Chrome Web Store warns end is nigh for uBlock Origin

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Back in June, Google's Chrome Web Store began alerting users of uBlock Origin who had developer-oriented versions of Chrome that the popular ad-filtering extension could soon stop working.

With the stable release of Chrome 127 on July 23, 2024, the full spectrum of Chrome users could see the warning. One user of the content-blocking add-on filed a GitHub Issue about the notification.

"This extension may soon no longer be supported because it doesn't follow best practices for Chrome extensions," the Chrome Web Store (CWS) notification banner explained.

But Google is being too cautious in its language. uBlock Origin (uBO) will stop working entirely when Google Chrome drops support for Manifest v2 – which uBlock Origin and other extensions rely on to do their thing. When Manifest v2 is no longer supported by Chrome, uBlock Origin won't work at all – that's what Google should be telling users.

 

https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/06/chrome_web_store_warns_end/

 

[Good Bot, Bad Bot]

This was covered the other day on Neowin --> https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/

uBlock Origin does have a Manifest v3 supported extension which of course is partially gimped-->   https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh

The real solution is of course not to use Chrome. I have been using Firefox forever myself. I hope Google got my warning was ending my use of Chrome even as secondary browser last year.

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Good catch.

Thanks.

[Brandon H Supervisor]

Google can push Manifest v3 if they want to gimp ad blocking but people will just either move to AdGuard if they wish to keep using Chrome, or they'll move to other browsers like FireFox in order to keep using the proper uBlock.

Brave has also been getting recommended, but their devs seem to be getting more shady so I'm reluctant to recommend it any more.

[Tech Intellect]

On 06/08/2024 at 16:53, Brandon H said:

Google can push Manifest v3 if they want to gimp ad blocking but people will just either move to AdGuard if they wish to keep using Chrome, or they'll move to other browsers like FireFox in order to keep using the proper uBlock.

Brave has also been getting recommended, but their devs seem to be getting more shady so I'm reluctant to recommend it any more.

Thanks for sharing this! I’m currently using the AdBlock add-on and this effectively blocks Youtube ads - it’s awesome! I hope Chrome don’t end support for this 👌