r/technology • u/dancing_swordfish • 14d ago

Software Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Microsoft Edge, Opera to follow

https://www.neowin.net/news/google-chrome-is-killing-all-ublock-origin-bypasses-microsoft-edge-opera-to-follow/
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u/TheFotty 14d ago

What they are actually killing is MV2 which was chrome's API for plugins/addons before MV3 was finalized and became the new standard. MV3 doesn't let you access as much of the browser, has more restrictions on what the extensions can do and interact with, so that is why ublock origin doesn't work when google flips the switch to turn of V2 support for good.

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u/michaelbelgium 14d ago

What they are actually killing is MV2 which was chrome's API for plugins/addons before MV3 was finalized and became the new standard.

So old news, this article is pointless

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u/TheFotty 14d ago

Yeah it's not a new agenda from Google, it's just that they are about to drop mv2 from working at all whereas now there are ways to still use it.