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Users online are reporting on Reddit and X that Chrome is removing outdated extensions.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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[JakeMorgendorffer]

where is that listed for ref?
but, Thanks !

This notes that 138 will be the last version to support Manifest V2:

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/mv2-deprecation-timeline

Support Manager notes the estimated release date of 139 as August 5th:

https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/352616098/sunsetting-chrome-support-for-android-8-0-oreo-and-android-9-0-pie?hl=en

Which matches the Chromium release calendar

https://chromiumdash.appspot.com/schedule

 

[ShillinDumbass]

I don't get the hard-on for Brave. It's still Chromium, but with Crypto bollocks built in.
I personally use Waterfox (Firefox fork) and *shock*, Ublockorigin works completely fine without any of the fucking mess with Manifest.

Chromium browsers dominate the web. Websites are typically built for Chromium browsers first and Firefox after the fact. And firefox is often just slower in general loading websites (firefox on android is so fucking slow) This means that Firefox has compatibility issues with some sites that chromium browsers just don't have. Normies don't want to fuck around with that. Of a the chromium based browsers, Brave will probably be the least affected by this adblocking wise due to their built in adblocker (and it works pretty good).

The crypto shit in Brave is cringe but you can just turn it off. Brave is probably the best drop in replacemement for most people as it just works in my experience.

I run hardened Firefox (phoenix) on the desktop, and Ironfox on mobile. I keep brave around mainly as a Chromium based fallback option.

 

[Zenith]

What's the easiest way to migrate all my tabs and extensions and shit to Brave at this point?

For tabs, just right click on your tab bar --> "Bookmark manager" --> the three dots in the top right corner --> export bookmarks.
I did this and made a successful migration to librewolf, folders and the order they were in and stuff. The chromium based crypto miner will probably eat the resulting .html too.

 

[Ygolonac]

Mildly annoying. Something about the Chrome UI that i'm just used to aesthetically. I migrated to Brave for a while but ended up going back to chrome but if they are really set on implementing annoying measures to screw with my extensions i'll just have to get used to Brave.

 

[TitusOvid]

I moved to Brave after this and didn't even have to get uBlock - so the first poster was right.

 

[Just_A_guy]

Use whichever browser you're gonna use someone is gonna call you gay for using it. I hate ads and will use whichever one I think blocks ads for the least amount of effort on my end.

 

[Fashionable Vice]

I was using brave for a long time and then I changed to Librewolf but it seems this one is full of troons so I'm gonna try another browser.

 

[Just_A_guy]

I was using brave for a long time and then I changed to Librewolf but it seems this one is full of troons so I'm gonna try another browser.

R.I.P. Trying to find anything that isn't infested with troons is gonna be a hair pulling task I think.

 

[Just a Humble Farmer]

You will not advertise to me, Google, you niggers.

 

[Lady Bizness]

I have to use Chrome at work. Like retards they have adopted the complete Google office suite. Honestly I wouldn't care as it works fine as something universal that everyone has easy access to. My problem is when I leave the environment to look up other shit, watch videos, and present videos to others. I was able to install ublock without admin permission and have been using that for years.
I'm really just a normie though so my ability to do things is pretty limited. I was real proud of myself for finding a way around making a Microsoft account when setting up my last new computer. That's about as far as my skills go. I do a lot of work on my personal computer so I suppose I could try one of these other browsers but I'm worried that using the Google suite will be less seamless. I wonder what the IT boys would think if I asked them to install an alternative browser on the work computer. It's probably going to be a big hell no.

 

[Not Xavier Ravenblood]

I have to use Chrome at work. Like retards they have adopted the complete Google office suite. Honestly I wouldn't care as it works fine as something universal that everyone has easy access to. My problem is when I leave the environment to look up other shit, watch videos, and present videos to others. I was able to install ublock without admin permission and have been using that for years.
I'm really just a normie though so my ability to do things is pretty limited. I was real proud of myself for finding a way around making a Microsoft account when setting up my last new computer. That's about as far as my skills go. I do a lot of work on my personal computer so I suppose I could try one of these other browsers but I'm worried that using the Google suite will be less seamless. I wonder what the IT boys would think if I asked them to install an alternative browser on the work computer. It's probably going to be a big hell no.

Firefox has been faster, better, and has worked perfectly with the G-suite— for years. Firefox will allow you to import everything including passwords, docs, etc. Firefox also has the same features and more if you want to learn to superuser. If I were you I would complain to management and give them your two cents as to why this will cost them money and confuse a lot of their users, in turn costing them more money and suggest that everyone get Firefox pushed by default or at least have it in your software repo for the people who aren't complete retards.

As for adblocking moving forward if you want to stay on chrome-based browsers you basically need a pi-hole or an adblocking DNS or application layer blocking software. I wonder if U-block will be first to market to make a separate application for ad-blocking. If they made their own VPN or whatnot I bet they could take a large market-share of commercial and standalone paid VPN traffic.

 

[Wemmy]

They should legally be required to have standards for ads instead of accepting $100 to shove Chinese drop shipped garbage and AI porn chatbots into 50 million people's faces, the Google demons that think that's acceptable need to be put into a meat grinder and turned into pepperoni

 

[Guaymallen]

Time to use Zen i guess GGs

 

[Lady Bizness]

Firefox has been faster, better, and has worked perfectly with the G-suite— for years. Firefox will allow you to import everything including passwords, docs, etc. Firefox also has the same features and more if you want to learn to superuser. If I were you I would complain to management and give them your two cents as to why this will cost them money and confuse a lot of their users, in turn costing them more money and suggest that everyone get Firefox pushed by default or at least have it in your software repo for the people who aren't complete retards.

