About Google Chrome's "This extension may soon no longer be supported"
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This is the community-maintained issue tracker for uBlock Origin - uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues

~~https://www.neowin.net/news/ublock-origin-developer-recommends-switching-to-ublock-lite-as-chrome-flags-the-extension/~~

EDIT: Apologies. Updated with a link to what gorhill REALLY said:

Manifest v2 uBO will not be automatically replaced by Manifest v3 uBOL[ight]. uBOL is too different from uBO for it to silently replace uBO – you will have to explicitly make a choice as to which extension should replace uBO according to your own prerogatives.

Ultimately whether uBOL is an acceptable alternative to uBO is up to you, it’s not a choice that will be made for you.

Will development of uBO continue? Yes, there are other browsers which are not deprecating Manifest v2, e.g. Firefox.

  • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
    551·
    1 month ago

    Out of principle, I refuse to pretend I am not browsing with Firefox. 🦊❤️✊ Let website statistics show! And I will boycott sites that break due to not testing on multiple browsers!

    • teft@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      1 month ago

      I thought like that until youtube started intentionally slowing firefox identifying clients. As soon as I changed my user-agent to match chrome’s the speed was back to normal.

      • MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        111·
        1 month ago

        Lol I blocked all but essential JS on YouTube with NoScript and never faced any problems at all. Videos load just fine without extra penalties.

    • dmtalonEnglish
      10·
      1 month ago

      That works until it’s your bank or credit card website. I cannot use Capital One’s (CC) “pay bill” any longer.

      • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        1 month ago

        Luckily it hasn’t come to that for me yet. But I have reported issues with my bank’s website to them, and it had been fixed.

        • dmtalonEnglish
          2·
          1 month ago

          Super annoying to have to fire up chrome (brave) to pay my CC bill

          • xavier666@lemm.eeEnglish
            3·
            1 month ago

            “Please use Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge to have a safe banking experience”

            Yeah, fck you!

          • ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 month ago

            Have you tried either an aagent switcher, or trying with extensions disabled? Just curious if either solves it.

            • dmtalonEnglish
              1·
              1 month ago

              I haven’t because I’m always trying to do something, then I do think to troubleshoot after