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Users online are reporting on Reddit and X that Chrome is removing outdated extensions.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

Luke Smith was right

 

[Diggus Bickus]

Well I didn't want to use the cryptominer browser in my old computer but it seems google truly is forcing my hand. I am rather lazy and prefer not to migrate several browser history lists to another browser, but much like when Mozilla went down to the crapper, now corporations really wanna quadruple down on shoving shit down our throats we don't want.

When we had TV we put up with ads because we could go take a shit, go eat, get a drink, or whatever when they were on. Nobody liked it but it was the best healthy compromise and they were simpler times quite frankly. Same can be said about public radio and movies with ads before the show. When TVO was invented, that's when we had the option. If they didn't want us to have the option then I have no fucking idea why they thought to give it to us to begin with.

This is all you, google. You're the reason people prefer cryptominers and spywares as their browsers, because you (alongside other giant corpos) don't fucking understand we do not like ads shoved down up asses without our consent.

 

[Nalgatoro 2.0]

Microsoft is forcing me to switch to Linux and Google now is forcing me to switch to Firefox, this is too tiring

 

[Colon capital V]

Botnet anti-privacy browser, somehow even less trustworthy than chrome.

>BECAUSE IT JUST IS ACCORDING TO ME OKAY?????
Still better than being a Chromekike nigger. That or be a Mozillanigger or any other offshoots of FF.

 

[Tsukasa Kadoya]

Use Brave, you faggots.

I love Brave but the flickering is insane.

 

[Trogspawn]

Thanks, Chrome, for forcing me to switch to Firefox. Ah, well, at least it took like 3 minutes to import passwords and whatnot.

 

[Austim Spergler]

I HATE THE ANTICHRIST, I HATE THE ANTICHIRST!!!

 

[skunt]

Yet another reminder that anyone can use mullvad browser and you don't have to worry about open source troons or chromium bullshit. It's backed by mullvad (durr) and the tor project and comes shipped with ublock by default.

 

[Jimjamflimflam]

I have never once been "forced" to use their "ai chatbot".

Brave haters are ime some of the most deranged people on the internet. I have literally seen every thing possible under the sun cooked up by these people as an argument for why you shouldn't use the fucking thing. From "waaaaa its a cryptoscam" to stubbornly claiming its closed source to "I installed it and immediately the big tech ai malware cryptolocker raped my mom". Shits fuckin wild.

Honestly convinced that much of the Brave hate is just trannies still malding because the head of Brave was kicked off Firefox for donating to anti-gay groups.

 

[Cat Funt]

I forgot ads exist til I see screenshots from other fools that remind me what a good boy I am for using firefox / ublock. lol why are so many people this dumb, do they like the ads or something?

 

[Not Funny]

If Brave ever stops working I will switch to Firefox. It's not difficult to migrate everything there. I'll be disappointed but not surprised that corpos have fully taken over the internet.

 

[Dread First]

For as much as I curse the charlatans, frauds, and utter wastes of space that pollute Mozilla leadership, I will *always* stand by the igneous vulpine. It's never perfect, its best days were like 14-15 years ago, and the long-term future of Mozilla without their self-inflicted dependence on Google is always uncertain. I might not have a Prince of Persia 2008 theme, ChatZilla, Greasemonkey, and DownThemAll anymore like I did in the 3.x days, but at the absolute bare minimum, I'm still able to use a fully-featured uBlock Origin without issue. uBO Lite is an acceptable alternative for people stuck on Chromium-based browsers, but it's just not buttering my biscuits when I'm so accustomed to Medium Mode. Here's to hoping that the gangrenous corpse that Mitchell Baker left behind, alongside the various maggots and vermin that follow her stench everywhere, get chased out and sensible, competent leadership will come back into the fold.

Or... y'know, the leadership won't actually change, Mozilla still keeps shooting itself in the foot, the blogs are borderline unreadable lifestyle crap... but I can still take comfort in Thunderbird having administrative autonomy and wortwhile updates.

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

“Do no evil”
“…except for when we wanna.”

 

[${Sandy}]

>See the most annoying god damn faggot fucking retard brain rot kraft mac n cheese commercial ever

Genesis 6:6
The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.

 

[CIS White Droid]

Advertisers tongue my anus; you are not entitled to my attention or my time. If there was a button labeled "press here to kill every advertiser on earth" I'd press it twice.

 

[The handsome tard]

Read Brave's actual statement. They're talking about supporting Manifest V2 extensions, which will be difficult once Google removes such extensions from their extension store, and since Brave doesn't have their own extension store, they'll have to use alternate methods which won't be as robust.

Brave's statement on extensions, where the "limited support" is:


As far as their built-in adblocker:

Archive of Brave's statements

Brave is probably going to be the best option for adblocked Chromium for now, until other's start building their own built-in adblocker.

I want to believe Brave will come up with something until next year...

Rain me with rainbows

 

[Preacher ✝]

I've had no issues using Firefox + uBlock Origin for a long time now. The only thing I use Chrome for is a few professional/personal gmail accounts and webshopping. I find this separation of functions works well, and I was not surprised when I opened Chrome and found uBlock Origin disabled.

However I was surprised that another extension was disabled along with it. On Firefox most streams and videos have PiP capability via a little shadow button that appears over the content.

Example:

Chrome does not offer this simple, convenient function. Sometimes theres a work around, for instance on YouTube if you right click the video twice you can find the PiP setting in the second drop down menu.

Example:

Unfortunately this does not work on Twitch, so I had installed this extension:


As you can see it has also been disabled and is no longer supported. My best guess as to why is that using PiP on twitch with Firefox allows you to bypass their ads. As anyone who watches Twitch knows, their ad system is often able to get around even uBlock Origin, but the stream itself continues in a smaller window above the chat bar. On Firefox that smaller stream window also gets the PiP button, and if you activate it you can unmute the stream make the window bigger. Combine this with muting the ad and you're in. Since its clear Google is on the side of the ads, I suspect that is why they disabled Twitch PiP.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Corpos are out of their minds if they think I'm going to surf without adblock, It's borderline unusable.

Using the internet without an adblocker is a great way to get malware. Even the FBI advises people to use an adblocker.

 

[Diggus Bickus]

As someone who's only heard bad things about Brave and how everyone who shills it is a stupid nigger who likes cryptominers living rent free in their computers, what's so good about it? I'm not being facetious, I gotta know what kiwis think of it if I'm going to get off my lazy ass and migrate browsers. Mozilla also promised privacy given the fact they're a private company that doesn't need to rely on adware like Google and we all saw how that went.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Fuck all y’all, Safari till I die!
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I used the Windows version of this back when it existed. It was okay.