Google's Chrome Web Store is now warning that the uBlock Origin ad blocker and other extensions may soon be blocked as part of the company's deprecation of the Manifest V2 extension specification.

Popular extensions like uBlock Origin, which are based on the Manifest V2 framework, will encounter compatibility problems with Chrome’s transition to Manifest V3. Google Chrome is prompting users to ...

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Google has announced that Manifest V3 will roll out on Chrome in non-stable branches as early as June 2024. This will deprecate Manifest V2, which many ad-blockers like uBlock Origin use for their ...

Google Chrome has started to remove ad blockers that don’t support its new Manifest V3 initiative, angering some users of the privacy preserving technology. Google Chrome has started to remove ad ...

Brave has reminded users about how much better it is than Google Chrome as the latter begins disabling MV2 extensions like uBlock Origin. For some time now, Google has been waging a two-front war as ...

While browsing the internet, ads can be intrusive and annoying. This is why many users install an ad-blocker extension for their browser. However, some websites now employ anti-adblockers to ensure ...

The maker of the uBlock Origin Lite extension has ended its support in the Firefox Add-ons Store, citing a "nonsensical and hostile" review process. If you use Firefox and the uBlock Origin Lite ...

Bottom line: After years of delaying the adoption of Manifest V3, Google is now moving forward and accelerating the process. Soon, users will have to choose between accepting Chrome's inferior ...

Google Chrome is now encouraging uBlock Origin users who have updated to the latest version to switch to other ad blockers before Manifest v2 extensions are disabled. As uBlock Origin lead developer ...