uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to uBlock Lite as Chrome flags the extension
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Google Chrome users with the uBlock Origin extension installed started noticing that the browser flagged the extension as "soon to be unsupported." Here is why this happens and what to do with it.

~~https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/~~

EDIT: Apologies. Updated with a link to what gorhill REALLY said:

Manifest v2 uBO will not be automatically replaced by Manifest v3 uBOL[ight]. uBOL is too different from uBO for it to silently replace uBO – you will have to explicitly make a choice as to which extension should replace uBO according to your own prerogatives.

Ultimately whether uBOL is an acceptable alternative to uBO is up to you, it’s not a choice that will be made for you.

Will development of uBO continue? Yes, there are other browsers which are not deprecating Manifest v2, e.g. Firefox.

    • Traister101English
      3•3 months ago

      Brave is forked from Chromium so hypothetically they could maintain V2 but they’d need their own store as they currently rely on Googles

    • @0oWowEnglish
      2•3 months ago

      Brave has added a feature to explicitly enable MV2 apps and install uBo directly from Brave settings. You can also install uMatrix and Adguard MV2 versions also.

        • @0oWowEnglish
          -2•3 months ago

          And jump to the clone? Mozilla isn’t better (consider their recent Ad Privacy clone), they just have less market share.

          That said, I use Firefox and Brave. Whatever I feel like at the time.

          • @[email protected]English
            7•3 months ago

            The clone? Are you implying that mozilla (founded 1998) is a clone of chrome (first launched 2008)?

            Just use anything but chome or chromium if you can. Just don’t feed the beast now known as alphabet.

          • @[email protected]English
            4•3 months ago

            There are plenty of browsers built on Gecko that aren’t fire fox. So if you don’t trust Mozilla to build your browser, and don’t want your ad blocker bricked by Google, you have options.