As for adblocking moving forward if you want to stay on chrome-based browsers you basically need a pi-hole or an adblocking DNS or application layer blocking software. I wonder if U-block will be first to market to make a separate application for ad-blocking. If they made their own VPN or whatnot I bet they could take a large market-share of commercial and standalone paid VPN traffic.

Thank you for your advice, I really do appreciate it.
Management consistently doesn't listen to us, I'm sure that comes as no surprise. There are applications a whole team of us pay out of pocket to use because they think XYZ thing already does what we want (it doesn't).

They should legally be required to have standards for ads instead of accepting $100 to shove Chinese drop shipped garbage and AI porn chatbots into 50 million people's faces, the Google demons that think that's acceptable need to be put into a meat grinder and turned into pepperoni

I probably would never have learned about ad blockers if I hadn't been pushed vodka ads in the middle of a short video clip I was trying to show some students. That was the last straw. If they had even allowed me to groom what ads I was seeing I may have actually watch more ads!

 

[Not Xavier Ravenblood]

There are applications a whole team of us pay out of pocket to use because they think XYZ thing already does what we want (it doesn't).

Lmao. I've been there. This is where you be malicious about not being able to do certain tasks. Tell coworkers, clients, users, management, etc that you cannot do your job because the application requires is not within your scope of work. Refuse to do the job if they aren't supplying you with the proper tools. Don't tell them to their face that it's their fault. Simply say, "Well I can't help you with that because my application isn't currently working and I don't have the authority to change that. Sorry." Someone will budge sooner or later— and they can't write you up or get pissy about it because it's their fault. You're simply doing everything in your power and in your scope of work. This falls on your manager/director, not you. You're merely a peon following orders. Put in a work order and/or application request and CC your entire team- send it to management and send it up to director level. Let them fight amongst themselves.

 

[TrainWreckWatcher]

The Jeet mind cannot comprehend how much people who use adblock hate advertising.
They will spend millions on the finest Jeet tech to create something to stop adblocking only for an autist who hates it to fix it within 78 hours or less.
And then the cycle will begin all over again. They cannot win. They are up against pure spiteful autism. And they keep shoveling money into a bottomless pit hoping to stop it.
In the process of doing so they make the service worse for everyone else costing themselves even more money and opening themselves up to someone coming along with something better.

How are they this retarded? Outside of being filled with dumb poo creatures that love money.

 

[Bubbleseven]

They should legally be required to have standards for ads instead of accepting $100 to shove Chinese drop shipped garbage and AI porn chatbots into 50 million people's faces, the Google demons that think that's acceptable need to be put into a meat grinder and turned into pepperoni

It honestly blows my mind that in all the years of having online ads they didn't solve the fundamental problem of people HATING ads because they're such a wild card. They can be completely asinine, they interrupt the content you're watching/reading for arbitrary lengths of times, they can make content jump around on the screen etc.

Google could've easily turned their browser into an ad platform with set standards but it's almost like ads are a small side hustle for them. It's weird, I don't get it.

 

[Organized Derailment]

A small minority of global Internet users even use adblockers at all, and Google loses only marginal amounts of money from

This isn't true anymore. It's estimated that 32.5% of internet users use some form of adblock with that number growing rapidly.

 

[Overly Serious]

Help us, Ladybird! You're our only hope.

It honestly blows my mind that in all the years of having online ads they didn't solve the fundamental problem of people HATING ads because they're such a wild card. They can be completely asinine, they interrupt the content you're watching/reading for arbitrary lengths of times, they can make content jump around on the screen etc.

Google could've easily turned their browser into an ad platform with set standards but it's almost like ads are a small side hustle for them. It's weird, I don't get it.

Well the way to prevent people hating ads so much is to not overreach. Few people cared when ads were a banner across the top of the page like old school print newspapers and magazines. Then came auto-playing pop-up ads with sound and this is what kicked off adblockers. The industry has for the most part backed off from those but it's only become more subtle. Google want to track everything you do so they can target ads at you specifically. And tell their real customers the businesses, that this makes their ads so much more valuable than anybody else's. Tracking is Google's ring fence around the business. Without it, just anybody could sell advertising space on websites. No, they must know everything about you so that their ad service is more valuable than anybody else's.

Not that I have ever seen any real research into the value of such targeted ads. Google no doubt has internal reports but they'll be locked away like Epstein's list. And probably Epstein's fate awaits anybody who blew the lid on how effective all these ads and tracking actually are anyway. But remember in all this discussion that tracking you is Google's selling point to their own customers. You have a niche product that only 0.5% of people in America want? Google promises that they know who those people are, where they are going to go and will have an ad waiting for them there when they arrive.

 

[Rustle]

Help us, Ladybird! You're our only hope.

This is really interesting, I wish I had the knowledge to understand what goes into creating a browser like this. It's basically just magic to me.

Then came auto-playing pop-up ads with sound and this is what kicked off adblockers.

Fextralife still does this, that website is the shittiest place.