cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/20260243

Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled

Google Chrome is now encouraging uBlock Origin users who have updated to the latest version to switch to other ad blockers before Manifest v2 extensions are disabled.

  • Midnitte@beehaw.org
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    4 months ago

    That’s exactly what happens if we lose Firefox - Chrome (and those based on it) now have all the power to disable all ad blocking - enabling Google’s horrific privacy-less future

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 months ago

      There’s still WebKit, which doesn’t suck anymore! (At least from my end-user standpoint)

      At least for mobile—I cannot attest to the desktop version.