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Ask HN: Is uBlock Origin removed from Chrome extension?

by magundu on 11/22/24, 2:19 AM with 48 comments

Today I noticed uBlock origin is removed from Chrome. Can someone explain why?

What are the alternatives to uBlock?

  • by peutetre on 11/22/24, 2:55 AM

    Use Firefox and uBlock Origin. It always worked best on Firefox anyway:

    https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...

  • by endgame on 11/22/24, 3:35 AM

    The technical reason was that uBlock Origin uses the "Manifest V2" extension interface. The new "Manifest V3" standard ever-so-coincidentally doesn't provide the tools necessary for thorough ad-blockers like UBO.

    You should switch to a browser that maintains support for good ad-blockers.

  • by tech234a on 11/22/24, 3:14 AM

    The removal can be bypassed until June 2025: https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1d49ud1/manif...

  • by nemomarx on 11/22/24, 3:11 AM

    Chrome is removing some features that Origin depends on now. There's Ublock lite or moving to Firefox to keep using Origin.

  • by thekevan on 11/22/24, 3:31 AM

    While some here don't seem to like it, instead of replacing uBlock O, I suggest replacing Chrome with Brave.

  • by solardev on 11/22/24, 3:23 AM

    If the DoJ manages to make Google sell Chrome before the new administration, will that stop this disaster?

  • by kkfx on 11/22/24, 10:39 AM

    AFAIK there are no Chrome uBlock alternatives, while there is a Chrome alternative with uBlock, Firefox. Beside that, you can set

        "ExtensionManifestV2Availability" = 3;
    as see https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/ apparently till June 2025 to keep Manifest v2 extensions like uBlock fully working, I've rebuilt my NixOS with Chromium this morning and uBlock was there so it's not removed at least if you have the aforementioned option set.

  • by bdangubic on 11/22/24, 2:34 AM

  • by chris_wot on 11/22/24, 3:22 AM

    Stop using Chrome if possible. Use Firefox.

  • by Funes- on 11/22/24, 3:33 AM

    I just use brave now. Comes with decent ad blocking out of the box.

  • by TiredOfLife on 11/22/24, 9:22 AM

    As nobody has linked to it jet https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/... That is the v3 manifest version of uBlock origin by the same author.

    In my couple week usage it's the same in blocking as uBlock Origin.

  • by _blk on 11/22/24, 3:17 AM

    The move to the API seems motivated more by keeping the ad profitability model up than being about technical/security reasons. While I'm glad we're not in the IE4 vs. web standards days anymore, with Edge now also being on Chromium-base, there's too many interests in that one hot spot. How did the old saying go? Power corrupts, absolute power ...

  • by ChrisArchitect on 11/22/24, 3:37 AM

  • by gnat on 11/22/24, 3:29 AM

    Anyone have a recipe for running pihole on one’s laptop and proxying traffic through it? One you’ve used and can endorse pls. I too can Google. :)

  • by duringmath on 11/22/24, 2:21 AM

    uBlock origin lite.