As advertising is a huge part of Google's revenue, I'm surprised they've let an extension like uBlock Origin work on Chrome as long as they have. If you haven't tried Firefox in a while, it's time to give it another shot. If I could get Firefox to handle Microsoft Teams meetings, I wouldn't even have Chrome installed.
Apparently users with the ExtensionManifestV2Availability policy will be spared until June 2025.<p><a href="https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#ExtensionManifestV2Availability" rel="nofollow">https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#ExtensionManifestV...</a><p><a href="https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/mv2-deprecation-timeline" rel="nofollow">https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate...</a><p>That's setting a registry value and having Chrome settings pages telling you that "Your browser is managed" for another six months of V2 uBlock Origin.
Having seen the writing on the wall, I moved from ungoogled-chromium to Firefox a few weeks ago. At first, I missed Chromium, but after getting a few extensions installed, I am so happy in the firefox world. Because of sidebery alone, I can't go back to Chromium. I have also been using:<p>Multi-Account Containers<p>Cookie Quick Manager<p>Decentraleyes<p>Open External Links in a Container<p>Sidebery<p>SponserBlock<p>uBlock<p>Vimium
Well, it's not like Chrome and Chrome-clones users weren't warned about this outcome around ten thousand times over the last few years in every massmedia. Now the ball is on the user's side.
Does this also apply to Chrome-based browsers like Arc or Brave? Could they keep manifest v2 around on their own without relying on Google here?<p>Edit: I've googled around and it seems that yes, this would apply to all Chromium-based browsers, and all the clones are planning to solve the problem by rolling out their own adblocking, either native or ManifestV3-based.