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 …

  • tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 month ago

    What pisses me off is seeing more and more “You need to upgrade your browser for this site!” when using Firefox.

    Having to use a spoof header gets frustrating frequently too.

    • ddh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      1 month ago

      In my head I respond “you need to upgrade your website to handle my rad browser, fellas”

  • tekato@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    In an ideal world the headline would be “Google kills Chrome by preventing users from blocking ads”.