{"id":44633,"date":"2024-08-26T21:28:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T01:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=44633"},"modified":"2025-07-04T16:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T20:50:07","slug":"chromes-manifest-v3-and-ublock-origin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/26\/chromes-manifest-v3-and-ublock-origin\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrome’s Manifest V3 and uBlock Origin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Crider<\/a> (Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

A change in Chrome’s extension support — from the Manifest V2 framework to the newer V3<\/a> — is being billed as a way to make browser add-ons safer, more efficient, and compliant with modern APIs. But it’s also deprecating features that complex extensions reply upon.<\/p>

One of those extensions is uBlock Origin<\/a>, an ad-blocking tool with over 30 million users according to its Chrome Web Store page (and presumably many more users across other browsers).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Martin Brinkmann<\/a> (Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Note: these changes will also impact other Chromium-based browsers, including Microsoft Edge, Opera, or Vivaldi. Brave is special, as the developers announced<\/a> that they will continue to support uBlock Origin and several other extensions (but not all).<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

There is a way to keep on using the classic extensions for longer. While Google turns off support for home users immediately, it is giving Enterprise customers an option to extend support by one year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n