If you have uBlock Origin, you might notice Chrome automatically disabling the extension.
Google Chrome has begun to phase out uBlock Origin. The developer of the free ad blocker, Raymond Hill, recently reposted a screenshot that shows Chrome automatically turning off uBlock Origin because it is “no longer supported.”
The change comes as Google Chrome migrates to Manifest V3, a new extension specification that could impact the effectiveness of some ad blockers. uBlock Origin has launched uBlock Origin Lite, which uses Manifest V3, in response to the transition. However, you have to manually install the extension because it’s “too different from uBO to be an automatic replacement,” according to a FAQ Hill that posted to GitHub.
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Is Manifest V3 a Chromium thing or a Google Chrome thing?
A Chromium thing. Some Chromium-based browsers are going to keep some kind of internal ad blocker that has more functionality than MV3 allows for but I don’t know of any that are keeping the older functionality for extensions in general.
Or alternately, Ublock Origin’s Chrome phaseout has begun. My own Chrome phaseout was completed years ago ofc.
In this garbage article: ZERO MENTIONS to any alternative.
From the article’s second paragraph:
uBlock Origin has launched uBlock Origin Lite, which uses Manifest V3, in response to the transition.
Are there any to mention?
yes, there are various other browsers still supporting proper ad blocking
Oh, I thought we were talking about extensions.
Google destroyed that capability for extensions, so you have to use another browser.
Or time to switch to Firefox
Laughs in Firefox
I have, and as a tab hoarder, the transition has been rough. I really miss the tab grouping feature from Chrome, and I haven’t found any FF extension that suitably replaces it.
I had already switched to mobile Firefox years ago for extension (uBlock) support, and that was an easy transition.
Try winger and group tabs into nameable windows
Bookmarks are the better tabs for tab hoarders
Just saying
Thankfully, as a long-time Firefox user, I’ve never been pampered by this magical feature and so it’s not something I miss. Perhaps a chrome exodus will cause Firefox to pick it up though.
Then again, I’m currently wearing a tinfoil hat that says, “Mozilla’s CEO is a Google sleeper agent” so I’m about 50/50 on whether or not Mozilla will just straight-up fold in a couple years; but there’s still the half that’s hopeful!
tried the Tab Stash addon?
Or One Tab?
The tab grouping is the only thing I keep going back to chrome for on mobile. I spend of surprising amount of time deep diving certain things and it really helps to keep all the branches of the tree together in one group.
I prefer FF, but if it helps you the Vivaldi Browser is Chromium based and will continue to support the v2 Manifest (old extensions) until July 2025. That might buy you time. Who knows what the landscape and options exist then.
Google Chrome’s Google Chrome phaseout has begun
Chromecast was killed I didn’t notice lol
My three haven’t gotten the memo, I guess.
Mine still works, i wonder if it’s just discontinued and no more support for it.
It was? I’m pretty sure I just used mine not too long ago and it worked fine.
Yeah according to this site
They’re moving to the Google TV streamer, which isn’t just a dongle behind the TV anymore.
google chrome phaseout indeed…
Every so often I have to use Chrome because a website (like my utility company) requires me to. It’s such a shitty experience. Why are people even still using Chrome?
99% of the time you can just spoof the user agent and it’ll work perfectly fine. They only restrict it because they won’t hire enough developers to provide support for multiple browsers.
because a website (like my utility company) requires me to
Begun, the Chrome wars have.
i thought they were prompting for installing replacement addons that are mv3? (like ubo lite or abp to replace ubo).
Only for ones that are explicitly a replacement for them.
gorhill’s reasoning from the FAQ:
Will uBO automatically transition to uBO Lite in the Chrome Web Store?
No.
You will have to find an alternative to uBO before Google Chrome disables it for good.
I consider uBO Lite to be too different from uBO to be an automatic replacement. You will have to explicitly find a replacement to uBO according to what you expect from a content blocker. uBO Lite may or may not fulfill your expectations.
