The headline is a bit overdramatic. Google hasn’t pulled uBlock Origin off its extension webstore. Rather, it’s switching from Manifest v2 to Manifest v3, which won’t support features the current version of uBlock Origin needs to work. We’ve known this was in the process of happening for months. It’s a good reminder of what’s coming eventually (namely, the fact v2 extensions will be entirely disabled by Chrome soon), but this is nothing new.
Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads
Submitted 3 months ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/browsing/google-pulls-the-plug-on-ublock-origin
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Gestrid@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Do you know if this is at the chrome or chromium level?
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Chromium. However other chromium browser’s have said they’ll either patch it to keep manifest V2 compatibility, or they won’t but you can still use their inbuilt ad-blocking.
JenIsBringingTheDrugs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
TheBigBrother@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’m using brave so who cares…
Potatisen@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Wasn’t it revealed a while ago that Brave was just a big crypto scam?
Also, it’s chromium so… You’re getting V3 eventually.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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pushing crypto on users
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injecting crypto affiliate links
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installing other Brave software without permission on your PC when you install their browser
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an obscenely high marketing budget that misled people about data collection on Brave
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a CEO that was fired from Mozilla for being openly homophobic and donating money to a campaign that wanted to undo the legalisation of same-sex marriage
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Ilandar@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Wasn’t it revealed a while ago that Brave was just a big crypto scam?
Revealed by who? Where? Brave definitely has some unsavoury connections to cryptocurrency but calling the entire project “just a big crypto scam” sounds like a massive exaggeration of the problem.
TheBigBrother@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I have years using it a never been crypto scammed for it, about the V3 I truly don’t know apparently you will still be able to turn some V2 extensions like unblock origin but I didn’t see the point of it if the browser include a good adblocker anyway.
Lemmy80085@lemmynsfw.com 3 months ago
Unpopular opinion: the less people use ad block, the better the experience of those using ad blockers.
Remember the days before ad block detection and nag?
seedd@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Those who don’t like FF can use brave, it’s brave shield works well
TypicalHog@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Brave will continue to support manifest V2.
Tired8281@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
I wonder if we trained an AI on the entire corpus of articles about how Google is gonna kill adblocking, if we could keep these articles going after most people switch uneventfully over to Lite.
miridius@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Sensationalist and inaccurate title
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That is a choice thumbnail.
quissberry@lemmy.cafe 3 months ago
Look like I need to convince my dad to switch now
capital@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Would he notice if you just installed Firefox and changed the icon to Chrome?
Contravariant@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Reminds me of the time I did roughly the same thing trying to get people to move away from internet explorer.