Google Chrome’s uBlock Origin phaseout has begun

Google Chrome has begun to signifier retired uBlock Origin. The developer of the escaped advertisement blocker, Raymond Hill, precocious reposted a screenshot that shows Chrome automatically turning disconnected uBlock Origin due to the fact that it is “no longer supported.”

The alteration comes arsenic Google Chrome migrates to Manifest V3, a caller hold specification that could interaction the effectiveness of immoderate advertisement blockers. uBlock Origin has launched uBlock Origin Lite, which uses Manifest V3, successful effect to the transition. However, you person to manually instal the extension due to the fact that it’s “too antithetic from uBO to beryllium an automatic replacement,” according to a FAQ Hill that posted to GitHub.

Hill says you whitethorn announcement a quality erstwhile utilizing uBlock Origin Lite compared to uBlock Origin depending connected the websites you sojourn and the extension’s configuration. That’s due to the fact that uBlock Origin Lite has much constricted filtering capabilities than uBlock Origin, arsenic the Manifest V3 spec puts restrictions connected the Declarative Net Request API utilized by ad-blocking extensions.

“In general, uBOL volition beryllium little effectual astatine dealing with websites utilizing anti-content blocker or minimizing website breakage due to the fact that galore filters can’t beryllium converted into DNR [Declarative Net Request] rules,” Hill explains successful the FAQ.

Since Google has targeted aboriginal 2025 for a afloat Manifest V3 rollout, the institution said it would commencement turning disconnected Manifest V2 extensions this year earlier disabling them completely. Google previously said 85 percent of “actively maintained” extensions successful the Chrome Web Store person already created extensions compatible with Manifest V3, including AdBlock, Adblock Plus, and AdGuard.