1247
Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Microsoft Edge, Opera to follow (www.neowin.net)
submitted 1 month ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
461 comments fedilink hide all child comments

For a while now the transition away from Manifest V2 (MV2) to MV3 has been on-going and it looks like it is entering its final phase of deprecation, at least, in the case of Google Chrome. A recent discussion thread in the w3c WebExtensions Community Group GitHub repo has highlighted how the latest and upcoming versions of the most popular browser are expected to be its final releases with support for MV2 extensions.

What this essentially means is that the tricks and bypasses that were used to keep MV2 extensions like uBlock Origin and others alive will not work any more on Chrome, or at least not for very long. For example the Windows Registry mod that could extend MV2 availability will cease to function after Chromium version 151.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

I've only ever encountered one website where Firefox didnt work.

and that was because the website was coded maliciously to reject firefox.. a plugin to make it think firefox was chrome and suddenly it ran fine.

[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Couldn’t use just set the user agent?

[-] balder1991@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Well I did, the Amazon Prime Video has many weird behaviors on Firefox compared to the Chromium engine, even YouTube used to have before.

Any web developer knows it isn’t as simple as “code once, work everywhere”. If companies don’t test on Firefox (which is a reality nowadays given its small market share) bugs happen in very weird and unusual ways.

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Only issue I've ever had with Amazon Video was the fact they artificially limit resolution to 320p for people on linux, regardless of browser.

[-] SpaceCadet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Firefox doesn't support WebHID, so I can forget about configuring my custom keyboard with anything other than a Chromium based browser.

[-] blitzen@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Keyboard setup would be a system level setting, no?

[-] SpaceCadet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Via is a very common tool to setup mechanical keyboards, customize the layout, the layers, the backlight,...

See: https://usevia.app/

Doesn't work in Firefox because it simply does not support webhid.

this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2026
1247 points (100.0% liked)

Technology

86419 readers
2636 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws