We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the extension will soon no longer be available because it “doesn’t follow the best practices for Chrome extensions”.2 Daly Barnett. “Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 is Deceitful and Threatening.” EFF, December 9, 2021. ↩ Lawrence Abrams. “Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon.” Bleeping Computer, October 13, 2024. ↩

We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the …

  • PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
    8·
    16 days ago

    You can look at it because it’s not available to use until 2026 according to their site.

    • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      16 days ago

      Get the word out. I want a million browsers/engines so people are forced to adhere to standards

      • PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
        2·
        16 days ago

        Agreed. I had no idea there was a possible third option outside of Firefox and chromium based browsers. We need competition.

        I just hope whatever they’re building works with all the webforms. I found once that a webform wouldn’t load on Firefox (some store’s checkout). I had to switch to chrome to check out.