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Block Origin is now available on Edge for Android, just as Google phases out the popular ad blocker from Chrome ...
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.
Google Chrome is automatically disabling several extensions, including uBlock Origin. Despite warning messages within the browser, uBlock Origin continues to function. However, users must manually ...
Google Chrome has started turning off uBlock Origin as part of its plan to phase out extensions running the outdated Manifest V2 specification. Time to switch to uBlock Lite or another ad blocker ...
Google is sneakily trying to get users to remove uBlock Origin, but there's a simple workaround you can use to sidestep it. By Laura Pippig and Joel Lee Mar 4, 2025 7:07 am PST ...
Google is appealing. uBlock Origin and others relied on certain aspects of the old Web Request API to perform comprehensive blocking. “Lite” versions of uBlock Origin and other ad-blockers ...
These changes come as Google migrates Chrome away from the now defunct Manifest V2 specification. Support is being killed not just for uBlock Origin, but for any extension that hasn’t (or is ...
Chrome's Manifest V3 transition is actively disabling Manifest V2 extensions, notably uBlock Origin, with users receiving "no longer supported" warnings. Despite the warnings and automatic disabling, ...
After months of warnings that extensions like uBlock Origin would be removed after Chrome’s Manifest V3 extension update, Google is now telling Chrome users who try to download it from the ...
The ad-blocker, uBlock Origin, is being automatically disabled in Google Chrome for users. This lapse in support is due to Chrome’s move to a new manifest version. Ad-blockers are more targeted ...
Google has begun implementing new Chrome extension standards, called Manifest V3, that will disable the legacy version of uBlock Origin’s extension that most users likely have installed.
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.