google is making the change. Yes, Google is Evil, but so are the people behind these Adblockers. Hopefuly it will lead to better security for everyone. There are fortunately other tools and browsers as well, so there is no reason for Google to still support adons with high risks.

 

[Ecco]

Might re-look at Brave again.

Been using this as my primary browser on my phone, works pretty great. I even gave the twitter (yes i X) app a skip and access it on the browser so I don’t have to see all the adds.

Takealot site doesn’t work well, that’s about the only one I have found issues with. So thumbs up for Brave from me.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Ah that memory hog

a memory hog that blocks adverts, whats wrong with that?
the less adverts the better, as if we dont see enough adverts everywhere clocking up our websites.

 

[BBSA]

I prefer to block ads on dns level.

 

[Akasha]

Firefox won me over on my mobile devices because it supports the adblocker extension.

If it's got dark mode (on mobile), I'm in

 

[killerbyte]

If it's got dark mode (on mobile), I'm in

it does.