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Users online are reporting on Reddit and X that Chrome is removing outdated extensions.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

Brave VVON reddit farms downdoot me as much as you want it’s the TRVTH

 

[Bionicle Enthusiast]

Total advertiser death.

 

[The Stranger]

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I've been using Brave for 6ish years but I'm away from home for 4 days so have my mobile stats

 

[Jace on ice]

I only use the built in Brave adblocker and it seems to be just as good as uBO.
The Brave built in adblocker seems to be using uBO blocklists, in theory should this continue working without issue?
Would really prefer not to go back to Firefox if I have an option.

Brave's blocklists/filters aren't based on Chromium architecture so they should continue to work fine. It's third party addins that are Chromium based that may or may not stop working.

 

[Adolf Kitler]

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Fuck ads

 

[BiggestKai]

Already using the trannyware called Librewolf. If you care about blocking ads then switch you niggers.

Librewolf is trannyware? I wasn't aware, I just used it because I thought the name looked cool and it had the old firefox look.

 

[Uber driver reviewer]

Look, just watch the ads Goyim……

 

[IEatNiggersAlive]

I don't think this is the complete death of Chromium browsers but another layer of annoyance for the programmers maintaining shit like Brave, ungoogled-chromium, and the mobile forks like whats the plan now since this? Brave is going to continue supporting some V2 extensions until the lack of support becomes a security risk which sucks because whats the point if they are just going to be risks in the future and the Thorium developer is going to force Manifest V2 and try to maintain it which is commendable but extensions like UBo stopped maintaining the Chromium MV2 versions after this update so it would lead to the whole security risk problem again. I am hoping that they will come up with some better solutions to this because the solutions being proposed now are not looking that promising.

 

[Glowie]

Google meeting: Alright gentlemen how can we fuck over thousands?
Retard A: restrict YouTube to Chrome and our app!
Head Groomer: Too tame! You're fired!
Retard B: Phase out all old tech and make ads mandatory!
Head Groomer: Good! Come to my office, mensch?

Or something along those lines.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

that's because they've been conditioned to be used to ads and don't care when the ads get more obnoxious or intrusive.

"I watch all the ads because it helps my favorite content creator!!"
same content creator that has like 5 sponsorships in the actual video for a 40 minute podcast.

 

[NaggotFigger]

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I’m on Brave mobile, but it’s still good fucking shit.

 

[Angry Alt Right Nerd]

I've been using firefox before chrome was a thing and I never switched, I see I made the correct decision.

 

[Evil Whitey]

>Still using a browser engine made by an advertising company

 

[Adam Jensen]

Who the fuck still uses Chrome in the year of Our Lord anyway?

 

[innocent jogger]

[aboutonfig] With that, you can stop much of the BS that's in Firefox by default.

I admin five different computers currently, all Linux, using the Fox for web shit, and reformat way more than I want to. I have the process mostly streamlined but aboutonfig/tweaking Firefox is one of the most grinding sludgefests I always run in to. It could just be my autism but otb Firefox hurts my brain. (whoever is responsible for "pocket" needs to ne raped by Grok)

Nice try FBI I'm going back to Internet Explorer because I know you're just doing some reverse psychology on me!

Don't be a IE virgin, be a Temple OS Chad! We have an "automotive solution" to nigger faggot glowies that try to interfere.

Now is as good a time as ever to remind people that plugins to drop ads from YouTube (even in-video partnership ads, if you use ReVanced) exist and you should use them because ain't nobody got time for that.

I mostly just use yt-dlp now and watch offline but when I do use jewtube (Firefox+uBlock+NoScript on Linux) I never see injected ads but I have found that videos will seem to freeze occasionally-- if I leave it to suck its own cock though and copy the URL into a new tab they work fine.

Imagine still using Chrome in the year of our lord 2025.

Man, I have never liked Chrome. It's what IE cattle jumped on when it came out. I'm not saying that what I use is any better, just saying it was never for me.

I find that its 50/50 on youtube adds tbh

Firefox sucks balls after I got used to Brave. Nothing ever got through Brave's own shields + ublock origin. Guess it is back to firecucks.

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Just wait until they start embedding the ads in the same data stream as video, so you can't selectively block the domains that serve the ads. It's already happening to some extent.

Wait, what? There are ads in Teams? What sort of stuff is it blocking?

Seriously though, I don't know if it's ads or just harvesting for ads but the blocks and XSS attempts really pile up. I've been too lazy and non-autistic to dig into it.

 

[Carl Smallwang]

Less of a slow boil and more like a fire hose of hot water. It'll drive everyone out of chromium browsers like a forest fire driving an animal stampede. People who are used to ad block have no idea how aggressive ads have gotten over the past two decades. There is no acclimatizing to it, googles built this beast, they're too JEET maxed to see the damage they've done to their brand. Its like Microsoft losing even a tiny bit of their userbase to linux. In a sane world that shouldn't happen at all.

Everyone kvetching here about "In the end, the sheep will suck down these ads."
Most of their numbers are cooked by empty office terminals. Its like CNN bragging about millions of tvs going unwatched in airports and gyms. Real users can't stand this shit.

 

[Harvey Danger]

Why not just block the update? I don't think Chrome or any company is delivering critical new security features any more. The web is fairly well sandboxed now, as long as you aren't installing random extensions.

 

[Big Brown Schlub]

that's because they've been conditioned to be used to ads and don't care when the ads get more obnoxious or intrusive. They probably don't even notice it and still pay for several streaming sites at a time.
A real herd of Niggercattle if I ever done saw one yessir! They've got them so docile!
At this point it's just principle. I'd wager most of us haven't seen an ad in years and we don't plan to start seeing them now.

Ads in general are much worse now too, I started using the internet a lot back in the mid '00s and most websites just had banner ads in the corner, I remember Youtube was the same, banner ads and if the video had an ad it would be in the form of a small pop up in the bottom of the video. Nowadays every single website is like what a scam website was back then, multiple giant banner ads in line with text with several popup video ads shitting up the site appearing one after the other. I genuinely have no idea how the fuck normalniggers put up with this, it's genuinely worse than TV.

 

[Glowie]

Who the fuck still uses Chrome in the year of Our Lord anyway?

Retards who wants that sweet integration to their android phones for "convenience"

They get bookmarks and shit imported over

 

[Halo Cipher]

My computer is better. Mobilefagging. Nothing will make me ditch Lionium.