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Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Microsoft Edge, Opera to follow (www.neowin.net)
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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.

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[-] coolansplanet@lemmy.today 6 points 13 hours ago

Don't worry, there's still hope: use Librewolf or Brave

[-] lumettaria@sopuli.xyz 12 points 12 hours ago

Don't use brave, Peter Thiel funded that

[-] coolansplanet@lemmy.today 4 points 12 hours ago

I use LibreWolf :)

[-] TotalSonic@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

Helium is a Chromium based browser that will still support ad blockers, whose devs (unlile the CEO of Brave) seem like good peeps - https://helium.computer/

Besides Librewolf, Waterfox is also a good Firefox/Gecko basd option - https://waterfox.com/

[-] coolansplanet@lemmy.today 3 points 5 hours ago

I didn't know about those, thank you TotalSonic!

[-] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 hours ago

+1 for librewolf as an actually privacy focused and hardened browser, waterfox as a bullshit-free "just works" browser

[-] Fleppensteijn@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago

Chrome-based browsers don't block that well in my experience but there's system-wide options like Portmaster or the good old hosts file

[-] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

hosts file

Ew, it's 2026, spin up a pi-hole and protect all your clients :p I wouldn't want to maintain the 1.3M domains in my blocklist by hand

[-] ubergeek@lemmy.today 2 points 9 hours ago

Its all good! Someone has maintained it for you! https://github.com/Ultimate-Hosts-Blacklist/Ultimate.Hosts.Blacklist

[-] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 hours ago

Uhm yeah, you configure pi-hole by adding lists exactly like that one

[-] Fleppensteijn@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago

For local networks maybe, but I don't just use my laptop/phone at home

this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2026
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