As Google Chrome disables uBlock Origin and other unsupported extensions, rivals like Brave and now Opera have confirmed they will support it. The latter has explained how it hopes to do so.
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Brave has reminded users about how much better it is than Google Chrome as the latter begins disabling MV2 extensions like uBlock Origin.
ICYMI, Google has confirmed it would soon make it impossible to keep using unsupported Chrome extensions like uBlock Origin.
Google Chrome is testing a new change to completely remove the option to enable unsupported extensions, including the likes of uBlock Origin and more.
An official Windows Registry hack exists that allows users to keep using uBlock Origin as well as other similar Manifest V2 extensions that are no longer supported on Google Chrome.
Google is ready to phase out Manifest V2 extensions in Chrome and its store. The company announced that the process will gradually begin on June 3 with the aim to complete the transition by early 2025
Google says that it won't disable Manifest V2 in January 2023 in developer-focused builds like Dev, Canary, and Beta as earlier planned due to insufficient time for testing and unresolved bugs.
This edition of Microsoft Weekly is full of news items about the latest Windows 11 features, updates to Microsoft Edge and its support policies, along with some items about Teams enhancements.
Microsoft has published its refined roadmap detailing migrating from Manifest V2 to V3 extensions. According to the updated documentation, Edge will support Manifest V2 extensions until January 2024.
Following consumer backlash, Google has decided to give Manifest V2-based extensions another year and postpone their removal from Chrome and its Web Store to January 2024 instead of January 2023.
Adguard developers are now ready for Google to enforce Manifest V3 policies on extensions developer. The company has announced the launch of the world's first Manifest V3-based ad blocker for Chrome.