Google’s Chrome extension cull hits more uBlock Origin users - USE FUCKING BRAVE

Google is disabling the original uBlock Origin ad blocker for more Chrome browser users, alongside other extensions that are no longer supported as the browser migrates to its new extension specification, Manifest V3. According to Google, the new standard aims to improve privacy and security, but also removes a feature that some ad blocking extensions relied on to work — a compromise that Mozilla is unwilling to make for its own Firefox browser.

Users online are reporting on Reddit and X that Chrome is removing outdated extensions. In Chrome, a notification window will appear underneath the extensions tab on the browser taskbar with a message encouraging users to remove the impacted add-on, saying it has been turned off and is “no longer supported.” Two buttons are available that allow users to either quickly delete or manage their extensions.

Google’s uBlock Origin phaseout on Chromium-based browsers began in October, but started to have a wider impact in recent weeks. Bleeping Computer has also reported that extensions on staffers devices are being turned off, and Verge staffers have seen similar updates on our own machines.

These changes come as Google migrates Chrome away from the now defunct Manifest V2 specification. Support is being killed not just for uBlock Origin, but for any extension that hasn’t (or is unable to) update to Manifest V3. uBlock Origin users can switch to uBlock Origin Lite, which has more limited filtering capabilities than its predecessor due to Manifest V3’s ad blocking restrictions.

Chrome won’t be the only service affected by the Manifest V3 rollout — other Chromium-based web browsers like Microsoft Edge are also losing V2 support and Brave says it can only offer “limited” support once all Manifest V2 items are removed from the Chrome Web Store. Mozilla says that Firefox will continue offering both extension specifications, however, potentially giving uBlock Origin users a new browser to relocate to.

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[irishAzoth]

loving floorp rn
use firefox forks or brave and you should be good

 

[the khat quaffer]

Brave is trash, it's only good for the phone because of the built in adblock.

I love Brave on the phone for viewing jewtube w/o ads. It is the only way to watch youtube on your phone (the lowest effort way, in any case). It may not be as polished as the "experience" the native youtube app delivers, but you get the necessary stuff: playability, liking, commenting, home/recommended feed. The only conceivable downside of using Brave is the biquarterly hiccup where some raghead at a datacenter spills his cowshit-flavored slurpee on a server rack and one little UI feature of youtube.com on Brave disappears or shifts slightly.

I honestly don't know how people use the youtube app.

 

[Legalize Asbestos]

Sorry, internet. If I can't control what I'm seeing and you're determined to try and manipulate me, then I'm just taking the ball and going home. Audiobooks, stardew valley, and the farms are all I need for my downtime.

tbh all these things end in gated communities until some new horizon opens up.

 

[SandyCat]

Been using firefox since 2004. Zero ads

Tho I do wonder how long until Firefox cucks out

 

[Kuok]

Currently using Brave + LibreWolf (it werks, but devs are trannies) + Tor when needed. What I've got so far is that I should try Mullvad browser and keep tabs on Ladybird

Brave has been pulling off some shady shit so I'm iffy about using it these days. I switched to Ungoogled Chromium already some time back.

Tho I do wonder how long until Firefox cucks out

Already did. The question is how long until it'll drastically affect the usability. Until then LibreWolf it is.

 

[GilaCutter]

they broke fucking 4chanx and that makes me ANGRY

 

[Jace on ice]

they broke fucking 4chanx and that makes me ANGRY

Isn't 4chan so dogshit it's barely readable these days?

 

[DrLurk]

Mozilla is gay and retarded and they've fucked up continuously but I'll still keep using Firefox

 

[Day of the Cope]

I love Brave on the phone for viewing jewtube w/o ads. It is the only way to watch youtube on your phone (the lowest effort way, in any case). It may not be as polished as the "experience" the native youtube app delivers, but you get the necessary stuff: playability, liking, commenting, home/recommended feed. The only conceivable downside of using Brave is the biquarterly hiccup where some raghead at a datacenter spills his cowshit-flavored slurpee on a server rack and one little UI feature of youtube.com on Brave disappears or shifts slightly.

I honestly don't know how people use the youtube app.

Unless your an Apple cuck, you can use Revanced to patch the Youtube app for stuff like adblocking, sponsorblocking, and closed playback.

(AdNauseum, which I run on LibreWolf).

>Hammond, you blithering idiot
Null, I'm not sure if anyone told you this, but LibreWolf has declared itself as "openly woke" .

Here's there project admin, by the way.

 

[Lord of the Large Pants]

Unless your an Apple cuck, you can use Revanced to patch the Youtube app for stuff like adblocking, sponsorblocking, and closed playback.

>Hammond, you blithering idiot
Null, I'm not sure if anyone told you this, but LibreWolf has declared itself as "openly woke" .

Here's there project admin, by the way.
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And yet I will continue to use it for accessing chud content.

 

[Day of the Cope]

And yet I will continue to use it for accessing chud content.

I'm just saying: don't act shocked when it happens.

