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 ...

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 …

  • Madis@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 month ago

    We will now [Oct 9] begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable. This change will be slowly rolled out over the following weeks. Users will be directed to the Chrome Web Store, where they will be recommended Manifest V3 alternatives for their disabled extension. For a short time, users will still be able to turn their Manifest V2 extensions back on. Enterprises using the ExtensionManifestV2Availability policy will be exempt from any browser changes until June 2025.

    https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/mv2-deprecation-timeline#october_9th_2024_an_update_on_manifest_v2_phase-out

    So there is no single date for normal users, but June 2025 is fixed for enterprise (and expected date for Brave, Vivaldi)

    • Mwa@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 month ago

      is ungoogled chromium affected i use that as a secondary browser for some extensions

      • Madis@lemm.eeEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Yes, by default every Chromium browser is affected. It is just a matter of

        • whether they want to extend it to the enterprise time (which Edge and Opera won’t do IIRC)
        • whether they’d try to keep it working after enterprise time (maybe Brave and Vivaldi, but it could take a lot of effort)
        • whether they even have an alternative place to download extensions from if CWS takes MV2 extensions down (Brave has some workaround for few extensions, not sure about others)

        Maybe there will be some devs working on Ungoogled Chromium to keep the support, but they also have to think where users would even get the extensions from.