 

[ghastlyretard]

Brave has been pulling off some shady shit so I'm iffy about using it these days

What kind of shady shit? I see some people express concerns about the crypto stuff, but I just disable the crypto ads when I do a fresh install and never notice it - unless Brave is mining in the background then I'm not sure why them having ties to crypto is an issue.

 

[DJ Nerrate]

I like Ghostery.

 

[Enne]

This is why having every fucking browser based on Chromium is a very bad idea. Even Microsoft and Brave are unable or unwilling to even fork it and still have Manifest V2, instead just happy to cosume the garbage from upstream chromium.

Firefox and Safari are the only outliers now...

You're talking like there was a reasonable alternative if you wanted to fork a compliant browser (Firefox would require a lot more maintenance because it's got more issues). I believe Ladybird browser has been in development for about 6-7 years and that is an insanely long time and we don't even know when it'll be fully complete and usable. Google has been paying for search engine placement with Apple for over 10 years, I believe Mozilla is closer to 15 and the reason they were getting paid wasn't just about search engine placement because it allowed Google to help fund browser development from these other companies which in turn allowed them to bloat web standards beyond all reason.

The current web isn't designed as it currently is just because people wanted features, it was made to be unmaintainable by design to keep literally everyone else out, the Chromium code base is something like 33 million lines of code, that is way beyond the understanding of any individual person by a significant margin. The fact is Apple and Mozilla may not have agreed to develop all these extra features that Google wanted to implement into the web standard if they weren't being paid billions of dollars, and now that they're not and Google may have to sell Chrome who can even say what's going to happen to the web? It's all a fucked and bloated mess and it should be razed to the ground.

 

[Kabobs]

I honestly don't know how people use the youtube app.

YouTube Premium, mainly because sideloading is a pain in the ass on iOS.

 

[soprianoschizoposter]

I love Brave on the phone for viewing jewtube w/o ads. It is the only way to watch youtube on your phone (the lowest effort way, in any case). It may not be as polished as the "experience" the native youtube app delivers, but you get the necessary stuff: playability, liking, commenting, home/recommended feed. The only conceivable downside of using Brave is the biquarterly hiccup where some raghead at a datacenter spills his cowshit-flavored slurpee on a server rack and one little UI feature of youtube.com on Brave disappears or shifts slightly.

I honestly don't know how people use the youtube app.

if you want to use the youtube app without all the garbage i can highly recommend the revanced manager (from github)
it can remove ads, shorts, news, community posts, merch shit and (((breaking news)))

it supports the old quality menu, downloads with an external app, no tracking, background playback and more things i can't remember

 

[Siphon Cypher]

Wait, didnt brave use reference links and cause a bunch of hell a while back? Every thing I have seen about brave in the past few years was that its a backdoor haven. Same thing brave does works on other browsers with Ublock Origin and Ghostery no?

Zen browser works wonders if you're on Arch and is a fork of Firefox. Vivaldi is chromium based but not removing V2 from what I can find. Please correct me if im wrong there.

Zen/Viv + Ublock Origin + Ghostery + Sponsorblock + Return youtube dislike + Privacy Focused VPN + PiHole. Enable 'privacy.resistFingerprinting' in 'aboutonfig' and get a 'Canvas Blocker' for Zen if you go that route. Zen will not collect telemetry or that other BS but it wont protect you online without some tweaks. But everyone here should be able to do these things I would assume.

PiHoles/DNS Sinkholes are also something to look into. Rasp 0w will work fine, but something a little more powerful like a 3a or 4b you wont have to fuck with it 24/7. Basically autonomous after setup. Wont help you with YT, just helps with everything else. (No phone app ads on your local wifi is always nice)

Phones there is only one answer: ReVanced, as someone else mentioned. Works for other apps too like spotify and YT Music. Can also spoof your account ID and many other things. ReVanced makes youtube worthwhile.

Android. Rip iOS. If you're on apple in 2025, thats on you. Calyx and Graphene all the way.

 

[barrow greeter]

Null, I'm not sure if anyone told you this, but LibreWolf has declared itself as "openly woke" .

Here's there project admin, by the way.

Thanks for the info, back to Waterfox then, I don't really care about them feuding with (((Lunduke))) one way or the other but the devs sound like gay commie turbo-AIDS in general

 

[Baraadmirer]

Still using Chrome occasionally with extensions like NoScript and uBlock Origin - Lite. Wonder how long that's gonna last.

 

[Haramburger]

Just grab said video with wget or yt-dlp, copy to your phone and don't waste bandwidth or CPU on that streaming shit. (I like the heavy thunderstorm and crackling campfire ones myself. Fucking zzzzz)

I like the variety, otherwise I wouldn't discover new favorites or the channels that keep refining their libraries, like Iron Cthulu Apocalypse. They have 2 or 3 new ambient tracks weekly, and they're usually sleepable(rarely there's some high pitched grinding that is a dealbreaker). Also enjoy cyberpunk ambient synth hums combined with rain.

You're right though, I should archive anything I like in case something ever goes down or the creators sperg out and delete channels in protest to some pajeet issue in the future